Author Archives: Ronnie Lim

https://odb.org/MY/2022/04/28/growing-in-faith Every believer knows that trials and tribulations is part of Christian life. They are very much part of life as life is not a bed of roses ever after as in “happily ever after”. Life is life. It is not a fairy tale and neither is it a fantasy in our heads. Things happen,Continue reading “Perseverance”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/04/26/age-is-just-a-number I’m now in mid-fifties and having been a youth and a young adult before, I can testify that there are differences in the things we could easily do when younger and which we could still do now but with more effort. I recalled I could spend the whole day shifting house on my own,Continue reading “Is Age Really Just A Number?”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/04/25/pulled-to-safety In my eulogy for my father, I wrote of two instances where my father had pulled me up to safety. Once when I nearly fell into a fast flowing monsoon drain during a downpour, that was just about 50m from a river and another time when I fell into a fresh water pond. Today’sContinue reading “He Rescued Me”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/04/24/feeling-dusty I guess one of the unavoidable circumstance in life is aging. Two things are certain in life – death and taxes. But the latter will figure less and less prominent in our life as we age and retire from gainful employment. Aging and death are part of our human life because of the sinContinue reading “Feeling Dusty?”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/04/23/what-counts Whether in church, at work or at home, we will encounter differing views. At work, it is less of an issue as there is a clear line of command. So even if we disagree, the boss makes the call and takes accountability for that decision. At home, the husband or the father is theContinue reading “Differing Opinions”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/04/22/earth-day God created the universe and the earth and all things in them. God then created man (humankind) and placed him in the Garden of Eden and it was man’s responsibility to work and take care of the Garden of Eden. Two distinct trees existed in Eden, the tree of life for which its fruitsContinue reading “What Is Your Land?”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/04/21/really-alive It’s a strange question but a pertinent one nevertheless – will we really be alive again on Resurrection Day or will it just be in our heads? I never ever thought of it that way but the author of today’s ODB says that many carry that question but few dare to speak it outContinue reading “Really Alive”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/04/20/love-is-worth-the-risk Most of us would have known someone who had loved before and because of bad experiences in the past, chose a single’s life. Even if we have not seen a real life example ourselves, there are abundant portrayals in movies and TV dramas. Not necessarily a lonely life as one could fill up ourContinue reading “Vulnerability and Love”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/04/19/come-and-worship If you read today’s ODB text, it is writing about giving everyone a chance to worship, putting particular emphasis on a mother with 3 children – a baby, a toddler and a five year old. With the church members helping her with her eldest and the toddler, she managed to exhale, close her eyesContinue reading “The Chance For All To Worship”

https://odb.org/MY/2022/04/18/witness-in-the-workplace A big question all of us will face every now and then is whether to continue at our workplace or to leave for another opportunity. In the Malaysian context, less are inclined to make that call if they are in government service as government servants work for life because of the life long medicalContinue reading “To Stay or To Leave”