LUNCH WITH GOD

This is Today's Story from GodVine that was emailed to me this very early morning. I like this short meaningful story very much so I decided to post it here so we can always have it whenever we want something good for our soul.

So, enjoy the story and may God bless all good soul...

A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of root beer and started his journey.

When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old man. He was sitting in the park just staring at some pigeons. The boy sat down next to him and opened his suitcase. He was about to take a drink from his root beer when he noticed that the old man looked hungry, so he offered him a Twinkie. He gratefully accepted it and smiled at him. His smile was so pleasant that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered him a root beer. Again, he smiled at him. The boy was delighted! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.

As it grew dark, the boy realized how tired he was and got up to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old man and gave him a hug. He gave him his biggest smile ever.

When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face. She asked him, "What did you do today that made you so happy?" He replied, "I had lunch with God." And before his mother could respond, he added, "You know what? He's got the most beautiful smile I've ever seen."

Meanwhile, the old man, also radiant with joy, returned to his home. His son was stunned by the look of peace on his face and asked, "Dad, what did you do today that made you so happy?" He replied, "I ate Twinkies in the park with God." And before his son responded, he added, "You know, he's much younger than I expected."

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Embrace all equally.

Let people know how important they are. (Have lunch with God!)

NOW OUR DAUGHTER CAN BE RAPE!!

"One more escapes jail"

GEORGE TOWN: Another person has been bound over on a good behaviour bond for statutory rape. This time, it is an electrician found guilty of raping his 12-year-old girlfriend on two occasions last year.

Sessions judge Sitarun Nisa Abdul Aziz ordered Chuah Guan Jiu, now 22, to be bound over for three years on a RM25,000 good behaviour bond.

She said the court took into consideration that Chuah was a young, first time offender.

“We also considered the fact that the sexual act was consensual and that he is a school dropout,” she said when handing down the sentence.

Sitarun Nisa said that another consideration was Chuah’s future.

Chuah, who was wearing a shirt and blue jeans, showed no emotion when the sentence was passed.

The court had on July 20 found him guilty of raping the girl, then aged 12 years and 10 months, at his flat in Air Itam between 7am and 1pm on July 18 last year, and between 2.25pm and 2.45pm the next day.

The offence under Section 376(1) of the Penal Code carries a maximum jail sentence of 20 years and whipping.

On Monday, DPP Lim Cheah Yit said Chuah had coaxed the girl into skipping school and following him back to his flat on the pretext of him being sick.

“They were dating and the accused should have protected her but he took advantage of her instead.

She asked him many times to take her to school but he said he felt unwell and took her to his home,” Lim had said when pressing for a deterrent sentence.

In mitigation, counsel Yusuf Idris said his client earned RM30 a day and was staying with his parents and a younger sibling.

“This is his first offence. He has a fixed job now and many years ahead of him,” he said.

Yusuf said his client had repented and urged the court not to impose a custodial sentence in view of Chuah’s age.

The sentencing came in the wake of the case of former national youth squad bowler Noor Afizal Azizan who was bound over for RM25,000 to be of good behaviour for five years after he pleaded guilty to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl.

There was public uproar on Aug 8 when the Court of Appeal allowed Noor Afizal’s appeal against a High Court’s decision to sentence him to five years jail for the offence.

In a written judgment released on Monday, the Court of Appeal said Noor Afizal, who was 19 at the time of the offence, had not been “very much older” than the minor he had consensual sex with, had cooperated with the police, shown remorse, and given a guarantee that he would not commit such an offence again.

**This copy from The Star Online  Wednesday, August 29, 2012

As a citizen, what do you feel? Most importantly as a parent to a daughter or daughters, how do you feel?

Last time I read and understand about it;

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Malaysia

The age of consent for sex in Malaysia is 16 for both sexes.^[43]

Section 375

Rape. A man is said to commit "rape" who, except in the case hereinafter excepted, has sexual intercourse with a woman under circumstances falling under any of the following descriptions: (...) Sixthly – With or without her consent, when she is under sixteen years of age.^[44]

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Asia

So, where is this taking us?

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(1) The judge is a woman. She should understand better how it’s feel as a victim to a sex crime or maybe as a mother. But she let the offender go on the ground that “as a young, first time offender.”

~ok..so do we have to wait until he commit another crime then the law can do something about it? 

What if this happen to her own family member? 

Will she has the same opinion as her judgment on this case? If a judge does not have any gut, why care to be a judge in first place? It is justice in your hand, justice for all of us.

“We also considered the fact that the sexual act was consensual and that he is a school dropout,” she said when handing down the sentence

~ what did they study in their law school anyway? Statutory rape means RAPE WHETHER IT IS CONSENT OR NOT. You can’t say she wanted it too, because sex with a minor is STATUTORY rape. That is why they used the word ‘STATUTORY’.

(2) “another consideration was Chuah’s future.”

- what about the girl’s future? 

What about the parent, the family of the victim’s future? 

So now the law is about the offender future or welfare but not justice for the victim? Is that it? 

Law means to punish and for others lesson out there that IT IS WRONG!

If the judge is so considerate and care for the offender, send him to have treatment. Lock him up in an institution. Let the doctors fix him. Because they are pedophile. 

It is a sickness knowing any girl is so young, a kid but still have the desire to have the sex act with her.

(3) “The offence under Section 376(1) of the Penal Code carries a maximum jail sentence of 20 years and whipping”

- this is no use anymore la..why bother? Sucks!!

(4) “Chuah had coaxed the girl into skipping school and following him back to his flat on the pretext of him being sick.”

- so he planned it! He coaxed her, which was wrong already.

(5) “They were dating and the accused should have protected her but he took advantage of her instead. She asked him many times to take her to school but he said he felt unwell and took her to his home,” Lim had said when pressing for a deterrent sentence.”

- first of all, knowing that the girl is just 12 years old, he SHOULD back away!!

Dating her already was wrong because she is just a child, what’s more having sex with her. 

Wasn’t that made the judge sick already? Thinking that any rational man, have any desire towards a child? 

But who am I to say more? These kind of men will never be educated or have their lesson because every court in Malaysia after this will just let them go. 

Go boy! Make another offence!! Yeah..the court is care for your welfare!!

(6) “In mitigation, counsel Yusuf Idris said his client earned RM30 a day and was staying with his parents and a younger sibling.”

“This is his first offence. He has a fixed job now and many years ahead of him,” he said.”

– well, aren’t lawyer just good!! 

Now, do not bother to report if your child is molested or raped. Because if the man is poor, the court will feel sorry for him. 

If the man is a success man, the court will say that he has a bright future ahead of him. 

If the man is young, the court will give him another chance for he is young, if the man is the first offender, the court will give him another chance to be the second offender then they can charge and punish him, then they can teach him a lesson and educate him that SEX WITH A MINOR IS A CRIME. 

Anyone say anything about the victim? Halloo…anyone is awake here?

So? What that makes us? All pedophiles around the world will come to our country and rape our young girls.

How do you feel?

How do I feel? I feel nauseated…I feel sad..I feel humiliated, offended, even I feel ‘molested’ by these cowards juridical system and the people in it.

WHO CARES ABOUT THE VICTIM ANYWAY? 

They are just stupid girls, a child raved for attention that consent to the act!!

Owh..by the way, I hope the judge can sleep well…

Bila Dunia Lupa Diri….

Awal pagi ini saya ternampak sebuah sharing dari seorang teman di facebook saya berkenaan dengan krisis di Myanmar yang semakin teruk nampaknya. Perkara ini telahpun berlarutan dalam beberapa bulan kebelakangan ini sehingga menyebabkan ramai manusia yang tidak berdosa yang menjadi mangsa dan korban. Kanak kanak yang tidak tahu apa apa terpaksa hidup sengsara dan melupakan kenikmatan hidup sebagai seorang kanak kanak disebabkan tindakan segelintir manusia yang begitu munafik dengan menganggap manusia lain adalah tidak layak untuk hidup bersama mereka di atas muka bumi ini. Sebagai seorang kristian pun saya sangat tidak bersetuju dengan perkara ini walaupun yang dikejami itu bukan yang seagama dengan saya tetapi mereka tetap manusia yang diciptakan oleh Pencipta kita. Sekiranya Dia sudahpun mencipta kita bersama sebagai manusia, atas sebab apakah kita menidakkan kehadiran mereka?

kaum muslim Rohingya yang merupakan mangsa kezaliman terbaru dunia

 

Tiada manusia yang patut dizalimi hanya kerana kepercayaan dan gaya hidup mereka yang berbeza. Bahkan dalam ajaran Injil untuk penganut kirstian pun tidak pernah kita mendengar bahwa Tuhan menzalimi manusia yang berdosa, bahkan Dia mengampuni dan mengasihi serta memberikan mereka peluang untuk kembali ke jalan yang benar. Dan disebabkan kasih sayang inilah, Tuhan telah mengutuskan anak tunggal sebagai penyelamat dunia, tetapi kita sebagai manusia telah buta oleh keangkuhan kita sendiri dan menafikan kehadiran Jesus sebagai penyelamat kita.

Jadi tanyalah diri kita sendiri, bila Tuhan itu sendiri berkata bahawa setiap kita adalah sama, siapakah yang memberikan hak dan kuasa kepada kita untuk mengadili dan menghukum manusia lain yang kita fikirkan adalah tidak layak untuk hidup bersama kita? Itu adalah kejahilan namanya. Semua agama di dunia ini menuntut umatnya untuk berbuat baik sesame manusia, tidak pernah sekalipun saya mendapat tahu tentang agama yang mengarahkan umatnya untuk berbunuhan sesama mereka dan membenci satu sama lain. Yang membezakan kita adalah amalan dan perlakuan kita terhadap manusia yang lain. Jadi di manakah kebaikannya sekiranya kita berlaku kejam terhadap manusia yang lain? Apakah manfaatnya yang kita dapat dengan menghukum manusia lain yang kita lihat sebagai manusia yang berdosa? Adakah kita lupa bahawa Tuhan itu yang Maha Berkuasa? Dia yang sepatutnya mengadili dan menghukum kita? 

Panduan apakah yang kita gunakan untuk mengadili manusia yang lain? Adakah kita yang melantik diri sebagai Tuhan dengan mengadili manusia lain adalah tidak berdosa? Adakah kita dijanjikan tempat yang sempurna di syurga setelah berlaku zalim dengan manusia yang lain yang tidak berdaya?

Ajaran agama kita menuntut untuk kita menjadi manusia yang lebih berpengetahuan dan lebih bertamadun, dengan melayan satu sama lain dengan kasih sayang. Mengapa bukan itu yang kita lakukan? Adakah begitu sukar untuk menerima manusia lain untuk duduk sama rendah dan berdiri sama tinggi dengan kita? Mengapa begitu sukar untuk membersihkan jiwa kita dan berdoa  yang baik baik untuk setiap manusia di dunia?

 

Sekiranya harta benda itu begitu penting kepada kita, di manakah tempatnya untuk semua itu di akhirnya nanti? Berapa keranda yang kita perlukan untuk mengangkut semua harta harta kita untuk mati bersama kita? Dan adakah kita pasti kita akan dikuburkan bersama harta harta itu di hari kematian kita? Atau mungkinkah harta harta dunia itu nantinya akan lebih memudaratkan?

Berfikirlah wahai  manusia…kita dikurniakan dengan akal fikiran untuk digunakan bukan sekadar untuk melengkapi anggota badan kita. Gunakanlah pertimbangan yang sewajarnya di dalam setiap perlakuan dan tindakan kita. Kurangkan menyakiti hati dan perasaan orang lain, bermula dengan berdoa setiap kali kita berasa marah atau iri hati kepada orang lain. Minta keberkatan kepada Tuhan untuk memberikan kedamaian kepada jiwa kita agar kita tidak meragui sebarang kebaikan yang harus kita lakukan.

Sekiranya mampu, bantulah insane lain yang memerlukan. Mengapa kita senang hati menunjuk nunjuk kemewahan kita tetapi berat hati untuk menggunakannya demi kebaikan orang lain? Begitu banyak cara untuk kita membantu dengan berkongsi kebaikan, bahkan kadang kala, mendoakan orang lain juga adalah salah satu cara kita untuk menyumbang.

 

Ingatlah bahawa, kita diberi keberkatan untuk hidup di dunia ini dengan kesihatan yang baik, dengan pekerjaan yang baik dengan keluarga dan rakan rakan di sekeliling kita. Sentiasalah bersyukur dan merendah diri di atas semua ini kerana ia adalah pemberian dari Tuhan. Hargai semuanya ini dengan bersifat rendah hati dan berbuat baik kepada orang lain.

Lari jauh dari hasad dengki dan amarah yang boleh menyakiti orang lain. Walau apa pun kepercayaan kita, tidak perlu untuk mendongak dan mencanang kepada dunia bahawa kita adalah yang terbaik, kita adalah yang paling betul. Bagai mana kita hendak tahu yang kepercayaan orang lain adalah salah apabila kita sendiri yang merasakn diri lebih baik berlaku sebaliknya? Usah mendabik dada dengan pengetahuan yang kita ada, cukuplah dengan mempraktikkan segala yang baik itu untuk dikongsi bersama.

 

Janganlah kita mudah lupa oleh kesenangan dunia kerana semuanya cuma luaran semata mata. Hiduplah kita dengan hati yang tenang dengan menjauhkan diri dari segala pemikiran yang buruk. Beringatlah untuk berdoa biarpun selintas lalu apabila berhadapan dengan kesukaran dan merasakan diri kita lemah kerana Tuhan sentiasa ada di samping kita untuk mendengar.

Akhir sekali saya ingin memanjatkan kesyukuran kepada Tuhan di atas segala yang dikurniakan kepada saya selama ini. Mungkin bagi sesetengah orang apa yang saya ada cuma sekelumit sahaja tetapi bagi saya, ia tetap anugerah kerna ramai lagi manusia di luar sana yang serba kekurangan. Begitu juga saya amat berharap agar dunia ini diberkati dengan keamanan, manusia saling mengasihi sesame mereka dan menggunakan akal fikiran mereka untuk perkara perkara yang mendatangkan kebaikan kepada manusia yang lain. Hanya dengan berlatih memberi kita dapat mengurangkan keangkuhan diri.

Sekian, sehingga bertemu lagi, jauhi segala benci dan hasad dengki, hiduplah dengan penuh kasih sayang.