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if we are the body
Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004
12:00 am
its crowded in worship today
as she slips in trying to fade into the faces
the girls' teasing laughter is carrying farther than they know
farther than they know

but if we are the body
why arent His arms reaching?
why arent His hands healing?
why arent His words teaching?
and if we are the body
why aren't His feet going?
why is His love not showing them there is a way
there is a way

a traveler is far away from home
he sheds his coat and quietly sinks into the back row
the weight of their judgmental glances
tells him that his chances are better out on the road

but if we are the body
why arent His arms reaching?
why arent His hands healing?
why arent His words teaching?
and if we are the body
why aren't His feet going?
why is His love not showing them there is a way
there is a way

Jesus paid much too high a price
for us to pick and choose who should come
and we are the body of Christ

yeahh. you know like.even though you can be in like the same church, the same community or whatever.. you could still not really feel welcomed i guess.. and its really quite sad. like, well look how many people have left our church over the years.. like thruout pri sch.. now sec.. so many people have left.. and well i think its really sad. cos like, you're supposed to feel welcome right? to me church is like..family. and its really sad if you dont feel welcome in your own family. and like.. yahh. and i cant help thinking whether they might have stayed.. if i just put in that little bit more effort to go over and like ask how they were doing and all.. i mean, i dunno. and then well there's all this stuff about cliques and everything.. and yahh its not good la. i think there's like a bit or quite alot of disunity like..everywhere la i guess. but yah in church too.. i wish everyone could just accept everyone else and everyone can be happy friends! heh.

but yeah.. i guess all our actions, even the smallest ones, can have big consequences? so i guess we must really like live life to the fullest.. like really go all out to brighten someone's day or something. well at least tats wat i believe.. haha and to me its very satisfying to know that you've helped someone or like cheered someone up.. its just.. i dunno its a nice feeling. haha. its like i'm happy if you're happy that kind of thing. haha. yeahh. but well i dunno.

dont feel like writing anymore. haha. but just a thought, we walk by faith, not by sight. yeps. haha. random.. but like.. sometimes i feel like i really have no idea where my life is going.. especially when i start to lose sight of God.. like i start questioning everything.. wondering what i'm living for and all.. since at times my life seems so..worthless, so insignificant compared to others' i guess. but i guess at times like these, and all the time, we just have to trust in God and have faith that He does have a plan for us.. and all that.. but yeah, what does it mean to reallyy trust in God? to surrender every little thing to Him? i dont know, and its hard, but i'm trying(:

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