BethleY blog

正月初一头一天

2009-02-12T02:22:00.000-08:00

Taken on the First Day of CNY aka her First Month too...

My mum says, she is 2 years already.. coz she is borned in the year of Mouse crossing into Ox.

so... same age as the brother? hmm....

(no photo or video taken of her since then... opps...)

Will probaby update photos on facebook... yet to know how to upload video there yet.. heehee.

she's the star... BethleY star

2008-12-29T08:14:00.000-08:00

Name-o-logy for Chinese II

2008-12-26T22:42:00.000-08:00

Cao Bei En = 曹贝恩

where Bei 贝from Bao Bei 宝贝, can mean precious but also treasure as in 2 Cor 4:7.

哥林多后书4章7节：

“那吩咐光从黑暗里照出来的神，已经照在我们心里，叫我们得知神荣耀的光显在耶稣基督的面上。我们有这宝贝放在瓦器里，要显明这莫大的能力是出於神，不是出於我们。”

2 Corinthians 4:6-7 (New International Version)

For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,"made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

This treasure in jars of clay refers to "light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ"! And it is by God's grace we know this light.. and we hope BethleY will similarly be the shining light like the Star of Bethlehem to lead people to this knowledge!

Incidentally, the mother's favourite verse is 2 Cor 4:16... which is the result of this knowledge. Hallelujah!

"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day."

“所以，我们不丧胆。外体虽然毁坏，内心却一天新似一天。”哥林多后书4：16

Name-o-logy - Chinese

2008-12-23T19:57:00.000-08:00

曹贝恩 Cao Bei En

Yes, that would be BethleY's Mandarin name. Bei comes from the word Bao Bei which means precious and En is of course 'grace'. So together, it means 'precious grace'. Grace, which is the key tenet of Christianity is for sure, something precious for without the grace of God, we'd all be fried in hell. Grace is all about receiving what we don't deserve and through Jesus' work at the cross, we receive the promise of heaven and blessings evermore! Now that is definitely precious! and this gift of grace is all the more precious when we consider the immense sufferrings that our Lord Jesus have to go through for us to receive the riches of God's grace. Grace is Precious.

Name-o-logy - English

2008-12-23T17:47:00.000-08:00

BethleY, yes, that's the name of our second child. She's named after the star of Bethlehem. You can find the star of Bethlehem mentioned only in the gospel of Matthew...

Matthew chapter 2:1-11

1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."
3When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. 5"In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written: 6" 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'"
7Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him."
9After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.

Although the Bible did not specify the name of the star, we'd like to call it, the BethleY star. Some might wonder why should there be a capital Y at the end of BethleY since the short-form of Bethlehem is really just Bethle. Well, just as the BethleY star guided the Magi to Yeshua (Jesus in Hebrew pronounciation), so will BethleY point many to Yeshua. That's the reason for having the capital "Y" at the end of BethleY. So that's the story of BethleY... it's all about guiding people to Jesus!

The word of God says in Daniel chapter 12:3...
3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.

As we lead people to the righteousness that only Jesus can offer, we shall be clothed in the glory of the stars in the age to come... what a blessed hope to look forward to.