Joy vs Happiness

Just take awhile and imagine:
Strolling hand in hand with the one you loved in the park on a cool Sunday morning;
Being surprised on your birthday; someone that you liked called you to say goodnight or just to find out how you are;
Getting your first pay check with many zero-s behind a digit;
Watching the graduation of your children and know that your effort pays off over the years...
.....and the list goes on.....

What is that first word that comes to your mind?
Happiness?
These are circumstances that causes this surge of endorphine within us; but ask yourself is it permanent or was it just temporary?
Let's just turn the circumstances around and see what's next?

What if the one you loved dies?
What if whatever time, energy and money you've invested in the so-called your masterpiece of life ended up just like any other normal thing or it is being trashed due to some reason or another?

Often happiness flees and despair sets in....
This temporary feeling of "happiness": will be well forgotten, buried in deep piles of disappointment, anger and maybe hatred against all that happens...
It did not last after all, so can anyone tell me what is the purpose of this "happiness"??

Happiness, being determined from the outside but joy on the other hand comes from within...
You are able to rejoice in time of suffering because deep down you know that there is a higher calling more than whatever circumstances that you are facing...
Rejoicing in bad times is never easy but at the same time never difficult, because what we have that higher calling in Christ who still reigns and we still know him....

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

I Can Only Imagine

John 20: 29 Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

1 Peter 1:8-9 Though you have not seen him , you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

Some people think that they would believe in Jesus if they could see a definite sign or miracle.But Jesus says we are blessed if we can believe without seeing. All the proofs that we need is in the Bible.
Another point to ponder? Are not the same group of people who saw God's great miracles in the days of Moses in Exodus, the same group that made the golden calf? Even though they saw the invisible God in action, they still wanted the familiar gods they can see and shape into whatever image they desired.

So be bless because you believe and love Him by faith and not by sight...

To Wait???

"In the womb he grasped his brother's heel; as a man he struggled with God.He struggled with the angel and overcame him; he wept and begged for his favor.He found him at Bethel and talked to him there- the Lord God Almighty, the Lord is his name of renown!But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always." Hosea 12: 3-6

Many of times we are so entangle in life's rat race and being the impatient one, we often tend to mess up God's timing by overtaking Him by doing things on our own and forfeit the blessings that He has for us. Underlying problem could be everything in this world is about efficacy and datelines...But there is no dateline in God's time and who are we to set a dateline for Him???

Waiting is undeniably a very difficult task for most of us and am included in the WAITING test.I think is even more difficult than P2 and P3 add up...But because of who He is to me...I have only 2 choices to make....1st is to wait obediently or 2nd I choose to do it by my own way which is disobedience....

Real Steel...

Real steel...Real good...
It's been a long time since I last watched a movie and it's able to move me to type a blog post for it....
Words aside watch the trailer for yourself...
I wanna type about it but it'll definitely stand as a spoiler...so spoiler aside
The last battle kinda reminds me of David vs Goliath though...
Movie rating from yours truly: 8/10

Watch the trailer and be awed by the movie itself~~

One song says it all...

Mixed feelings..but all answered...
Where o where is the direction of the compass within my heart?

Few thoughts, few lines...

First time seeing a case of intrauterine death last night...One pair of twin, one made it and the other didn't...So much of a difference on how they both were treated...
One being so taken care of by people and the other being wrapped in linen being pushed from side to side...
Many thoughts running through my mind, so swift and so much, I couldn't catch all of them and type them out....but something moved deep inside me...
Couldn't explain how and why or what...
In the multitudes of questions and uncertainties,
I found the answer or should I say I have found the answer long time ago...

Making a comeback

While reading the news from Yahoo, this line particularly struck me : "Even for a country used to earthquakes, this one was of horrific proportions because of the tsunami that crashed ashore, swallowing everything in its path as it surged several miles (kilometers) inland before retreating. The apocalyptic images of surging water broadcast by Japanese TV networks resembled scenes from a Hollywood disaster movie."

Suddenly messages of warnings are circulating among people through sms, emails, Facebook statuses and even Twitter asking us to beware and not to go near seasides at times like this.Besides reminding myself to encourage those in Japan through prayers, I got myself into some serious thinking.

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In the midst of all this happening, I'm sure all kinds of thoughts are running through the minds of the people, mixed feelings of fear, uncertainty, pity, anger and etc...and hey, this could be the starting point of driving people insane from sane, depressive being made worse so on and so forth.However, there are also another group of people whom couldn't be bothered of what just happened even with multitudes of life being taken away.The similarity between everyone is: Somewhere in you, you know that the end is coming very soon...but sadly, some choose to deny it...

The unexplainable increasing amount of earthquakes and natural disasters and certain phenomenon which are happening undeniably points us to the direction of the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ as far as I believe...

Just to encourage myself and everyone at times like this, a line of the song particularly struck me:
In the chaos, in confusion,
I know You're Sovereign still,
In the moment of my weakness,
You give me grace to do Your will,
So when You call I won't delay
This my song through all my days

There is no one else for me
None but Jesus
Crucified to set me free
Now I live to bring Him praise

All my delight is in You, Lord
All of my hope, all of my strength
All my delight is in You, Lord, forevermore