Prayer for the Nation

Malaysia is now in the process of electing a new government, this prayer should be food for thought for those aspiring to be YB or YAB:

This is a Prayer given in Kansas at the opening session of their Senate. It seems Prayer still upsets some people. When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate,

Everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard:

"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance! We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.

We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbour's possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honoured values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.

Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free.

Amen!"

The response was immediate.

A number of legislators walked out during the prayer in protest.

In 6 short weeks, Central Christian Church, where Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding negatively. The church is now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer from India, Africa and Korea

Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, "The Rest of the Story" and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired. With the Lord's help!, may this prayer sweep over our nation and motivate  our desire whole heartedly to achieve "one nation under God."

Impression Counts

Remember the young engineer who came to ask for endorsement of his documents? Yes, he came a second time early last week.

He came again to ask for my endorsement as his proposer for his application to become graduate member of IEM. He was again in slippers and short pants. This time, I was not very pleased. I took his application form and asked him to come again in more decent appearance before I would sign. Well, I said it with a smile:)

He dropped by last Friday morning in long pants and a better looking T-shirt. I signed the document and we had another interesting chat. He told me his mom did give him a good scolding for being sloppy.

Before he left, he asked whether he could email me things that he finds interesting and likes to share. I said "Why not". So far, I have not received anything from him yet.

One thing I hope he has learnt - Impression counts !