Today I saw an ad seeking recruitments to join the defence force for Australia. I've seen them many times before but for some reason I actually thought it would be pretty cool to join. In our society I think it's so easy for us be thankful for all the comforts we already have in life, things we take for granted such as the safety of our lives and having all our needs provided for us. Being in an environment, that is in the army, and not being certain about what events or dangers each day will bring and being exposed to the sheer mortal nature of life would really be eye opening and an enriching growing experience. Maybe that's just me though. I probably wouldn't survive a day out there and khaki isn't really my colour anyway. Maybe a Battle Royale situation at my school would put things in perspective...
& RIP to those brave Australian soldiers who have passed away this week.. my prayers are with your families.

Rice Rally was good. Steve Chong's message was a great reminder for me about how inherently sinful we are in nature and that the world is dying because of our sin. He likened it to the recent oil spill and showed a distressing photo of a pelican trapped in the oil. The only difference between us humans and that pelican? The oil represents sin and we are splashing around with joy and swimming in it. Another thing which struck out to me was about forgiveness. It doesn't cost the offender anything at all to be forgiven but it does cost the person who has to forgive. They have to swallow their hurt, pain and anger and give that person another chance. This is exactly what Jesus did for us, except it cost him his life as he was nailed to the Cross. I have to say, this always moves me as it really is hard to comprehend this level of sacrifice and unconditional love as it is so rare in the world we live in today. What's more, we did not ask for this forgiveness and God chose to give us a chance to start a relationship with him so that we may spend eternity with him through his amazing grace.
On a more shallow note, there were quite a lot of cute fob guys there last night.

Yay I don't suck balls at bowling but my thumb felt like it was internally bleeding for two days :(