Jesus The Same

God So Loved The World

God so loved the world
That He gave His one and only Son
That whosoever believes in Him
will not perish but have everlasting life
I try so hard to find the words to say
To let you know how great is this God to whom I pray
Nothing can or ever will compare
To the peace that flows in your soul when He is living there
Oh I know you've been through so much
It's hard to contemplate letting go and reaching out in trust
But I know the simple truth
That love is here for you
So take Him at His word and see what He can do
The promise is yours and mine
Take hold of this love
For the rest of your life
But it's time to take a step of faith
Be prepared for Jesus' love to carry you away.

The Perfect Eros Series - Part 1 - Definition

Eros is one of the four words in Ancient Greek which can be rendered into English as “love”. Eros refers to “intimate love” or romantic love; storge to “affection” or fondness. In this sence, I are using Eros as the love between husband and wife or love between a boy and a girl in a relationship.

What is love?

Love as defined in 1 Corinthians : "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. "

What is the difference between love and desire?

There are complex mixtures between love and desire. For example, when you say you love someone, does it means that you need to own someone? This is a complex mixture of love and desire. Normally, when you want to live with someone forever and own this person for yourself, it is not love in particular, it's more to desire. Then should a pair of lovers get together? Yes. A person is willing to get together with the person who he/she loves is because he/she knows that the other person has a desire to be with him/her. He/she wants to be together with that person should not be because of the desire to do so, it should be because he/she believes that only he/she is able to give the most happiness to that person.

In this sence, when you say you love someone and that person does not love you, then you should not force that person to be with you. The way you should think is that, what makes that person happy? What can i do for it to be best for that person? This is love. If you want that person so hard and try all kinds of ways in order to get that person, this will not be love, this is desire.

In simple terms, love is to give, desire is to take.

We can see this through one very important person - Jesus. He sacrifised himself for us on the cross and never ask anything in return. This is what it means by love. Love cannot be in feelings only but also include actions to prove. When your actions only shows desire, then you cannot say you love someone.

If what you get is more than what you give in a relationship, it may cause problems in that relationship. The perfect way for a husband and wife to understand this is that, the husband should try his best to understand the needs of his wife so that he will do his best to fulfil all her desires. The wife should also try her best to understand the needs of her husband so that she will do her best to fulfil all his desires. In this way, it would cause an existance of mutual understandings, mutual respect and mutual fulfulment. In this manner, even though you do not try to gain anything from your spouse, your spouse will still give you the best. Thus, you are never lack of anything. This is true love between husband and wife.

However, most of the person are not trained to do so in this eras. In this era, most people are influenced by the thought that what i have is more important and what i want is more important. When this is brought into a relationship, it would be a total desire relationship and not a love relationship. The husband will try to ask more from the wife and the wife will also try to ask more from the husband. When one party is not willing to give, problems come.

Of course it is not easy to retain a relationship. We can see from past events especially from the asians' family background. Normally, wives will try their best to give, so to maintain the marriage even though the husband may not seem to give so much. That is why asians have a lower rate of divorce. But the asians nowadays has also being influenced by the culture that i am more important and what i get is more important than what i give. This can be shown in the incresing rate of divorce among asians.

However, it is not possible for one person to keep giving and the other keep on receiveing. This will require sacrificial love like love given by Jesus. For relationships where one person keeps on giving and the other keeps on receiving, he/she will need to accpet the sacrificial love given by Jesus in order to give such love to his/her spouse. It is not easy to influence him/her in short period of time, but your love will change him/her in the long run. Thus, from the definition, love is patient.

In conclusion, love is to give and desire is to get.

黄明志惊天动地系列 - 第二集

Starting of a new series - The Perfect Eros

As this blog is to promote sacrificial love, i will start a new series called The Perfect Eros. This is due to lots of problems occurred between husband and wife because they don't understand the real meaning of love which is eros in this sence. This series is not meant to be the perfect guildeline for all but it act as a principle which is meant to be understand by all. By understanding the principles, application of it will become possible. However, the writter has no experienced in eros. Thus, the principles is extracted from various experiences and important principles from the source of love - God.

黄明志惊天动地系列 - 第一集

全球首个艾滋病治愈病例出现 患者奇迹般获重生

终结艾滋还有多远？ 抗艾30年，全球首例艾滋病患者治愈

　　对于医生胡特而言，病人蒂莫西·雷·布朗就像漆黑抗艾研究道路上的一道亮光。这名被冠以“柏林病人”的特殊病患同时兼有白血病和艾滋病。在医学界看来，布朗已经是即将踏入坟墓的人，然而在接受骨髓移植后，布朗竟然奇迹般得以重生。这一事件震惊了整个医学界，医生们从他的身上看到了医学界的奇迹：终结艾滋。

　　从１９８１年６月５日人类发现HIV病毒到现在，已经过去了整整３０年。就在HIV３０岁之际，世界医疗科技领域已吹响消灭号角，将全力把这种可怕的病毒从世界上消除。这种动力的来源，一是科学的进步；二是金钱压力的迫使。据悉，仅在全球发展中国家，每年用于艾滋病治疗的费用就已高达１３亿美元。如果继续下去，到２０３１年这一数字将会变为现在的三倍。诺贝尔奖得主朗索瓦丝·巴尔·西诺西表示：“艾滋病患者长期用药会带来大量的花费，我们必须要找到治愈他们的方法，我们会不断地努力，直至找到。”

　　无心插柳

　　———发现骨髓移植法是巧合

　　蒂莫西·雷·布朗是一名美国白血病患者，并同时患有艾滋病。２００７年他来到柏林找到了胡特医生。胡特医生是一名肿瘤病和血液病专家，现工作于德国西南部的海德堡大学。胡特说：“当时布朗的状态非常不好，病情正在恶化，几乎已经到了死亡的边缘。”随即，胡特做出一个决定：进行骨髓移植，先治白血病。结果却出人意料，经过3年来的临床观察，这次移植同时治愈了布朗的艾滋病。原来，骨髓捐献者的配型不仅非常吻合，而且骨髓中还有一种能天然抵御艾滋病病毒的变异基因。据以往研究发现，这种变异基因只在少数北欧人体内存在。

　　“真的不敢相信，我们治愈艾滋病的新方法竟然是这样开始的。”6月2日胡特对路透社记者说，“因为布朗患有艾滋病，本以为做完骨髓移植手术他依然会离开这个世界。真的没有想到，他竟然奇迹般地活了下来，还成为世界第一个被治愈的艾滋病病人。现在，他体内已经没有艾滋病病毒了，已经不再吃药。”

　　对于这种骨髓移植方法，大多数科学家则表示，不可能用于其他艾滋病患者。骨髓移植方法费用高昂、复杂、充满风险，而且在这个方法中，需要找到特殊的捐献者———体内具有抵御艾滋病病毒基因的人。据目前研究所知，北欧人的后裔具有这一特征。因此，要找到准确的骨髓捐献者很难，这一部分捐献者只占所有捐献者的一小部分。

PAS eases up on Islamic state ahead

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang said it was not time yet to implement an Islamic state.

Also, in the Quran there was no mention about an Islamic state, but there was a mention of welfare state, he told a press conference after opening the 57th PAS Muktamar at PAS premises in Taman Melewar on Friday.

“Under the welfare state concept we have to be kind to all - humans, animals, and the environment.

“In line with the Islamic concept, we will ensure the rakyat are not burdened.

“Some governments offer free healthcare and education. That should be the way.

“Also the electricity and water tariff should not be raised to the point of burdening the rakyat.

“The high cost of goods also pose a burden on the rakyat,” he said, adding PAS would focus on propagating good governance according to the Islamic principles.

PAS would also continue supporting the special privilege of the Malays and the bumiputra, the bulk of whom were poor, he said.

But the plight of the poor non-Malays must also be looked into, he said.

Hadi said PAS would continue garnering non-Muslim support, adding they faced a problem reaching out to the rural areas where the community had no access to alternative news.

Comments

The leaders of PAS began to understand the needs for unity among the Pakatan Rakyat (PR), thus, the leaders of PAS has put aside the dream of Islamic State but turn to Welfare State. The Welfare State as described by the PAS leader above seems like a good policy for the people. However, whether Welfare State includes the Laws of Islam which is strongly stressed in the dream for Islamic State, will need to depend on how the implementation after PR become government.

The implementation of Islamic State is not easy as Malaysia consists of different races with different religion. It is difficult for non-muslim to accept the dream of Islamic State. Thus, the leaders try to change it to Welfare State, which is more acceptable to all the people.

How PAS is going to implement it? We'll see.

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