Lessons from Psalm 121

1. I lift up my eyes to the mountains— 

where does my help come from? 
My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. 

The Psalmist is sure that his help will come from God. And it is so encouraging to note that the God who is helping is the very God who created the heaven and earth. Surely there is nothing too difficult for him. If God is our help, there is nothing that I should fear.

2. He will not let your foot slip— 

he who watches over you will not slumber; 
indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 

It is so reassuring that the God who is my help is a God who does not sleep. I may get tired and weary but God who is watching over me will not slumber and will be watching over me.

3. The Lord watches over you— 

the Lord is your shade at your right hand; 
the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. 

The Lord will watch over me day and night - around the clock. There is nothing for me to fear.

4. The Lord will keep you from all harm— 

he will watch over your life; 

The Lord who watches over me does not just merely watch. He does not just care about my spiritual well-being. He will protect me from all kinds of harm and will protect my life. 

5. The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

The Lord who is my help and who watches over me will do so not just all day and all night but all through my life.

Truly what a wonderful God we have.

Things I learned from watch Transformers: Age of Extinction

Finally got to watch this on Astro yesterday.

 Learnt a few things too!

1. China have to fastest cars in the world - one can drive from Beijing to Hong Kong overnight!!!!

And when you reach HK, just buy off someone's big bike!

 2. An inventor can actually overcome a CIA black-ops killer! You just need a good old American football which you can find in some random HK flat.

But their fight scene in HK was pretty good!

3. Alien space ships are very advanced but it is so easy to sneak into one and walk around undetected - until they send the dogs for you!

4. Alien guns are somehow created to fit into punny human's hands!!! How convenient!

5. Similarly, the guns on their space crafts also has small seats for humans to fit in and fire!

 6. On a more serious note, i like the conversation between Cade and Prime when Cade tries to make a case for the humans.

This was his monologue - What do you think being human means? That's what we do. We make mistakes. Sometimes, out of those mistakes come the most amazing things... When I fixed you, it was for a reward. That was it. That was why. The money. And it was me making a mistake. Without it, you wouldn't be here. So even if you got no faith in us, I'm asking you to do what I do. I'm asking you to look at all the junk and see the treasure. You gotta have faith, Prime, in who we can be.

Corny? But so true. We are so imperfect but there is good inside us!

7. People can be very critical for the sake of being critical!

The movie was rated 5.8 at IMDB!!!! This is the lowest rating for all the Transformer movies. But to be honest, i thought this was the best (maybe it had to do with the next point). There were a lot of complaints about plot holes (some of the things i mentioned above too) etc - but i always wondered what kind of people goes to watch a Michael Bay movie with huge robots having souls and expect it to be intellectually stimulating!!!! This is Transformers, for goodness sake! We go and expect to see huge robots fighting each other and big explosions!!!

I enjoyed this the most! the rest were just too painful to sit through in one sitting. And perhaps there is another point too - since i watched this on Astro, i did it over a few sittings.

8. Mark Wahlberg is definitely a welcomed change and better than the Wiwitky character!!! And i think it's because of his role as a father (see the last point).

But i've always been a fan of him. He brings a more matured character.

9. Robots with souls can be selfless heroes!

Loyal, righteous, faithful to the end! Even though they did not gain anything for themselves. Good virtues!

10. Being a father makes watching movies never the same again. Ever!!!

Knowing how much a father will go through to save his little girl, this movie actually moved me to tears on more than one occasion.

*All pics were obtained from online from various sources