Working

Last night my dad gave me ANOTHER lecture about working and that work is not a curse and that we should love to work and how to love work, and all that, and today i had the chance to apply it.
I had to paint two rooms twice. Usually i hate to do something so monotonous but this time i didn't notice it, time just flew by just because i tried not to think about how boring it is. (it wasn't)

There's a difference between work and futility in work. And this time it wasn't a futile job because the paint was just right and the method was good (long pole with roller). But the most important thing is to realize that you're not working for money, for the boss, for yourself or for free; but that you're working for God and that you must do it as for Him. Really. No mind -bending here. Its not just a mind-set, its true. We belong to Jesus Christ, and we answer to Him. If you do your work as for Him, He will repay you for every work you do just as much as a missionary's work. Theologically sound. Study it out.

I work for God.

On "What will you do when you grow up?"

Wherever God put you right now, you must be faithful, do your job the best you can.

We don't necessarily need to dig deep and stress out about finding a "career" because God is preparing us in the circumstances we are in.

Wherever you are, be content.

Modification to the bow

i added two planks of bamboo on the arms between the handle and fiberglass plank (for extra strength)

so this is what it looks like

i'll finish it off by wrapping the whole thing with sports tape (maybe camouflaged)

it has about a 20-25# draw weight (that means the power it has in #per sq in if you pull the string back to 28'' )

A Lesson From Driving

Today i did my driving test.

I thought i was doing ok for someone who's been driving for a month.
On the streets that i know (between church and home) i probably was ok. But on the freeway its a different story.

Anyway, i got a bunch of errors and barely got my license which i think was the best way for God to have answered my prayers because i was getting (already!) a bit heady so God reminded me to be humble, always be careful, and always have a disposition to learn.

(by the way i did the test in south sac)

...He shall save the humble person. Job 22:29

On Reponsibility

Yesterday i was working at a brother's remodeling project. We had to replace a balcony for a second-story apartment building.

Now, i have worked with a couple of different contractors and each one has a different level of trust in my abilities so he entrusts me with a job that he thinks i can do well. Me being a young man and not experienced, i usually got small jobs like carrying lumber from the truck to the house or finish hammering the nails in a brace (metal joint for beams).

This time, (due to his trust or maybe negligence) i was entrusted with decking the balcony (cover the beams with planks for the floor).

The small jobs don't require much skill but decking does.


And here is my point. When i got small errands, i did them as a servant. "Go do this, do that" "Yes sir". But when given more responsibility, i actually thought a bit, measured, calculated, carefully cut, and patiently screwed in all the planks, and double checked each screw.

I was more responsible because i was given more responsibility (obviously not more than i could handle).

Thats why i believe kids should be given more responsibilities as they get older. Acceptance of responsibility i what maturity really is.

My Reading Today

Do me the honour of reading the whole thing.




1 John 3:23 And this is His commandment, That we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another as he gave us commandment.







1 John 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.






1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation (sacrifice) for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

The fact that it is hard to love somebody (they're annoying, no fun, mean, ugly, disrespectful) is what makes it like God's love for us. So don't give yourself excuses. Do the right thing.






If a man say, 'I love God', and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

My latest project

im making a bow.

i found a fiberglass "plank" about 1.5 in. wide 5.5ft. long 1/4 in. thick.

porbably from some old construction zone sign.

since its very flexible, i decided to make a bow out of it but it would be very weak if i left it as it was. maybe 20# draw weight max.
so im going to make a hardwood handle for it to keep the middle section (about 1' long)
straight and thus the ''arms'' would provide the force instead of the middle section (double strength).

right now im wondering if i should bolt the handle on or just glue it and wrap it with sports tape.

so i estimate it will have about 30 # of draw weight.