The prayer series

Jesus,

I’m grateful for martial arts.
Thanks to it,
I’m good at discipline.
And thanks to discipline,
I meet you.

How can we measure the value of martial arts?

We Vietnamese should live with martial arts again
as we have lived during the past 4.000 years.

Amen.

PTH

The prayer series

Jesus,

Every time I hold my wooden sword,
I’m a little happy.

In my Aikido school,
only my teacher could smile
and all other students were uncomfortable when fighting me
even when I was yellow belt and looked weak. Continue reading Prayer 647 →

The prayer series

Jesus,

I don’t like Đà Nẵng to become the second Singapore.

Why?

Đà Nẵng needs balance
between urban development and nature protection.
Singapore seems to know only urban development.
Singapore hasn’t got as many natural features as Đà Nẵng.
Singapore seems to know how to do the best with what it has.

However, Đà Nẵng should have a greater dream.

Amen.

PTH

The prayer series

Jesus,

I haven’t been touching my wooden sword for a long time…

Literature and martial arts need to go together.
That’s natural.

I should follow nature.
I should practice hard martial arts.

Jesus, please give me your strength.
I want to become the person you want.

Amen.

PTH

The prayer series

Jesus,

If I’m Minister of Industry and Trade…

The first, I’ll clean up business environment.
No red tapes.
No harassment.
Limiting licensing requirements.

The second, I’ll develop market competition.
Anti-monopoly.

Many things need to be done.

Jesus, bless us all.

Amen.

PTH

The prayer series

Jesus,

Listen.
The song is familiar to me.
Ah, the song A town with an ocean view.
The song in the film Kiki’s delivery service.

Funny.
Walking on the sand,
gazing at the sea in the morning
and listening to this song from the loudspeakers.
Perfect day.

Love you, Jesus.

Amen.

PTH

The prayer series

Jesus,

I had wanted to be one with you,
then when you came to be one with me,
I denied you.

Jesus,
you ate and drank with everyone, including sinners;
you befriended everyone, especially the poor and the miserable;
you opened yourself to everyone, including those who hated you.
You said,
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28

Jesus,
please keep me as a channel of your peace.
(Make me a channel of your peace)

Please keep me calm
so that you may use me as an instrument of your peace works on earth.

Amen.

PTH

The prayer series

Jesus,

You coddle me so much.

A few days ago I said to you,
“I’m tired.
So hot.
I’m going to die.”

What a surprise.
You have turned summer into spring.
You make rain
and turn 40°C into 31°C
during recent days.

You love us so much.

I love you, Jesus.

Amen.

PTH

The prayer series

Jesus,

If I’m Minister of Communication and Information…

Newspaper will be newspaper,
playboy will be playboy,
newspaper and playboy will not be one.

Newspaper for children and teenage
will only focus on positive thinking.

Publishing companies will publish books about positive thinking.

Great, Jesus?

Amen.

PTH