Practical Household Tips

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I am a DIY kinda of person and finding effective ways to make life easy, is something I always enjoy.

For example when you have discover or found useful information which can be so practical and helpful, you have got to share it and let the information benefit everyone.

And now I am starting this series of tested practical household tips, which I think will be very useful for our daily living

Rust Removal
Removing rust from metal object like utensils, knife etc. Cut an onion into half and use its wet exposed surface to rub the rusty metal surface to remove rust .

Softening Brown Sugar
Place a slice of apple into brown sugar jar, this will help to soften it

Removal of Odour
No one likes the smell of perspiration on our clothes. An effective to get rid of the smell is by soaking your clothes into half a bucket of water, which 3-4 tablets of Aspirin has been added for a couple of hours.

The story of the Lost Cello

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After a concert, Peter Stumf, the principal cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, visited a frend's house. He inadvertently left his cello in it's case outside on the friend's doorstep while he chatted with his friend inside.

A young man passing by on his bike saw the cello case outside the house. When he saw that there was nobody around, be quickly grabbed it and took off with it. When he was some distance away, he stopped to examine the contents of the case.

When he saw that it was a musical instrument he was so disappointed that he tossed it into a nearby garbage dumpster.

This young cyclist had no idea that this musical instrument, which is a cello is an extremely rare Stradivarius cello, and is valued at.... 3.5 million dollars!!!

3.5 Million and he had just thrown it away, where it sat amongst all the other heaps of rubbish.

When Peter Stumf found out that his priceless Stradivarius cello was lost, he was totally devastated.

Stradivarius instruments are extremely rare and priceless. They belong to the stringed instruments made by the Stradivari family in the 17th century. The best instruments were made by Master Craftman Antonio Stradivari between 1698-1720.

Back to our lost cello... a young woman passing by the garbage dump picked up Peter Stumf's cello and took it home. she of course had no clue as to it's value. She turned it around, examined it and thought of creative ways to use the cello.

She then struck on what to her was a brilliant idea... aha! she thought, she could bring it to her carpenter boyfriend and get him to cut it open, put tiny shelves in it, add some hinges so that it could open and close and use it as a CD Rack!!!

Thank God she discussed this with her friend who asked to see the cello. Following her instincts, her friend examined the cello closely and to their utter shock discovered it to be a priceless Stradivarius!

The friend recalled reading about this lost cello and ... happily this 3.5 million dollar cello was reunited with its owner.

I would like all of you to think into this story with me.
When we don't know the value of something, we could very well treat it as mere rubbish. Imagine treating a 3.5 million dollar cello as rubbish because WE DON'T KNOW.

What if we don't know OUR OWN VALUE? What if we were all 3.5mllion dollar Stradivarius cellos and WE DID NOT KNOW IT?

We could very well throw ourselves away in a rubbish heap! Or we could very well end up as a cheap CD Rack

The problem of not knowing our own value means we don't value ourselves. We don't value ourselves enough to do everything we can to bring out the very best in ourselves.

To bring out the most beautiful music from our very hearts, our minds and our souls... because WE ARE ALL THAT 3.5 million dollar cello!

Each of us have to know that we are all God's priceless creations.

And... you and I have within ourselves songs that need to be sung.

My friends, know yourselves, know your worth, know your value... so that we can all fill this world with the most exquisite melodies of lives fulfilled, of lives that have reached their full potential.

Personal Metaphor 2

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I AM AN OAK TREE

I stand sturdy and strong.
And yet... I am flexible and can bend with the wind.... and can easily adjust to changes that life brings.
I am planted beside living waters.

My roots go deep into the fertile soil of continued learning and discovery.
I drink deeply of the waters of God's wisdom.

I spread my branches and give pleasant shade and shelter to others.
I have music in my soul.... I love the 'music' of my leaves rustling in the breeze, mingling with the melodies of bird song.....( other living beings making beautiful music with me )


I AM A RAINBOW

I am a very special bow set in the sky by God as a covenant with man.
As a Rainbow, I am personally vibrantly happy and spread good cheer as I am the combination of every beautiful colour that together make up the exquisite Rainbow.

I arch high... so high over everything and have a macro picture and overview of things.
... and best of all, there is a pot of gold at the end of my Rainbow!

Turbine Powered Jet Bike

This is one of the most amazing bike every built. Built on turbine engine or to be exact a helicopter engine with 320 Horsepower is in it.

Just image the amount of torque these animal can produce, you can hear the massive power it generates just by turning on the ignition button, I will definite wish I can bring one of these out for a spin.

Jay Leno owns one of these and the guy in black is him. Oh!!! by the way it cost US$180,000 if you're thinking of owning one of these.

How to Hear God's Voice?

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I just feel that I want to share with you about hearing God and what I am going to say is only a very small part in a big thing.  Yes we hear 3 voices, First - self, Second - Satan and Third - GOD.  when we pray about something, the answer comes, but primarily our own will also come, then Satan will also say something  THEN THE BIG ONE ALSO SAY SOMETHING.

Discern - this is the difficult part - to find out - to sieve through and find the answer that is from God and not our own will talking or Satan. Be still and ask God to show you to confirm to you which one is from HIM.  through trial and error, through time, through experience, you will learn to know, to distinguish which idea or voice is from God.  When I say three voices, I actually mean three ideas that will drop into your head as you pray or just after you prayed.  For a smaller percentage of people, whom I think are so so favoured, they can actually hear God's voice.  For most of us,  I think it is the thoughts that are dropped into our heads. 

This is one common way of hearing God.  Every one is different.  Some they "hear" God through their dreams and wonders that will appear to them . 

We can pray for a specific way - ask God that I want to "hear" you through dreams and wonders, and it is entirely up to HIM which media HE wants to let us know of HIS answers. 

It can also be from reading the BIBLE.  Some of us is when you read, the words just jump up at you and at that moment you know (you will know somehow) that this verse is meant for you from God.

So please do not think that you cannot hear God, that you have a problem with hearing God, it is more , are you "seeing" or "hearing" correctly?  God has always been there, saying, answering, but sometimes, we choose not to see or hear as it is not an option we want.

Obedience, trust, faith, all into one, we are such stubborn people, sometimes just being naughty we CHOOSE not to listen, not to follow, and follow only our own whims and fancy, that is also when we failed to "listen" .