During once of the sessions, which we talked over Christianity where I was talking about those 'voices' that question me about Christian stuff until I'm at loss at what to reply due to my lack of wisdom and knowledge--which actually hor motivated me to check up the biblical questions and also , we talked about to be Christlike, and to be Christlike besides the one that I mentioned in the BlogSpot post "Lesson on silence", childlike is also another characteristic. Our (Christian) dependence on Christ like a young child depending on his/her parents for food and shelter. eh, I'll try to phrase this Chinese phrase into English. I'll just type the Chinese phrase first...”只要父母开心，我就开心“childlike mentality. The child is happy when the parents are happy, not seeking any rewards, just purely happy because the parents are happy. That is a childlike behaviour too.
Well, but when I search online just using search terms "the difference between childish and childlike", I was surprised that it was a grammar thing, that is, it was a commonly confused words..
http://grammar.about.com/od/alightersideofwriting/a/Childish-And-Childlike.htm
PS: actually I thought of typing and searching for "the difference between childish and childlike last night but I was so tired and the degree urgency wasn't there, that is, the feeling of "I must post this now". By the way be careful of emotions too. One has to be well aware whether or not the emotion is God motivated/evoked or not. Well, perhaps He gave me a break, and it could be postponed till now.
9.45am: "so tired": my group members and me did the scale report from morning til 5 plus pm...we thought we were finishing soon so we didn't go and grab a bite for lunch...who knew we stopped at 5 plus and it's still not satisfactory...-_-|||
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First para, first few lines: that's why being well prepared, that is the armour of God (Ephesians 6) is so important. The bible has such vast wisdom and knowledge and facts...at times it is inevitable that we bump into things which we are uncertain, that's when reading up and studying His Word is important and best to do so, if the matter can be halt. Such as it's a question which u come across while reading, then look up in biblical resources and other parts of the bible which mentions the topic. Or if like in my case, though I dont think anyone would be faced in such extremities, pray and ask for deliverance and/or wisdom to handle it, though that time I dont even have a chance--a time--to even juz call out His name. It was really like a wave after wave during the high tide...
Good thing I read this as my daily bread for today...
I forgotten to cover another ground which the post might go to the other directions from which I intended it to be...>~< -_-||| (PS: to say the truth it is exhausting...but ^^)
"But we need to be careful here. Even our thoughts about God as Father can be a little out of whack. We like the idea of a benevolent Father who supplies our needs, who protects us, and who loves to give us good gifts. And while all those things are true, let’s not forget that it’s the parenting of God that puts protective boundaries in place through His law. It’s the gracious parenthood of God that provides warnings along the way when we choose to turn away from God’s commands. Then, when necessary, it’s His loving discipline that reproves and corrects us—even painfully, if necessary—to draw us back to Him and to His good and perfect will."
http://getmorestrength.org/daily/father-and-friend/
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