A whole year of work

So I recently finished what seems to be the first year of doing real work in my life. Here is what I learnt:

• Life is a fight. Take it that way. Don't run away from it. Don't take the escape routes, not because real life will end up catching you one way or the other, but because you might actually end up escaping it all throughout. You might actually end up taking each escape route, all your life and then die, painlessly while you sleep in a your royal bed inside the mansion that you build from 80 years of your life's savings. Don't do that. Stop running, turn around, look the beast in the eye, and fight. And don't look the beast in the eye because you are mightier, but because He is watching… because He is mightier. It might beat the crap out of you, but He knows the beast, and He knows what he is doing, and He knows what He is letting be done.
 
• Ok, agreed, we are fallen. May be he did He ordained pain... real, painful, heartbreaking, i-don't-feel-i-can-go-on-anymore pain and death. May be he indeed made no promises of health, the continuous availability of your limbs or skills, money or of your loved ones. May be He didn't suffer so that we don't suffer. But then, you see, He is the business of making you a better worshipper.
 
• Apparently, God takes his job of being a father seriously.
 
• Good design is good. Good code is good. I want to say it is godly, but I won't make a doctrine out of it.
 
• If you are not learning, then you are not living. So, learn a lot.
 
• Money is too quantifiable to not be deceptive.
 
• God is a giver, through and through, and he definitely wants his sons and daughters to emulate that. He takes it to heart if they don't.
 
• Pray a lot. In-fact, 'a lot' should be defined by how much you pray. It is really worth the shot.
 
• God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. 
 
• Trust the Lord with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.
 
• Seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, then all those things that you need, and, really, much more,  will be added to you. 

Apart from that, I learnt a huge amount of ruby, rails, sysadmin, git, unix and software engineering  

For a change...

You know that thing where you wake up every morning, go do your thing for the day and then sleep again?

Ok, so for a change, this morning I tried waking up in a different body... but failed :-/

Announcement

Today I became a believer in Fortune Cookies. My fortune read:

"Sell your ideas - They have exceptional merit"

World, take note that this blog will soon become a paid site.  

A Sermon A Week

Why should we have a sermon every sunday? What if a pastor stands up, goes to the pulpit and says 'I have no sermon for you today'? 

What is/should be/ideally has been the role of pastors? How much of it is expositing what the bible says and how much of it is modeling for the church what it means to be a man who is led by God, and out of that having sermons preached, may be twice a week? Shouldn't a shepherd be more of a man who is walking and leading the sheep and preaching being only one of the several ways he leading them? Or does a shepherd look at his responsibilities as, "If i give the sheep 5 whacks a day, give them to the waters once a week, then my responsibilities are over "

I find it hard to believe that every Sunday God wants the church to gather in a building, sit in the pews, and to listen to a pastor preach, and then go back home. I find it hard to believe that a pastor is called to preach every sunday. Don't get me wrong. There is a place for sermons, there is a place for preaching. However, as of today, I stand unconvinced that it needs to be done every sunday. 

Blog Announcement #4

What this blog does not come close to doing justice to, is reflecting how evil I am and have been. While only a subset of my thoughts are documented here... many others I do not dare document or try to capture in words.

They are known and felt by God and me only. May be one day He will show it to all of you... so that there are no secrets any more, and you will know that when I say I am evil I mean the word and probably much worse than what the word tends to mean in its mild form in the christian religion or your imagination.

Life Announcement #1

If and when you have a band, and if and when you do a cover for "The hardest part" by ColdPlay... can I do the vocals? pretty please? and when you call me up on stage to sing, even if I look embarrassed... and am doing the "Who me? Nooo! " stuff... I WANT to sing, ok?, trust the me today. The me in future is just playing games.

( You can tell I am dreaming, isn't it?)

Blog Announcement #1 - The 'Hello World'!

Here I plan to document a bunch of random thoughts.... shared with the world for free! Ummm... you can pay me if you really want to. ;)

p.s. Thoughts aren't necessarily truths.