Little Wonders

Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
May the fire of our devotion light their way
May the footprints that we leave
Lead them to believe
And the lives we live inspire them to obey

ahh..I nearly fainted after finally finishing the 3rd level! Like my face was so pale and my friends have to buy me ice cream to boost up my sugar level. Well initially, I thought I was strong enough to go through all the obstacles, like it's just.."ahh, I can one lah..." but but...in the middle of the course, I just couldn't take it and I was hanging in the air, my hands and legs shaking and my mind was blank. All I can see is that before me, was another obstacle that is too hard for me. I found myself forced to make 2 choices, either to give up or to continue on the course. I was tempted to let go, and let the cable to bring me to the end, a short cut but no, I need to go through this, and I can't give up at any point of it. I pushed harder and told my hands and legs to give a little bit more, a little bit more... and i asked God to grant me a little bit more strength. One after another, I made it slowly, one step at a time to reach towards the end. I remember the very last obstacle, I literally rested on the rope and asked the guy to help me. And the relief from the hands that pulled me up...ah, priceless!

I saw the journey across the obstacles similar to our christian walk with God. As we get older, we face  more challenging obstacle and it will be tougher. Similarly, as I go up one level to another, it is getting tougher, and the wind is stronger. I told myself not to look down and just have to focus towards my goal. In life, who is our focus? Is it Jesus? When challenges comes, will you still look at Him? or are you distracted with the activities that is going around, and which, can cause you to fall? Besides, going through the obstacles, even though I told myself that "no, i cannot fall" but even if I fall, I know that there's the harness that will be there to protect me from falling to the ground and injuring myself. Jesus is my safety net. I know that, as much as I will fail and fall, I trust He is there, to save me. Because He has promised that in His word that He will ask His angels to look out for me. =)

a day well spent, with friends and with my God. The bruises and pain I suffered from it gives me a reminder that haha...it's all worth it!!!

                                                 - we made it!

When I was little, my goal in life or probably what I thought was the purpose of my existence is to make the world a happy place. Isn't it a simple and an easy thought? to see the smile in people's face and that makes me happy enough!

Well, as I grew up a little bit older, I found out that, sometimes, your life cannot be just so 'happy' and continue to live in ignorance. Sometimes, hurt plays a part to build you up so that you can be stronger, and later on cheer up the people around you.

But well, I don't mind going through hurts, pain and challenges, if it is able to help other people to be happy again. I don't mind being the cheerleader! =)



 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,  through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.  Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
Romans 5:1-4

It's the final semester in uni life. 

Listening

I received this word today. I found that listening is quite a hard thing. who to listen to, when there's like so many voices out there. I realized that we often pray and pray but maybe God has been answering our questions but are we listening?

I often like to take walks in my uni. just to escape the people around me, and trying to tune into God. It's actually quite hard even though I am alone because you need to learn to discipline yourself to listen. Listen to what, you would say...

Today, when I was walking along the road,  I saw a bunch of thorns and among it was some flowers growing from it. God reminded me of the story of the seed that fell among the thorns. There's so many thorns (temptations and worries of life) around me that prevented me from listening from God, and that is why we feel like God is so far away when in actual fact, he has been speaking to us all the time.

Whose voice I want to listen to today?