I’ve heard that being in a crowd can also be quite lonely. Perhaps many of you reading have similar experiences. But when being alone feels and tastes like no one cares about you, then that gets scary. It’s as if whether you exist or not matters not a single bit. You were living a life of a dead hope. But was your hope really dried up?

Peace. Such a popular word. So easy for some, remote for others. A poem-like verse (Luke 2:14) will naturally transition into the topic of the season: real peace. Where’s peace to be found?

I only remember one day my mind recalled my dad had said he always prayed to his God. Even after he became too arrogant in front of Him, and suffered, he humbled himself, prayed to his God, and his prayers were accepted!

All flowers, regardless of kinds, all turn towards one direction: the sun! Not just sunflowers! Botanists of course have fulsome explanations. I’m not qualified, so will keep quiet. What I ponder is this: What does the fact that flowers invariably do that say about the creation?

Ravens are unclean and detestable, the case is closed. Who would touch them? No one would use them! But perhaps God! It’s recorded that the prophet Elijah was fed by foods brought by none other than ravens! There’s hope for someone like or labelled as ravens …

When the novelist Ngai Hong (倪匡) was asked if he had felt bad about his English when he first learned it while in San Francisco, his answer was brutal: WHO CARES! Two other words that perhaps have a stronger force are found in the Old Testament: WHO KNOWS …

“Several decades later we shall meet.” Those were my dad’s final words. Recently my younger brother recalled: “Just before she passed away in the hospital, mother kept asking me to pray for her to go to heaven.” Guess humans nearing the end have a built-in longing to be there …

Anger usually is short term. But it could be brewed into hatred. Morphed into vengefulness. It’s rare to be able to let go. It’s even rarer to be able to see a purpose and a role in it. Definitely a secret to happiness. I found someone …

My friends took me there to see this man known for working wonders with the power of God. That man saw us and went right to my deeper need. “Your sins are forgiven.” How insightful! But on that day, my concern lied elsewhere …