Life is beautiful...

Has anyone watched that movie before??? It's the one where the director, Roberto Benigni, jumped on the seats in The Oscars when he won Best Directory for this movie. The director is also the main character in this movie. It is amazing! You have to watch it if you have not. Warning: Will invoke tears! Lots of it! But in a very good way...

So why have I decided to change the title of this blog to "Life is beautiful". Well, partly because this movie came up during a conversation over dinner and I was inspired to rename my blog later. But the main reason is because I can see that my life is beautiful because He is Beautiful.

Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

There is so much about God that we do not understand but one thing we do know is that He is a wonderful God! Hey, even when your circumstances changes, He does not change. Now I know that I am very blessed that my dad (the live and kicking one) is a really loving dad who has given me more than I have ever asked for and I can say with certainty that there is not much that my dad would not do for me because he loves me. Now, if my earthly father is like this, how much more my Heavenly Father (Matthew 6). Ok, so many say that they can't fathom this because of not being able to experience it but, faith is "believing in what we have not seen..." Faith is...

Hebrews 11:1
[ By Faith ] Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

2 Corinthians 5:7
We live by faith, not by sight...

Philippians 3:7-9 (New International Version)
"But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith."

1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.

James 1:3
"...because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance."

Hebrews 12:2
"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."

1 Corinthians 2:5
"...so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power."

And perhaps it is also by faith that we KNOW deep in our hearts and are convinced that a God that is BIGGER than our situations and that is BIGGER than life is upholding us, interceeding for us, cheering us, carrying us, guiding us and caring for us...that we are able to have walk by faith!!!

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Anyway, Commonwealth started with a BANG! in Melbourne last night...there were even coordinated fireworks on top of buildings in the city. It was quite pretty. We kinda avoided the Federation Square where most of the crowd are...watching the opening on the big screen and the torch being brought down the Yarra river on these big metal fishes erected in the middle of the river...Aparently, the flags of each country where brought down the river on speedboats. That's pretty unique. It's a month long of events for Melbourne. Another week of Commonwealth mayhem and then F1 will be on. Moomba was cancelled this yr. Awwwww....but pretty tired of that by now. For now, Melbourne is basking in Commonwealth glory. Closing night, anyone 1?? Only if you can afford $400 per ticket! Crazy!!!!!! For now, this is good enough for me....