Friday, May 27, 2005
National Achiever Congress vs Aldersgate Lecture
Was given a ticket by school to attend the NAC. It is supposed to be quote expensive., more than $200 to hear 2 full days of talk on how to achieve blah blah... Today is the first day and the first speaker is lousy. He is supposed to be a motvational speaker, but he claimed he is a inspirational speaker, whatever, he din motivate me. Perhaps he only motivated me to go out and take a walk around. The whole time, we was talking about values determine our aspiration and how to identify our values. And the how are so obvious. The audiences were adult and grown up. The should have known all these. And the other theme was "Don't let ppl or lie stop from reaching your vision" and then he quoted some success stories, including himself. That we all can reach our vision, no matter what that could be. It could be the rich or happily married or even a top drug lord (my own inclusion)! Why would ppl want to pay so much to hear something so obvious?! He din teach how to re-align vision or how to reach the vision.
I think whoever struggling to know their values could simply see a counsellor, which cost $50 per session!! And you get to discuss the 'how' to achive too!
At night, I attended the Aldersgate lecture by Dr William Abraham on "Faith and Personal Experience of God". How constrast it is! Free of Charge and it touches the most important topic, God and you. Christianity is not just about knowing a set of doctrine or teaching but also personal encounter with God. The Holy Spirit in us, tells us that we are indeed God's child. That assurance is real and possible. God at times, allows us to go into 'wilderness' (where God seem to be silent or nonexistant) so that we can have a deeper experience of Him after that. John Wesley once, in his journal, wrote about such stage where he even doubt his own salvation and status as Christian. But the ultimate aim, is to know and experience God. I am blessed by the talk. It was well-balanced with good doctrine and good stories and analogies to help understand difficult concepts.
tse horng blogged at 5:53 AM
