What is Marriage?

I'm appalled by the fact that some of our church people find it acceptable for the Marriage Act to be amended to allow same-sex marriage even though they are not homosexual themselves. The very reason is that, they argue, people can choose their lifestyle and sex-orientation and they should be allowed so.

There is grave misunderstanding between the freedom for them to choose their lifestyle, and the need (if any) to amend the law to allow that. Under current Australian legislation, homosexual people can choose their lifestyle and opt to unite with their same-sex partners and enjoy certain benefits as a couple. Yet naturally, they are not the same as heterosexual couples and they will never be because of the nature of their union and the outcomes of their union.

whatismarriage.org.au has put together a simple video to show what the Marriage Act is about. See for yourself and decide if the Marriage Act should be preserved the way it is or not. 

For more info, go to "Defining Marriage - video of the national webcast" hosted by Australian Christian Lobby (http://www.acl.org.au/).

This is my first time ... (Day 2)

Today is my 2nd day of the "journey".

Tonight, we had a great night at church gathering people from our 4 congregations praying for the children and youth ministry. The host and her team has done a great job in researching, video-taking, and mobilising us to pray in a very practical way.

The highlight for me though came as the Senior Pastor said something like, "I can sense a bit of revival taking place in this church ...." This grabbed my attention, as this is what I've been longing to see. In my heart, I said, "amen!"

Then it came the first-time for me ever (in my lifetime!!) to cry because of the under-privileged children who are sold into forced labour and prostitution.  As I asked, "What can the church do? What can I do to alleviate the situation facing thousands upon thousands of children?", my tears came out uncontrollably. 

I once again sense the Lord's hand on me, doing a heart surgery.