One of the expressions that many teenagers like to use is "WTF", which stands for "What the f**k". It is a crude expression of shock, anger, unpleasant surprise, etc. Someone novel then came up with "FTW", which stands for "for the win" or "for the wind". It is "WTF" in reverse, and is hence used to express happiness, ecstasy, pleasant surprise and so on.
A couple of Sundays ago, Rev Reuben Ng was telling the youths that as Christians, they should refrain from using such vulgarities, to which some bright sparks among them said that WTF can actually stand for "Wow, that's fantastic!" or "wow, that's fabulous!"
At the risk of appearing irreverent and even blasphemous (and like how fellow NTUCF alumnus FT Liu would put as "pushing the envelope"), I was reflecting upon this when an idea came to my head.
One of the foundations of the grace gospel is the finished work of Christ. And so, I figured it would be thought-provoking to have a picture of Jesus exclaiming on the cross "TWF!" or "The work is finished!", as a spoof of "WTF!" :-)
Many things that originate from the devil, we can turn it around and use it for God's glory. For example, crucifixion was inspired by the evil one to be the cruelest form of punishment. Yet it became the very tool that God used to defeat Satan, and a symbol that people identify Christians by.
Oh by the way, I have quite a collection of Christian-themed T-shirts, several of which were designed by yours truly and which I send to this shop at HDB Hub called Spectrum Designs to print. And the above one will be the latest one to be added to it.
P.S. TFW stands for "the finished work" while TWF stands for "the work's finished"
P.S. TFW stands for "the finished work" while TWF stands for "the work's finished"
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