3/18 1 Corinthians Chapter 14

Sisters and Brothers,
We are into the second week of the Lenten season. As we are watching Japan's disaster unfold and nervously hoping the nuclear crisis ease, clearly, we have very little control over our life. Once again, God demonstrated his mighty power through unprecedented nature force. How can any one not be afraid of the Lord.
On the other hand, I wondered why God let it happened. I may never know the answer, just like Job until God reveal to him. For I know our Lord is kind and merciful, he will listen to our plead. He will comfort us with his hands, although we may not see it in our limited time.
This week, we are continuing St. Paul's first letter to Corinthians chapter 14. Here, Paul addresses how we should be praying to the Lord.
"It is written in the law: 'By people speaking strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to me, says the Lord.' Thus, tongues are a sign not for those who believe but for unbelievers, whereas prophecy is not for unbelievers but for those who believe."
Let's do what Paul was doing: "I give thanks to God that I speak in tongues more than any of you, but in the church I would rather speak five words with my mind, so as to instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue."

in Christ,
Dan