Another goodbye to wave

..and I ain't sure I will handle it well or not...
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time to war and a time for peace. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. - Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 , 11 


Congratulations and thanks for painting and being a part of my life I thank God for every memories and I thank God for all the time we spent together From unknown to known, from distant to near Thanks for all the help and trouble that I gave and thanks for lending me a pair listening ears Thanks for the rebuke and thanks for putting me back on track and reignite the fire for God Thanks be to God for He in His appointed time put us to come across each other Thanks be to God for the work that He has begun and going to do for all For which men has the guarantee for everything? But I do pray that at the end of the day, by His will, we will all rejoice meeting and fellowship once again.

To keep myself moving on...

Lord am Amazed

Lord I'm Amazed by You...
Thanks for reminding me again...

"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands.And he is not served by human hands. as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us." (Acts 18: 24-27)

If God provides for this palm tree in such a vast desert that signifies so much of emptiness, what more about us that we are called God's children?
I don't want to rely on myself and when I fail, I only see the voidness of the desert but not seeing the underground spring of providence that is always being there... Lord Jesus, allow me to continue to hang on to Your spring of life that is hidden and by faith I know that You are there, always. Amen.

Good insight?

In Psychiatry posting we learn that good insight means: One acknowledges that he/she has mental illness and is in need of medication to control the illness...
But,
To me....
Good insight means:
" We acknowledge we are sinners and we need Jesus to justified us by His grace and to guide our life"

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....