JOURNEY TO INDEPENDANCE

Yes it is that time of the year...

The month of Freedom

Independance....

What does it really mean?

"Let us mantain mental freedom"

The Guest Of Honour appealed tonight...

I wonder what he was thinking about...

What do you think it means.. mental freedom.

Are we independant?

What's missing in our so called Independance?

Yes politically we have moved from one adminsitration to another..

Yet is this where we want to be?

What will it take to claim real Independance?

It reminds me of these words

" Take this sinking boat

And point it home

You still have time...

Raise your hopeful voice

You've got a choice

You've made it now..."

BORN IN BORNEO

Your warm embrace

brought forth this child

Child of Borneo

Land of hearts

Brave enough to pray

And worship from the highest mountain

To the many rivers and caves

We worship You

Lord of All

Let our voices carry Your Love

To many lands



Wherever we go

Your Voice we hear

and our voices will join

an everlasting choir



For

This child will be Yours

Forever

PUPPY THOUGHTS ON MEMORIES

Memories vanish

faster than the scent

of blossoms that find you

only in the night

PUPPY THOUGHTS ON STORIES

Somewhere
beyond this cage
is a place I long to be

And to get there I must discover the route
To this heavenly mystery

I heard that you could fathom it
in a blog http://www.maryannesstories.blogspot.com/

I wonder if it's true
Or just another piece of fiction
To mislead me

I guess the truth is only there for me
and only I will know
and if I never take the journey

I will be living my life
separated from the heavenlymystery

Be careful when you read a story
It could be about you
Be careful when you write a story
It could really be about me

And why write if it is leading me to nowwhere

So I will takle the journey
as Zaklion did
to the
RIVER OF NO RETURN

Be careful where you begin

And what direction you take
Are you going forwards
Or backwards?

IT'S TIME TO SPEAK UP

If you can speak with impact before an audience of 600

you will be able to move a room full of tired minds

and you will be able to change a heart.


If you can no longer wait in the sidelines
Hoping that someone else will take a stand
And speak up
No matter what

Then I wana work with you.

You can contact me at 013 837 0568 Malaysia country Code 06.

We can be partners for a better world right now

Even if you live faraway.

You are only a click of a mouse away.

If you are in Miri, Malaysia or anywhere close

let us meet up

and work out how to

take a stand.

My speciality is in public speaking.

I have wide experience in this area.

It all started because I had a calling

way back in 1986.

I won a couple of speech contests

across nations.

Each time the message came from Heaven.

No kidding.

I only speak when Heaven gives me a prompting.

I believe you could be chosen

To lead

and I could contribute in developping your effectiveness.

E mail me at mikailchristiano@gmail.com

We will work it out

With His light before us

( I have changed the setting so that everyone from everywhere can comment

Sure wana hear from you

And don't forget to give me your email

or attatch a link to your blog )

PUPPY THOUGHTS ON BUCKETS

HOW DO YOU BATHE 5 PUPPIES?

I FOUND MYSELF IN A BUCKET.

IT WAS KINDA CROWDED

THERE WERE THREE OF US

AND I WONDER WHY WE WERE ALL CREAMY

MY BROWNIE BROTHER AND SISTER

TOOK THE BUCKET RIDE LATER

WE WERE SHAMPOOED IN THE SINK

I HEARD HER COO THAT WE WERE SO CUTE

AFTER THAT A LADY CAME

AND ASKED FOR ONE OF US

OH NO!

IT DOES NOT PAY TO LOOK CUTE AND FURRY

NOW WE ARE GONNA BE PARTED

SO I REALLY DIDNT LIKE GOING FOR A RIDE

IN A BUCKET

LEGENDS OF BORNEO

If you look at my older post FIRST BORN , you will have a little snapshot of part of a legend from Borneo.

I am actually not a lover of legends.

But I have written and directed a musical called LIAN ARAN.

He is my favourite Legendary Hero.

There is something about His story that points to what we are lacking: our spiritual dimension.

I know I can't seem to stop talking about this, but what to do, I write with heavenly promptings..

Lian Aran was abandoned by his mother when he was born.

Why? You see duty called her. She had NO CHOICE. She had to go and plant padi.

I don't know why but she put the baby in a gong ( which is heavy ) and it floated along a river..( like Moses )

and the Spirit of Love saw him from the Moon and saved him.

Mm..I will tell you what happens next in another posting..

JESUS , TUHAN ATAU MANUSIA?

( I am writing in Malay and I will translate this post in English )

Jesus suruh saya menulis dalam Bahasa Malaysia hari ini.

(Jesus asked me to write in Malay today)

Bila Tuhan panggil, saya ikut sahaja.

( When God calls , I follow )

Soalan yang Jesus timbul di hati saya ialah:

( The question that Jesus put in my heart is : )

Apakah kaitan di antara agama dan kebenaran?

(What is the relationship between religion and truth? )

Adakah agama sama dengan kebenaran?

( Is religion the same as truth? )

Jawapan saya ialah : sekiranya agama adalah sama dengan kebenaran,

( My answer is : if religion is the same as truth, )

kenapa terdapat pelbagai jenis agama?

( why are there many types of religion? )

Bagi saya, agama adalah cara manusia mencari dan cuba menulis tentang Tuhan.

( For me, religion is a way that human beings search and try to write about God )



Apabila kita bertemu dengan Tuhan, pengalaman itu susah di jelaskan.

( When we meet God, the experience is difficult to explain )

Anda mesti mengalaminya.

( You must experience it )

Tuhan lebih besar daripada apa yang boleh di tulis.

( God is larger than what we can write )



Saya bagi contoh daripada kehidupan saya.

( Let me give you an example from my life )

Saya pergi ke gereja sajak kecil. Saya semayang dan menyanyi.

( I went to church since I was a child. I prayed and I sang )

Saya percaya kepada Jesus.

( I believed in Jesus )

Walaubagaimanapun, bila saya bertemu dengan Jesus,

( Nevertheless, when I met Jesus )

semua itu rasa seperti tidak dapat mengambarkan Jesus sebenarnya.

( all this did not reflect what Jesus was really like )

Jesus panggil saya dengan arahan yang spesifik.

( Jesus called me and gave me a specific instruction )

Jesus suruh saya membantu semua manusia kenalnya.

( Jesus asked me to help all of humanity to know HIM )

Jesus kata dia adalah jalan ke keselamatan.

( Jesus said he is the way to SALVATION )

Kebenaran itu senang saja.

( This is a simple truth )

Saya penah mendengar orang kata, semua agama adalah sama, semua mengajar cara kehidupan yang baik.

( I have heard people say that all religions are the same,

all teach us how to live a good life )

Bagi saya ini adalah fokus yang silap.

( For me this is the wrong focus )

Apa gunanya kehidupan yang baik sekiranya kita tidak meneroka tentang jalan ke keselamatan?

( What is the use of a good life is we do not EXPLORE THE WAY TO SALVATION? )

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HOW DO I DO THIS?????

Please contact me and help me.

My email is mikailchristiano@gmail.com

Text me when you e mail me. 0138370568 Malaysia. Country code 06.

Sure would liek to network with you.

DO YOU WANA FEED THE FISH?

Did you see the hungry fish on the right?

To feed them just click on the screen Food will appear where you click and you see what happens...

MISTY WATER IN BORNEO

MISTY WATER

That's the new title of my new painting.

I changed it after getting feedback from Raphael Scott Abeng

And you know what...

The painting makes me so happy

I think I won't sell it...

This painting is inspired by Niagara Falls at sunset.

In this picture I see my own life change.

The left shows who I was

Before I recieved Jesus.

I was OK...

Pretty good

Things were beautiful

But after I recieved Jesus

It became MISTY

MAGICAL

I always walk in the presence of God

Things are fresh

Like the Morning Mist

That new feeling

That indescribable fresh and washed experience

The lightness

Of having my sins washed away

Of dying with Christ

And living with Christ

That's why whenever I look at MISTY WATER

I feel exuberant.

BORNEO TRIBAL MUSIC

The question is
Where does the music take you?
We often find ourselves drawn to tribal music
The pulse of the beats
The drift of the fine strings
The scent of the natural wood
Almost reaching us
From afar

Yet I wonder
Where is the music taking us?
Why did you and I stop when the SAPE PLAYER
Looked into the distance expressionless
As his fingers ran along the SAPE
And a watery music filled the jungle sanctuary

ALMOST

It was almost Peaceful

IT WAS ALMOST

Yet I was disturbed
When another singer sang
My ancestors stand with me
I can feel their spirit
And the two bodies of bare chested warrior dancers

NOT FROM SARAWAK

moved in expressions of anger

The crowd wass going wild

I felt..

The spirit is moving

But

Not THE HOLY SPIRIT.

I focussed and cast out that spirit..

Although a sea of people stirred in rising confusion

I focussed and cast out the spirit.


And my mind went back to the SAPE PLAYER

and his heavenly strings...

BORNEO TRIBAL MUSIC

is blessed

for we had a revival

In the highlands of BORNEO

THE HOLY SPIRIT MOVED


and THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MOVING NOW

from Borneo

LANGUAGE AND POWER

LANGUAGES..This has been the controversy I have been avoiding.
But I decided to speak out here after reading Jordan's blog.
Well.. I read but did not understand .. because it was in MANDARIN.
No complaints, Jordan. You have made me realize something.
If our thoughts cannot reach another, we can't share important inisghts.
And if we want to be leaders, we have to get over this LANGUAGE BLOCK.

What is the language block for you?

Recently we have the issue of choosing the langauge for teaching science and mathematics.


I used to be lost in the language I had to perform in at work.
So what do I do?
Learn and practice.
I do whatever it takes to perform well.
That's all.
I am not distracted by controversies that waste my energy.

Whatever the situation is.
Whatever the complications are.
Just do what it takes to survive.
Then do what it takes to be a leader.

And if that means mastering many languages
I would do that.

If others have a problem with this
It is their choice.

We are given a FREE CHOICE.

What you choose will determine how effective you can be.

If some people wanna learn fewer langauges
Let them.
They will have to live with the effects of their choice.

You make your own choice.

Now I have to link it to the HOLY SPIRIT.

When the HOLY SPIRIT came
The disciples could speak many languages
Eventhough they were Galileans.

People thought they were drunk.

You can check this up by reading the Gospel.

For me it means that we are to reach all nations with many languages.

Language is the tool for bringing TRUTH.



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LINES THAT HURT

This is Raphael Scott Abeng

An amazing artist from Borneo

He told me that there are lines

That hurt him

In my painting

"Water of Life"

I saw what he meant

I became more sensitive

And when you see my painting again

These lines will be gone

The colours that kill will be eliminated

Life is like this

We do not have to accept what we get

We can always pick up our brushes

And paint A NEW VISION

And when we don't get it right the first time

Just take a break

Reach that moment when you can't take it any more

Then ACT

and don't look back

Once you are changed

You are a NEW CREATION

WHAT I LEARNED FROM MICHEAL

It was not easy to write

About what I feel for Micheal

It was strange that he was taken

The day I found Peace.

That morning I was stunned

It seemed so unreal

I really wanted to believe

It was just a wierd commercial

Then when Jermain sang

'SMILE'

a song I loved as well

I could not hold it back

Eventhough my students were walking in

I had made the connection

And the song was on the screen

And the awful reality

was sinking in...

But I could not believe

What they said about you Micheal

That you had changed what you believe in.

I heard them say you are with God

Yet the echo of the question

kept coming back to pierce me.

Micheal , did you know Jesus?

Would you ever deny him?

I was not the only one who hurt for you

Not the only one trying to hold back my tears.

TRIBAL DANCE FROM BORNEO

I am posting a picture of a dance from Borneo.

In ceremonial dress, the warrior from Borneo

dances to celebrate Peace.

Peace does not come easily.

When there are forces that take away our Peace

We gather to protect it.

If we do not match and go beyond

Our enemy.

Then how can we expect to win this battle?

PUPPY THOUGHTS ON DIFFERENCES

Which do you prefer?

The one with the smile

Or the grouchy one?

Which do you think is the tough one.

The FIRST PUPPY

Of the SECRET FIVE

To break through

HIS CAGE?

GIVING UP

THIS WAS A STRANGE MORNING

I DROVE ALONG A JOURNEY TO NO WHERE

A VOICE INSIDE ME TOLD ME

TO GIVE UP


A BEAUTIFUL SONG LURED ME TO SAFETY

AND THE REASONS UNFOLDED BEFORE MY TIRED MIND

AS MY SOUL DRIFTED TO SOMEWHERE I COULD NOT FEEL


A STRANGE NEW BEGINNING


"THE OCEAN IS TOO BIG

TOO MANY DIFFERENT FISH

TOO SILENT, TOO FAR APART

I JUST CAN'T DO IT !


A RIPPLE WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE

I AM TOO TIRED MY LORD

JUST LET ME GO

PLEASE

I WANA GIVE UP


IT'S FAR TOO PAINFUL MY LORD

WHEN LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE MY LORD

WHEN WORKING HARD

ISNT WORKING ANYMORE


I WANA CRAWL UNDER MY BLANKET

AND SLEEP AND SLEEP AND SLEEP

GIVE ME REST LORD



I CAN'T TAKE IT! "



BUT AS I DROVE OVER A FLY OVER

I SAW A SAD WHITE SUN

MISTY

AND I REMEMBERED



I HEARD HIM SAY

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?



I CAME HOME AND KEPT ON GOING

PUPPY THOUGHTS : SET ME FREE!

What do you do when you outgrow your cage?

When you know there is more to life then food?

When something calls you to reach out...

When you are willing to take the risk

And leave everything you have known

Because inside you

You know

The TRUTH is waiting for you

That you need to search

You want to experience the pain

You long to find the PEACE

You hear the VOICE

And there is nothing

That can hold you

IN THIS CAGE

ANYMORE

OUR HEAVENLY FAMILY

I was struck today that our heavenly family has suddenly exploded...look at the map...Is it because they are drawn by the power of music? Maybe its our Rainforest Music.I would like to think that HE is just telling me not to give up...I have to confess I was feeling pretty down this morning and wanted to post my thoughts about giving up...I think I will still post them , just to share them with you..

MY FAVOURITE TREE

This is my favourite tree.

I had to manouver myself in the traffic to get this shot from my Kembara.

What is your favourite tree..? Or favourite view...do post and share it with me.

Doesnt it make you wonder ....

These are the ways that HE

shows His love ...

Thank you Father.

MUSIC FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Thank you Spirit Butterfingers for your musical posts...

looks like your are leading us into

a forest of flutes and strings....

Do let your exploration

take us to places we have never been.

WATER OF LIFE

I started painting this MYSTICAL WATERFALL on Sunday

Right after I gave myself to Jesus

I was filled with an unpeakeable joy

And indescribable Peace.

My heart was full of worship

For My Lord Jesus



Then today I was taken aback by a young lady who had gone in a different direction.

She had given up her journey to Jesus.

"Why?"

I asked.

" Because of marriage" she replied.

Then she added that her new religion

WAS THE SAME

"There are similarities.. 5 prophets...same prayer..."

I asked her to write the prayer in English and I would read and ponder on it.

When she was done

I responded.

I said

Truth cannot be broken.

Jesus is the Son of God.

If you take away this

then you take away the vital part of the truth

It is not truth anymore.

Jesus is the way to salvation.

Do you know what is salvation?

I asked her.

She shook her head.

I told her I would explain another time.



How can I explain to her ....



This encounter made me realize that people can give up SALVATION

without realizing it...



They actually think that

the religion they move towards is a

CONTINUATION

of Christianity



Well, this just goes to show that

fallacy can breed in silence.



So I shall not be silent.

BORNEO MUSICIAN

What would you do if you could play many instruments?

Hezekiah is one mysterious musician.

I once saw him spontaneously play some 20 indigenious instruments.

Surely this is not an ability that will go to waste.

He is a young man with a passion for evangelizing.

Music can convey what words cant.

Here is a pic of some of Hezekiah's instruments.

Search the youtube for Hezekiah_amazing grace and enjoy your journey in Borneo.

AMAZING GRACE BY HEZEKIAH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_TAwK_FOms

TODAY I SHALL BE FREE

TODAY I SHALL BE FREE

FREE OF MY FEARS

FEARS OF BEING REJECTED

FEARS OF BEING MISUNDERSTOOD

FREE TO TELL ALL THE WORLD

I FOLLOW JESUS

AND THERE IS NO TURNING BACK

PUPPY THOUGHTS ON LOVE

WHY DO I LOVE YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE SO DIFFERENT?

WHY DO I STILL LOVE YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE CHANGED?

WHY DID I FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE?

DON'T ASK ME WHY...

IF I KNEW THEN IT WOULDN'T BE

LOVE

PUPPY THOUGHTS ON COURAGE

COURAGE IS DOING AN UNREASONABLE THING

AND NEVER LOOKING BACK

COURAGE IS HAVING EVERYONE THINK YOU ARE A FOOL

AND YET YOU KEEP GOING

COURAGE IS ACTING NOW FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN

AND WALKING WITH FAITH

KNOWING

HE WILL NEVER FORSAKE YOU

PUPPY THOUGHTS ON FUR

MY FUR IS NOT WHO I AM

I MAY LOOK DIFFERENT

BUT INSIDE I COULD BE JUST LIKE YOU

WOOF WOOF

ON THE OTHER HAND

I MAY LOOK JUST LIKE YOU

BUT I AM NOT WHAT I APPEAR TO BE






MY FUR IS NOT A WINDOW TO MY SOUL

IF YOU WANA KNOW ME

THE YOU MUST REALLY SPEND TIME

AND LISTEN TO WHY

I BELIEVE

WE ARE A HEAVENLY MYSTERY

PUPPY THOUGHTS ON DREAMS

Dream of where you are going?

See with your heart

And your soul

When you awake

You will see

CLEARLY

The door to your dreams

MERCY AND COMPASSION

Thank you SOS BELOVED for your post " Blessed Are The Merciful"

It is very timely.

As I listen to Jesus I find myself moving away from being

"self righteous".


The condition of feeling that what I think is the best.

I must be open and listen to others.

Why do they feel what they feel.

All I must do is love them.

But I have also changed since I came to know Jesus.

I think about his commandment:

Love the Lord Your God with all your heart and all your soul.

Love your neighbour as yourself.

It is significant that Jesus says

LOVE WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND ALL YOUR SOUL

The heart and soul are separate yet connected.

Where is the head?

Recently a friend told me that when the Voice speaks to him he hears first in his heart and then it goes to his head. Not from the head to the heart, he added.

How do you hear the Voice?

How does Jesus speak to you?



My reflection of

" Love Your neighbour as yourself" ....

I want my friends to walk with me on my journey

So I must walk with them.

And there are other sheep

Not of this fold.

"I will bring them also

And there will be one flock, one shepherd"



Gone are the days when I would politely avoid talking about Jesus.



Jesus walks with us and is a part of every converstaion

THE DREAM

A friend of mine told me about his dream.

There was a house. A huge tree grew in the middle of the house.

It broke through the roof.

The roots ate into the tiles and rotten wood.

There were ropes tied to the tree.

The ropes were being pulled.

Some were tryng to pull down the tree.

And there were voices saying "Bapa"







What does Jesus tell you in this dream?