peace . love . joy

sigh..

tis a realli super duper ultra insanely supercalifragelisticexpealidocious HOT day!! = o

jus came back frm a visit to the esplanade library..those who are keen on reading up on composers frm the renaissance period up til the present moment \ on classical composers like Bach to modern composers like Bernstein \ listen to different interpretations of a certain song \ watch popular DVDs, the esplanade is the place to go, pple =]

i mean..they dont have everythg and anythg, but they do have a wide-enough-for-u-to-digest-properly-and-not-throw-up palate of info..plus, the librarians are real nice =] ..DVDs..unles ure like me, love to watch old films like Alfred Hitchcock, Breakfast at Tiffany's, South Pacific, Agatha Christie's series on Hercule Poirot, wives & daughters, i'd suggest u pass..they have more older films & classics than modern stuff..they do have wild wild west, though..hehe =D

i was jus thinking..wldnt it be nice to be a composer?..i love music..to be more specific, i love CLASSICAL music..

my favourite of favourites are Dvorak, J.S. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gustav Mahler, Shostakovich, Wagner, Sergey Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Berlioz, Franz Liszt, Tchaikovsky & the Suite VIII in F minor, Courante for Harpsichord by George Frederic Handel =D

and of course (so durh), my ultimate all time fav is Fryderyk Chopin..he's my idol..ooo..Christians arent supposed to have idols..hmmm..ok, he's THE BEST composer, to me =D

PS: i DONT worship him

but yea, i was jus wonderin, wad'll it be like to be him..?

not v.nice, i noe..beautiful & feminine Chopin was plagued with illness throughout the mature pt of his life, but in terms of greatness..wad'll it be like??

to indisputably possess a great gift AND to use it throughout your life..wldnt that be terrific??

alas, i am no Chopin..i dont even have an ounce of his bld in my veins nor arteries nor capillaries(havent gone for that test your bld and map out your ancestry thg yet)..

i dont have the gift of composing complicated and vigorous etudes \ soothing nocturnes \ lively mazurkas & polonaises \ delicate valses \ intricate sonatas..

i dont even have charisma nor the gift of gab..

sigh..

but hey, gOd says we're each unique and special to Him..

"everybody's special, Dash"
"which is another way of saying nobody is"
~ Helen & Dash Parr, The Incredibles

if u wanna talk physique, obvious answer : we're all unique (even twins, remember -- finger-prints =])

if u wanna talk personality, obvious answer : we're all different (childish \ mature, direct \ schizophrenic..)

Psalm 139:13-16
for You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother's womb. i praise you because i am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, i know that full well. my frame was not hidden from You when i was made in the secret place. when i was woven together in the depths of the earth, Your eyes saw my unformed body. all the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.

gOd knew YOU even before u existed..even before you were an egg + sperm!!..

how marvellous!!..

we're each given gifts..some born with a greater number of gifts than others..some born with a greater development of a certain gift than others..

1Corinthians 7:7b
each man has his own gift from gOd; one has this gift, another has that.

whichever the case, one thg's for sure, we EACH have AT LEAST one gift..

Romans 12:6-8
we have different gifts, according to the grace given us. if a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.

so we can rest assure that we're all gifted..in one way or another..no problem =]

no problem for that..problem comes with the nxt question :

wad are u going to do with the gift(s) u have been entrusted with??

bible has also then answer to that qn..we are to use it(them) to help \serve other pple in Christ & to Christ..we are to use it(them) to serve gOd..

1Peter 4:10
gOd has given each of you some special abilities; be sure to use them to help each other, passing on to others gOd's many kinds of blessing.

all of us together are one body of Christ..each of us are equally important to the other parts of the body..none is greater than the others..each one needs the other..

1Corinthians 12:13 , 21-22 , 24b
each of us is a part of the one body of Christ ... the eye can never say to the hand,"i dont need you." the head cannot say to the feet,"i dont need you." and some of the parts that seem weakest and least important are really the most necessary! ... so gOd put the body together in such a way that extra honor and care are given to those parts that might otherwise seem less important.

we are all important to gOd..super important..we're His pple and He loves us dearly..

but a wrd of caution..make full use of the talents & gifts gOd has entrusted each of us with..yi ding yao zhen xi ta..fou zhe gOd will take them away frm us and give them to smone else who knows their value \ worth and use \ exercise them extensively & wisely..

u wil never taste the wonderful and fantastic feelings that come when u use that gift u had once it is taken frm u..

Matthew 25:14-30
(14)"Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them.
(15)To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.
(16)The man who had received the five talents went at once and put his money to work and gained five more.
(17)So also, the one with the two talents gained two more.
(18)But the man who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.
(19)"After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.
(20)The man who had received the five talents brought the other five. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.'
(21)"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'
(22)"The man with the two talents also came. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with two talents; see, I have gained two more.'
(23)"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'
(24)"Then the man who had received the one talent came. 'Master,' he said, 'I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
(25)So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.'
(26)"His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?
(27)Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.
(28)"Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents.
(29)For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.
(30)And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

we're all gifted..no doubt bout it..

now qn is : how're u gonna use those gifts??

gOd bLEsS

me