This story was shared to me by my breakfast buddy who's a boss dealing in house renovation and some minor construction works............. so the story goes.
He asked," Eugene, you are Christian right? and do you believe in ghost?" i told him i did believe in satan probably that could be the ghost that is synonymous to his type of ghosts then he asked me, was i afraid of ghost? i said why should i be because i' have my God. I asked him why he asked all this, then he shared.
" I received one job order the other day from my neighbor who happens to be a chruch going Christian and the owner asked me to start work tomorrow on some minor renovation and tomorrow to be the first day of the Chinese ghost festival, where the gate of hell will be open and the ghost roam freely.
So, i told my neighbor that i would start work tomorrow but then again she asked me to go and see her tonight itself and when i asked her why tonight................
She said she did not mean to ask me to start work officially but just to go to her house and clang clang here and clang clang there , make some noise to scare away the ghost before they come out tomorrow"
My friend was curious about it and asked me did we Christian practise some superstition as well and i was dumbfounded and i told him as far as i was concerned, i did not.
Note " Are you superstitious ?
P/S : I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me....Philipians 4:13
someone asked me yesterday..if a fren who is not well came to stay in my house and she does her chanting in my house.. will i allow? now i m still thinking...
ReplyDeleteI am not supertitious, but I am still feel a bit scared in month of Ghost.
ReplyDeletewell u know, and maybe your friend should know, that not ALL church going christians are well... follow bible 100% and many are mixed up with chinese/cultural superstitions. for me, i don't. but cultural practices like don't sweet on 1st day CNY i follow, not becoz i think my wealth will be swept away (sound logic or not in the first place), but coz it's a practice handed down... and well, i am not home on 1st day CNY anyway, heheheheheh.
ReplyDeleteghost month or not, i will still go out at night if need be.
Ya.. tomorrow will be Chinese July liao.. =_=
ReplyDeleteI myself dont have an answer, but I believe the saying '平时不做亏心事，半夜敲门也不惊'..
Anyway, we still have to be careful la in the month of Ghost...
I didn't know it's almost Ghost month already till I read this post. *paiseh* I am not supertitious but somehow I still believe "their" existence.
ReplyDeleteThere is such thing like spirits. Good and bad. if you ask me, nope. i wont be superstitious.. but i will be caution.. ie: old spirits, dead spirits n pray over it..Ask God for his covering!
ReplyDeleteYes. I am very superstitious. You will be surprised. :D
ReplyDeleteSuperstitious to a certain extent but I would usually reason it out with logic first.
ReplyDeleteTomorrow is the Hungry Ghost Festival meh? I don't even know about it.
ReplyDeleteI'm not supersitious at all.
hahaha 'clang clang' here and there ah.i think i must do this at my house tonight. XD
ReplyDeleteI'm quite superstitious,even my mil is when she's a christian herself. I am planning to take extra 'care' this month on Jasper since I'm afraid anything bad will happen to him because of the ghost festival ><
normally, Christian people not practise this kind of activities. :D
ReplyDeleteOh tmr is ghost door opening..shit! i outstation... I hope here not ghost around - Hotel!
muslim dont hv hungry ghost but during fasting mth, all evil will be cage.
ReplyDeleteit depends..i can be superstitious.
ReplyDeletemy son asked me out : "mama kenapa hantu tu ade mcm2?, yg pakai baju putih, yg lompat2 yg gigit2. all area called vampire.. adik pon suka gigit2 mcm hantu jek...hahahaha very funny but tomorrow Muslim start fasting and most of them say all ghost kena ikat 1 bulan, takkan kite nak tutup mulut adik 1 bulan supaya dia tak jadi hantu??? hahaha i tak tahu nak cakap ape lagi...
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