Make good choices, persevere and try again; and we will succeed, by God’s grace. ~ Cheong Kok Weng

An account about “perseverance” from our fellow human on planet

earth. ->https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/08/worlds-richest-self-made-woman-zhou-qunfei-shares-the-key-to-success.html

Make good choices, persevere and try again; and we will succeed, by God’s grace.

Patient efforts and concentration, properly directed each day; bouncing back and keep moving forward will lead to conquering difficulties, resolutions and success.

Perseverance means determined continuation in something with a steady and continued action of belief that occurs over a period of time amongst and despite difficulty, with little or no indication of success. It is to hold on and stay the course.

 

The time for correct action is now, as doing it now is better than not doing it at all. ~ Cheong Kok Weng

The time for correct action is now, as doing it now is better than not doing it at all.  It is not too late; better late than never. God gives us the awesome power of the present – NOW.

At the backdrop of correct ACTION  – it is good for us to be mindful that many a times, less is more as simplicity is key. 

Simplicity while preserving the essentials and without decreasing its value, makes things easy to grasp & use, effectual, dependable and delightful. Two illustrations of simplicity. Placing your hand under the water faucet and the water flows out and walking towards an automatic door and it opens.

Connected to taking correct actions, is the aphorism from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who’s an aircraft designer.  He said It seems that perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away.” As such, design is perfect when nothing more can be taken away – this is a fine definition of engineering elegance indeed.

At times, adding-on improves things. At other times, removing enhances things. Sometimes by changing, it ameliorates things. “Perfection is attained” when nothing can be improved.

Last word on “perfection” on planet earth – from a fellow human’s perspective. 

“Perfection is not attainable , but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”  – Vince Lombardi

 

Amazing Fine Tuning of the Universe – Necessity, Chance or Design?

A morally perfect God would value life, especially embodied human beings with free will, and so ensure the physical laws,  with finely -tuned constants in a  universe and initial conditions allowed for our existence.

Refuting the Anthropic argument

The Teleological Argument  https://youtu.be/3Yt7hvgFuNg

The Case for the Resurrection of Christ . The Apostle Paul tells us that if Jesus is not risen from the dead, our faith is in vain. Yet, many professing Christians deny the physical resurrection of Christ. In this message, Dr. Ravi Zacharias will give a defense of the bodily resurrection of Jesus against modernist skeptics inside and outside the church and against postmoderns who don’t think it matters. He will explain that if Jesus is risen, nothing else matters, and that if Jesus is not risen, nothing else matters. See the two links below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbkKFEpUQTw

https://youtu.be/EfZb3HvV9Ew

 

 

 

Beautiful Spaceship Earth … an amazing Creation.

 

The Earth is very finely tuned, well designed and created.  It is really a great “spaceship” for mankind to travel round the sun once a year 😝.

Seriously speaking, when we consider the earth orbiting round its own “star” in space among myriads of other stars, we should marvel at the sheer magnitude of the power of God.   We should take time to consider the heavens and all of creations and be really amazed and astounded with them.

CLICK HERE for the video taken by the international Space Station astronauts 👉 https://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=YWDWYLNX

Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

Psalm 8:1-9

Right Thoughts and Right Actions Make a Powerful Combination. ~ Cheong Kok Weng

Man can reach the “moon” and achieve much;  one such example of man’s ability is evident here.

Man is amazing because he takes after the image of God.

Man’s invention against the backdrop of God’s Creation.

We need to remember that it is always the right time for having the right thinking and right actions.

Right Thoughts and Right Actions Make a Powerful Combination. ~ Cheong Kok Weng

Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution. ~ David J. Schwartz

 

The end of something is to begin anew. We just need to say, TODAY is the START; to BEGIN going forward. ~ Cheong Kok Weng

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Remember, the past is HISTORY and don’t wallow in it any more.

Let’s be grateful to God for today.. We can start again TODAY and not look back – let’s DO IT and there CERTAINLY  WILL BE POSITIVE CHANGES.

God gave us the Human DNA to be what we want to be (within the parameters of what a human can do and that’s hugh) – to achieve great things when we put our mind and efforts into it.  Consistency is one of the critical success factors.

The commencement of a New Year holds the promises of fresh beginnings and the new horizons beckons. ~ Cheong Kok Weng

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Wishes all a wonderful and joyous new year.

May God grant us a blessed 2019. 

Let’s welcome enthusiastically the potentials and positive changes of this new year; forget “what might have been” which was the last year’s voice.  This year is a fresh voice; let’s decide to move ahead from where we are and to do what’s essential, needful and doable, and to reach greater heights.

Each day of 2019 is a gift from God. Today is a New Beginning. Let us embrace our Creator God, have a renewed mind, be a better person and enjoy His faithfulness and blessings in our lives.

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

2 Corinthians 5:17 

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.”

Jeremiah 29:11-13 

Reflections