Interview with God

This ain't the first time I've seen this slideshow called "Interview with God", each time I see it again, it feels that God is speaking to me through the music playing and the words are speaking out to me. Hope this can be somewhat inspirational to you too, as you read through the script :)

I dreamed I had an interview with God.

“So you would like to interview me?” God asked

“If you have the time” I said.

God smiled

“My time is eternity”

“What questions do you have in mind for me?”

“What surprises you most about humankind?...”

God answered...

“That they get bored with childhood. They rush to grow up and then long to be children again.”

“That they lose their health to make money and then lose their money to restore their health.”

“That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live in neither the present nor the future.”

“That they live as if they will never die, and die as if they had never lived.”

God’s hand took mine and we were silent for awhile

And then I asked...

“As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons you want your children to learn?”

God replied with a smile,

“To learn they cannot make anyone love them. What they can do is let themselves be loved.”

“To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others.”

“To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.”

“To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in persons we love, and it takes many years to heal them.”

“To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.”

“To learn that there are persons who love them dearly, but simply do not know how to express or show their feelings.”

“To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it differently.”

“To learn that it is not always enough that they be forgiven by others. But that they must forgive themselves.”

“And to learn that I am here always.”

My very first guitar - Jairus!

Today was a very exciting day, I bought my very first guitar with my pay cheque! This decision took me a while because I was afraid to over-spend money on the guitar that I might not play. But....I finally bought it, and I think it was the right decision!

I went to AXE in the morning and asked the guy about guitars and he showed me a few... one was too big, one felt weird.... one was too expensive..... and then he gave me some time to look around and what not. So there I was... in a guitar room all by myself.... looking down the aisles for the "perfect" one. Some didn't feel right....some necks were too thick... some necks were too thin. Some of the body was too big....too small. I didn't like the shape of some of the bodies....too expensive and out of my budget. But then I came across one that I kinda liked. The perfect body, the perfect neck.....and the perfect sound! And, most importantly, the price was reasonable too. I sat there....very indecisively trying out the guitar. Placed it back to it's original position and grabbed a couple other guitars....but nothing felt as great as the "one". At that very moment, I couldn't believe that I found the one.... the perfect guitar!

I happily finished the transaction and went home with it. Set the guitar stand and placed the guitar on the stand, right beside the piano. On the way to work, all I had in my mind was... I better tell my mother this... or else she will not be very impressed that I spent over $300 on a guitar....I was rather surprised my mom did not object to it or anything at all....and I really wanted to name my guitar.... I was discussing with Sheh at work what I should name my guitar. She said I should name it a boy because of it's color... and it makes more sense that way to me anyways. I wanted something biblical and meaningful.... but nothing too common, like Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. I cracked a joke and told her I wanted to name it Jesus. LOL. But that did not happen. It would have been cool though.... but yeah.

So I got home after work and looked up some names for my lovely guitar. I narrowed the names down to the choices of: Obadiah (servant of God), Jotham (God is perfect), Joash (God-given), Jairus (He shines), and Lemuel (dedicated to God). I had a particular name in mind...but I also asked a few of my friends. Out of the most was Lemuel.....and Jairus. But because I personally prefer it ot be Jairus, and it matches my guitar a lot more.... it is now named Jairus, and as I play God's songs, I want to be reminded that I am playing it for God, and keeping in mind that Jesus shines through music.

Well, welcome to the family, Jairus! I will be taking good care of you and letting others see your light!