I don't really sleep on the plane. I traveled with a back ache and a stomach ache. But thank God, that I went through the 17 hours ok. I need to go to the toilet twice. I did not read, but watch movie till I fell asleep. No special reflection of the movies I watch - Hunger Games (3 esp), Hancock.
We reached Manchester on Sunday (14th) and travel by bus to Sheffield. Along the way, we past fields- cattle fields, sheep gazing in the wet weather. It is really a country side dotted with old English House. Too common a sight for the local, but I have to fly my kids to such place as activity to be with the animals in their farm. The cool weather made it perfect.
I started my daily routine at 0530am on Monday. In the morning I had squirrels and rabbits running across my windows! A sight that I marvel for the little things that my God had created - like a fairy tale land.
I ran, but past a 1876 Cathedral. In the front lodge of the Cathedral, it was obvious that people sat there and smoke and litter the place. In another event, when we were doing treasure hunt in the morning around campus, the St George Cathedral had been converted to a lecture hall. Where then can God be found in places of worship? The world has taken over us, there is no place for God! A reminder that the creation of God (the fields, the hills, the rabbits) which present the existence of God has been forgotten. The place of worship, where God wants to meet man, had been taken by activities that man had more things to worship besides God.
The afternoon workshop on Monday was interesting. The facilitator uses a real life NASA challenger disaster for an role place activity masked in a F1 racing. The students were supposed to use the data given and decide to run the race that may risk a disaster or risk the name of the company. Too much too lose - do I have too much to lose. Not to run, I lose the contact and downsize the company, and to run the race, I risk having a disaster. In life, I am faced with a no win situation, then what is my decision made on? what is logical, what is morally right (the life of the driver is important). I based on what is the underlying biblical principle. And in this case, the pride of man versus the risk of the livelihood of the employees. Can God gave a miracle? No body prayed. The logical data analysis showed that running the race risk a disaster will cause the company the reputation, and a man life. The go will cause the company down size. Is one man life more important than the livelihood of hundreds of employee livelihood. I have no answer, but has to weigh the cost of the decision. Of course if it is a risk on the company's name and downfall because of the race, then it is against pride. And I know that what God build against is the pride of man. I will pray for the race to go on, not for the pride of glory, but that no disaster befall for the driver and at the same time the livelihood of the employees can be kept.
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