lifesong
Everyone needs compassion
And love that never fails
Let mercy fall on me
When everyone needs forgiveness
Kindness of the Saviour
The Hope of the nation
Saviour, He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as you find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything that i believe in
Now i surrender
Shine a light in and
let the whole world see
Singing, for the glory of the risen king
Jesus, Shine a light and
let the whole world see
Singing for the glory of the risen king
Friday, December 25, 2009
-1:55 AM
“As Jesus is the son, so too is he reflected in the sun, that warms the Earth, for he gives us warmth and life. As such, for the times that dark rain clouds block him and keep us from seeing him, always remember that these clouds will come to pass. When one stays in the sun so long, they sometimes forget the amazing warmth that surrounds them, for they are so immersed in its goodness. Thus, when God brings forth that impending rain, it is not as a punishment of any form, but simply because he loves you so much that he wants to show you even more at the end of it all… The rainbow.”
- Stelle’s Collection of Warm Fuzzy
where's the rainbow?
maybe i've been soaking in the rain for far too long,
clinging too tightly to my drenched clothes and umbrella,
that i've denied myself the chance to see anything else beautiful happening in my life right now.
why do i love self-pity? why do i hold on to sorrow?
maybe because i am afraid of more disappointment. maybe i need love. maybe i just want to punish myself.
i don't know why, and secretly do not want to find out.
wild guesses. hmm.
james 4:13-17 'boasting about tomorrow'
Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money."
Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow.
What is your life?
You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that."
As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil.
Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.
we all have our own dreams, big or small.
but the bible says we do not boast about our hopes about tomorrow that has not happen.
are we able to present our dreams and plans to God, and tell him that we will accept his will, even if it means that our dreams are dashed and things are not what we want them to be?
what takes on a stronger bearing in your life? your dreams or God's will.
what a difficult decision this can be at times.
as a sidenote, don't we often know what we're doing is wrong or many a times, omit to do what is right?
life is often unpredictable,
we have great plans for the future,
and then comes a stumbling stone, and you fall right over.
then we ask God why did he allow us to fail, when we have been so focused on the end in sight.
perhaps, instead of insisting that nothing else works unless i get my way,
we could consider that God's purposes might be different from ours,
surely he knows what is best for us. and rest assured, he'll give us nothing short of the best.
following Christ also means full confidence in His perfect plans for us.
"A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps." - Proverbs 16:9
