f r e e d o m

in Your freedom I will live
I offer devotion

what else can I offer when You have offered freedom?
You have set me free from what bound me
accused me and laid a burden in my soul
in the law of the Spirit of Life I found freedom
no longer will I live under threat or under fear
the devotion of this heart belongs to You
only You

happy anni =)

second post....
haha - after talking to Adrian...and reading Phoebe's blog...
hmmm... life's interesting!!
as i was talking about heroes before...
it's the little things that make life so awesomely wonderful!!
what's the point of saving the world when your own world crumbles down?
is it worth the cost?
how amazing is love centered on Christ... where we follow the example set down for us - that one man lay down His life for another...sacrificial love...love that covers all...
how terrible is the burden of unforgiveness?

i thank God for adr+phoebe - HAPPY [belated] 2ND YEAR ANNI =)
haha...u've mushy nuff in ur blog pheebs =D i'll leave that to u...
but seirously tho its the start of long-distance...He will pull u guys thru =)
rainbows guys =) rainbows...
- love u's -

HERO-san

i just downed a huge dose of HEROES =) finally catching up from episode 14-20 in one go...having some time in between assignments!! for those questioning my use of time...i do question my own use of time as well...so there you go...i'll post some more thots on that if i still have inspiration later =P


but what im getting to...is that after watching all that, it set me thinking what is all this obsession over [super]Heroes??why does everyone desire to be a Hero at some point of time?every kid wants to be a superhero (superman cape etc) and when we grow up we pretend that we have more 'important' things to do...but look inside - deep inside past the the skepticism adults picked up while learning about the "real world" - we have desires to "save the world", in Hiro Nakamura's words, to do something heroic! to be looked upon in awe (discounting the fact its because it makes us feel good) what is it in heroism that makes us feel so good?


we get bored of a 'normal' life - waking up, eating breakfast, driving to school/work, coming home, eating dinner, sleeping...with other activities interspersed in between - well, at least I do!! but as I was thinking about this and came with this theory, but you are welcome to disagree with me.


Heroes act heroically so normalcy is restored.


A teacher once said that humans require normalcy to survive. Even the most outrageous risk takers or inconsistent person requires a "pattern" of life. Take time for example, 24 hours a day. That's a pattern. No one can without at least that regularity. imagine each day randomly deciding to be 24 hours, then 12hours the next, then 56 hours a day - life cannot be lived at all! that's chaos!! so what I am saying is that "saving the world" actually means restoring "normalcy"...nuclear bomb goes off, and someone tries to save us... therefore, heroes, are champions of normalcy, while challenging normalcy itself. Dichotomy?? Not so..think about it, we need a extra-normal person, who transforms sub-normal circumstances to normalcy..but that requires the hero to be more than normal - in the way where he is willing to lay down his life for others...that's when i think Jesus was the biggest superhero of all time...he laid down His life so that we can have life and life more abundantly!

so why do we insist on being a hero, who is after all, championing normalcy of life? so i guess the issue is not about being a hero anymore...its about recognition...having Superpowers itself doesn't make one a hero. Just watch the series Heroes - Hiro Nakamura is not a hero because he can bend the space/time continuum, but he has to prove himself a hero by saving the world. Powers used for personal gain, and you'll be called an evil dictator - and then we need a Hero to save us from that evil dictator! you catch the idea now? do we want to be a hero or do we just want recognition?? we want to be superman because he can fly...we want batman because he has tons of cash at hand..spiderman? because he's a nerd who gets the chiq (not really tho...as we see in spidey3~)

so still want to be a hero?? here's my take on a hero: one who builds others up to be heroes too...to challenge the sub-normalcy of life...it doesn't matter who is watching! every one has the potential to be a hero. let us open our eyes to see the everyday heroes. the mother who fight against hope to raise her children up to be a blessing to those around them. that's a heroine in action. see the extraordinary in the ordinary.

Heroes... an ordinary breed but extraordinary by choice...