Sunday, November 16, 2008
"I don't think we're ready to have a thing if we cannot be happy without it."
- Joyce Meyer
We can only truly enjoy things when we've come to a point where we can still enjoy life without them.
We as only human, like the universe to agree with us. We want things to be in control. We are 'YES' oriented and feel bad about 'NO' to the extend of shunning the slightest thought of it at times. We desire and hope for success and fear failure. We get lifted up by acceptance and fall upon rejection.
It's like we've somehow conditioned our minds in such a way that if it's a 'YES' we're gonna feel good and if it's a 'NO' then we're gonna feel bad.
Anything in between.. we emo haha
We've no problem setting our minds on 'YES', it's the 'NO' that poses the challenge, and sometimes we needa attend to it and deal with it. To make up our minds before hand that no matter what happens i'm gonna move on in faith and continue to enjoy the life Jesus died to give me.
i've recently come to a point where everytime i come across the one thing i claim i cant live without or the one thing i desire.. ill ask myself if i could be happy/move on/enjoy life without it.
it's difficult leh sometimes but you can get over it with God and you will be set free!
think this is the reason also why we fast..
(havent been fasting for months le.. let's go on a bread fast togehter leh!) ;)
Oh yes! On a much lighter note.. do go for the your hearts desire with passion and purpose and do enjoy and make the most out of whatever that you already have!!
Hope it's good stuff to whoever that's reading ;)Labels: revelation
---------------------------------------------------------- 6:14 PM, peace =)
Matthew 10:14
It's comforting to know that we can be responsible TO people but not FOR them. People are responsible for themselves.
It's comforting because i realised sometimes no matter how much you try making things happen things just won't.
i want to be patient, i pray to be more patient but still there's this limitation to how far/much more i'd be willing to go.
it's pleasant knowing that my genuiness gains trust, but it sucks to see how fragile trust can be. It takes just 1 X incident to destroy the whole lot of effort.
looking back:
what happen to the trust?
what happen to the friendship and good old times?
what happen to the once-opened heart?
i think it's a result of me going beyond what i am suppose to do.
i failed to understand that sometimes doing nothing could be doing a great deal of something. That i needa provide bigger space for people to change because transformation also means time.
It's just not time yet i guese
Hmm.. so it's not just a comforting fact that we're not responsible FOR people, but a revelation that sets me free from my disappointments over the situation.
dh, no matter what i wont give up on you and i hope you wont give up on us just like that.Labels: faith, hope, revelation
---------------------------------------------------------- 1:49 AM, peace =)
Back!
I know i havent been blogging since i began serving the ARMY. well alot of things happened within this 7 months man(that's for sure), but for an up to date update, i'm feeling very blessed right now as i look back.
Starting this post right after the one i did 7 months ago brings me back to the old days man. Days when i have so much time to do whatever i wanted but didnt. National Service helped me realise what i call the power of deprivation. Time becomes so priceless now. Time on the internet, books and business.. friends, family and God becomes so valuable all of a sudden.
Deprivation helps me discover what i really need to focus on and gave me purpose.
The state of being deprived resulted in my fruitfullness and breakthroughs.
However negativity can make or break a person man. i've witness people growing colder as they walk the road of negativity aimlessly. i believe confusion is not a bad thing because it proves one desiring a breakthrough but dont know how. but growing colder means one has allowed negativity to take it's toll over him, he has so called given up and has succumbed to whatever life brings.
I met this really nice Chinese guy the other day who told me stories about he's origin. he came from a place with high level of immorality where people get killed almost every single day. That kinda background, culture & up-bringing not just make them stronger than Singaporeans in terms of willpower but also humble them too(Chinese). They have such great attitudes man and conversations with them just blew me away.
The Lord spoke to me again on our need for gratitude.
When we began to realise just how much we've already been blessed living in a better place(Singapore) than the Chinese. With access to unlimited information(through the internet) and many many more good stuff. All of a sudden our problems are not that big anymore compared to people who're less fortunate.
all of a sudden our faith capacity/capacity for problems becomes bigger.
For us to have an attitude of gratitude, we need to first expereince deprivation. if not there's nothing we can relate to to be grateful about.
Whatever situation you're in right now.. as painful as it may be, learn to embrace it man. Be grateful with the big & little things that you already have because they're gonna get you to where you wanna be, not those which are lost.
"A problem is always a problem of faith." - Pst Tan Ye Peng
Afterall no matter how big the problem may seem.. we're all still here.. life goes on and everything is gonna be alright.
Dont grow cold, be bold and trust God =DLabels: hope, purpose, revelation
---------------------------------------------------------- 1:35 PM, peace =)
JINLONG - Jay eL . 77 =)