Vitality

Am in a thinking mood today,
and something just made me think...
I have been really blessed so far...

What is my measure of being blessed?
I think I only have one...
That the ones I love will be spending eternity with God.

So far, that has happened with Granny, and my father...
Those I know are sealed by God himself! =)

But today, i find myself thinking...and...doubting,
what if...despite all efforts, mum still refuses to know the God i love?
What if...my sisters and dad also...walk in a manner that forsakes God?

I can feel that sadness already, but i will not give up...
We never give up on the ones we love...we can't

Are you willing to be Christian only if it costs you nothing?
No...I choose to be one, a Christ follower, even if it costs me EVERYTHING,
because God gave His best, Jesus Christ for me, and nothing else i do is even a sacrifice.

More and more, I've been thinking for the tomorrows I may never see,
And planning for them...thinking ahead, bringing others where I hope to be,
and helping them reach for heights that they thought unattainable...
Help me see with eyes that are sanctified, I need your help!

Give me strength for this journey,
wisdom to act and lead...
courage and boldness to do what needs to be done,
a sense of justice, of love, of Holiness...
that You may be exalted above all else.

God, about that other thing...
You know what is in my heart...
I continue to trust in You.
Lead me as You know best.
Thank You!

The Life of Freedom

The Life of Freedom 

1 Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you. 

 2-3I am emphatic about this. The moment any one of you submits to circumcision or any other rule-keeping system, at that same moment Christ's hard-won gift of freedom is squandered. I repeat my warning: The person who accepts the ways of circumcision trades all the advantages of the free life in Christ for the obligations of the slave life of the law. 4-6I suspect you would never intend this, but this is what happens. When you attempt to live by your own religious plans and projects, you are cut off from Christ, you fall out of grace. Meanwhile we expectantly wait for a satisfying relationship with the Spirit. For in Christ, neither our most conscientious religion nor disregard of religion amounts to anything. What matters is something far more interior: faith expressed in love. 

 7-10You were running superbly! Who cut in on you, deflecting you from the true course of obedience? This detour doesn't come from the One who called you into the race in the first place. And please don't toss this off as insignificant. It only takes a minute amount of yeast, you know, to permeate an entire loaf of bread. Deep down, the Master has given me confidence that you will not defect. But the one who is upsetting you, whoever he is, will bear the divine judgment. 

 11-12As for the rumor that I continue to preach the ways of circumcision (as I did in those pre-Damascus Road days), that is absurd. Why would I still be persecuted, then? If I were preaching that old message, no one would be offended if I mentioned the Cross now and then—it would be so watered-down it wouldn't matter one way or the other. Why don't these agitators, obsessive as they are about circumcision, go all the way and castrate themselves! 

 13-15It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don't use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that's how freedom grows. For everything we know about God's Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That's an act of true freedom. If you bite and ravage each other, watch out—in no time at all you will be annihilating each other, and where will your precious freedom be then? 

 16-18My counsel is this: Live freely, animated and motivated by God's Spirit. Then you won't feed the compulsions of selfishness. For there is a root of sinful self-interest in us that is at odds with a free spirit, just as the free spirit is incompatible with selfishness. These two ways of life are antithetical, so that you cannot live at times one way and at times another way according to how you feel on any given day. Why don't you choose to be led by the Spirit and so escape the erratic compulsions of a law-dominated existence? 

 19-21It is obvious what kind of life develops out of trying to get your own way all the time: repetitive, loveless, cheap sex; a stinking accumulation of mental and emotional garbage; frenzied and joyless grabs for happiness; trinket gods; magic-show religion; paranoid loneliness; cutthroat competition; all-consuming-yet-never-satisfied wants; a brutal temper; an impotence to love or be loved; divided homes and divided lives; small-minded and lopsided pursuits; the vicious habit of depersonalizing everyone into a rival; uncontrolled and uncontrollable addictions; ugly parodies of community. I could go on. This isn't the first time I have warned you, you know. If you use your freedom this way, you will not inherit God's kingdom. 

 22-23But what happens when we live God's way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely. 

 23-24Legalism is helpless in bringing this about; it only gets in the way. Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good—crucified. 

 25-26Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives. That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.

That was Galatians 5 in The Message...

And nothing speaks truth like the Word of God does.

missing...

祷告 因为我渺小
祷告 因为我知道我需要

有些事我只想对您说
您比任何人都爱我

主耶稣, 今天我为您活
我所需要的力量
您天天给我
您的恩典够我用

Your Grace is enough for me

Each time i find words lacking,
this somehow pops into mind

Gonna be a long night today,
praying that the rest tomorrow will be good and complete.
I'm so not used to this office routine...
missing heading out there...

and missing the dinner i could've had today with the NTU team

missing...so so missing...

^^

cough til bleed...win

back to back to back meetings

Relentless compassion
Unceasing tenderness
Divine love

If I were to write a life...would that be your priorities?

Lord, I gave it all today...use it for your glory

Tchouckball and Fridays at the alma mater were awesome
God give me the wisdom, strength and love i need...
I see so much that I believe in, yet so much that is being stolen away too
May you sow into the heart of every individual...
and may they respond to you in love...
not forsaking you or placing you in the second place...