Jesus was not an American, neither was He an English man. If those who have the thought that Christianity is a western religion, I think you should change your mindset now and update yourself with more relevant information.
Jesus came out of Israel. He was born of the family of David and of the tribe of Judah. Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem. He was born of a virgin by the name of Mary. Christ awas born a Jew. The time of Christ's coming was specified. Christ was then crucified at the precise time. No one earlier or later could be Christ. 
When Jesus was given gall and vinegar on the cross, it was not accidental.
They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
[Psalm 69:21]
It was written in the book of Psalm, the Old Testament of the Bible. Jesus came into this world in the New Testament. And the prophecy where Jesus would be given gall and vinegar on the cross was fulfilled by the Roman soldiers...
There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.
There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it.[Matthew 27:34]
And Jesus would rise again from the dead as being prophecied in the Old Testament.
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
[Psalm 16:10]
One of the disciples, Peter, affirms that this was literally and actually fulfilled.
They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
[Acts 2:3]
Jesus' first miracle was performed at Cana of Galilee. That's where Jesus turned water into wine while they were at a wedding banquet. You can click on this link that will send you directly to the passage written in the Bible describing Jesus' first miracle... John 2:1-12
The second miracle was the healing of the Nobleman's son in Capernaum.... John 4:46-54
Continue to read from John 13 - 16 He came to serve, not to be served. In His last six months of life in the form of human likeness, He spent His time teaching, preaching and travelling. In the last week, the Last Supper, the trials and death by the cross took place. Three days later, according to prophecy, Jesus rose again from the dead. Forty days after the resurrection, He ascended visibly and bodily into heaven. 
They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” [Acts 1:10-11]
Miracle is the setting aside of a lower law by a higher law. Lower law is the natural physical law of earth and nature. Only God can do things contrary to this law. Jesus truly performed miracles, then He is God, for man cannot perform true miracles. 
*Kindly do not compare God's miracles with the unnatural power from the underworld namely witchcraft, wizardry, spells, charms, hexes, jinxes and everything according to the soothsayers or you can call them fortune tellers.
The Lord Jesus performed miracles not to show off or entertain, but to prove His Deity and cause men to believe in Him, His message and His Person. Jesus performed credible miracles over nature. He stilled the tempest, calmed the wind and water. He even walked on the water. He performed miracles over devils. Jesus performed miracles over disease -cleansed the leper, healed the lame, opened the eyes of the blind, caused the dumb to hear and fevers to depart. Jesus performed miracles over death. He raised the dead contrary to all human law that says a dead person must stay dead. Our Lord's miracles were restrained and are completely believable. His miracles were performed openly in the presence of many witnesses and recorded by divine inspiration for us to read and believe.
This is the kind of life Jesus lived on earth:
- how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him. [Acts 10:38]
- To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. [1 Peter 2:21]
- Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did [1 John 2:6]
He served, performed miracles and taught the Will of God for men.
Experience life with Him and you'll find that your life is never the same again. You'll have a changed and transformed life, throwing away your oldself and putting on your newself. Everything about your life will be in order. There's nothing to worry about when you cast all your cares upon Him. Which friend of yours can do that for you? 
My life is made whole with them by my side. It's as sweet as the mango frozen yoghurt with the chocolate heart to add on to the sweetness. They've coloured my life like how the sprinkles give out vibrant colours to the plain yoghurt. 
The three of us look like ladies of leisure. We can be seen strolling away at parks on a weekday morning. Having dim sum for breakfast when others are scrutinizing words on the computer screens or getting ready to attend meetings after meetings. The only meeting we have is meeting up with each other. The most important agenda on our list is either to the movies or where to go for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Sometimes our to-do-list is to look for a place so beautiful that we will forget for awhile that we're still in this small little island. 
Juju is the special one. We squeeze in our meets up in between her lunch time. That's making time for friends. I think Gracie will have to change her name so that she can join our Judith Club... I'm happy to the max... planning for overseas trip... next year maybe... I have to slow down and take a rest from going for holidays. 
On the other hand, this writing by Philip Yancey is the one which makes me take a U-turn in my life. It has taught me so much and touched the very core of my heart. I'm greatly moved and would like to make a positive yet drastic change in my life. It's a good book that ought to be read. 
Have you ever heard of SADD? Spiritual Attention Deficit Disorder. The way John Ortberg writes, I think he's able to describe a lot of us in such a way that we have nowhere to hide. I do have Spiritual Attention Deficit Disorder. When I pray, my mind wander off to other places. I can start saying a prayer in the morning and my Amen will come later in the afternoon when I remember where I've left off. God must have felt so left out when I started a conversation with Him and left Him so abruptly to entertain my own thoughts. It's just like you're talking to someone and suddenly that person walk away without saying anything to you. How much it hurts to do that. And I've hurt God in so many ways I'll make sure my mind doesn't wander off again when I'm talking to Him. 
Hhhmmm.... we're all BEAUTIFUL~! Haha... I love all our pics together. I hope we can have more pics together in future in somewhere else instead of having the food stalls as the backdrop of the photos. Introducing from left to right: Judith Y. , Judith C. , and Judith L. so we're J.Y. , J.C. , and J.L. I love them both very much. They're both my bestest friends. Irreplacable~!!! I thank God for giving me such great pals. Thank God for creating such wonderful people in this world when the world is decaying away. 
We have a thing for photography and if you're able to see what's in front of us... yeah... FOOD~!! Just love all the food... everything that's delicious whether they're good food or food that's sinful but tasty... I'm so happy... I spend most of my free time with either one of them. They're such great companion. They're such awesome friends that help you learn the true meaning of friendship. Seriously... all the friends that you have, you'll never know who are your true friends until all of us are put to test... a test from God and He alone is able to sieve through every soul and make you realize who stands firm beside you when you're face with trials and tribulations.
Here, Donk... take this Bible... I'll do some reading with you. Turn to the book of James. Do you know where the book of James is? It's in the New Testament after the book of Hebrews. Look at Chapter 1 regarding Trials and Temptations. See that? Keep your eyes focus on verses 2,3 and 4. Now, read it out loud together with me.
The entire are of Botanical Garden gives you a feeling that you're in another country. A feel of autumn minus the chilly wind of course. The shades by the humongous trees really give you a natural umbrella shade. The wind is quite cooling at some point of time. Just enjoy having a leisure walk. A jog will be good for the pumping heart, too. I choose photography instead of exercising. 
If you don't really like walking on flat land with some steep part, you can head down to Youth Park which is just a few minutes drive away from the Botanical Garden. Hiking on jungle trail :) and then the great scenery from the top. It will take you breath away. Such mesmerizing view. I can just sit there on the rocks and stare into the open view shaded by the clouds. 
The Metropolitan Park has a good view too although the place is rather small. :) I feel like I'm in another country. Let me think of Melbourne when bro was driving through the jungle to get to the 12 Apostles. I will never forget that. Never in my life will I ever forget that. 
There are small zones to walk around where they plant fruit trees. The fruit trees are just starting to grow. Maybe in another few years it will start to bear fruits. From the map on the board, I thought I'll be walking half of 
Then you can rest. Well... that's the best way to rest on a table. I can't think of any better way to rest. Hiking again this weekend and also Thursday morning. Yippee~!
I have my big head dog do some inspection. Sniffing around searching for unwanted gadgets hidden among the flowers. Maybe you have some recording bugs stitched neatly in between the fine thread count. The sniffing took some time as the dog has to sniff in between all the flowers and under the leaves. Finally, it is certified clean and free from any sorts of bugs. 
The cock-eyed cow wanted to graze on some fresh grass. To its disappointment, there's not even a single leaf of grass to eat for supper. The cow became upset then chose to sit on the flowers. I can't force the cow to eat the flowers. It's against the grain of nature to make a cow eat flowers. The cow sat on the flowers then decided to leave some cow dung as a token of thank you in a sarcastic way. 
What was meant to be bad turned into something great. The fresh dung became somewhat a fabulous fertilizer for the roses and out of the red, a huge strawberry grew. It's so big it will take forever to finish. The gigantic strawberry is so soft that I made it into my pillow. 
A pink rabbit scratched its way out of the burrow. It's so happy to be surrounded with beautiful and heavily scented roses. The rabbit lay still to enjoy the softness of the roses spread. 
Finally, the mistress of the bed take over the bed. I've never slept on such comfortable bedsheet. It's crazy enough to blog about bedsheet but the fine thread count really makes it wonderful. Now I know why people will spend RM700 on bedsheet. I'll have to upgrade all my bedsheet after this. 
Cheers~! This is my bestest friend. Forget about English grammar for a moment. The word 'best' can only be used by one person and best is already the superlative for good. So what other word to be used to describe better than best? I have more than one but I still regard them as my best friend. This is Juju... my travel buddy, my eating pal, the person my camera is attracted to in both assets and liabilities. She is more than what the acronym of friends stand for. To put into words, I don't think my vocabulary is wide enough to describe how great is she as a friend. 
Ahh... introducing the accidental friend from the neighbouring badminton court. Eventually, I shifted to her court and we become movie buddies, camera-crazy buddies, sms-pal and small little outing yuppies. No doubt we've known each other for a short time, we became instant best friends. She's simply being herself... that's Judz... *hugs* 
Oh, Gracie... Gracie... she comes like the wind. Dropped down from heaven and before I know it, we're friends. Anything in common? There must be something in common. Movie freaks? Music? Clothes? Oh... oh... I know... we both love our freedom and not being tied down with office hours. We're our own bosses... God is so good, I know you'll agree on that~! The lesser the working hours, the better. How I wish we can be lady of leisure like Judz. 
My bunny... no face shown... privacy. He's everything I'm not. I'm a tornado while he's a calm wind. I'm a popping jack-in-the-box while he's the statue of Liberty. He holds on to me while I have to hang on to him while rocking the boat at the same time. I rock the boat all the time while he's the anchor of the boat. 
