A New Year signifies a new beginning, a chance to change ourselves for better and tackle the challenges ahead of us with even more aplomb and flourish ! For the aspiring dancer in me, it means a new year with new goals to achieve - double pirrouttes on pointe, perfect grande jete en tournant, consistency in class, and artistry in performance.
But the Christian side of me has her spiritual goals too, I can't leave them out, I've TRIED, believe me, I'm so guilty of chucking God aside and manipulating His Generosity when the hour calls for it.
THE BIGGEST AND PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON I"VE LEARNT FROM EXPERIENCE : it's really impossible for me to be an atheist or leave God out of the picture and only rely on Him to drive me out of trouble only when and where I need Him. It just doesn't work that way;
I was brought up ( by my church in a space of 2 years, I wasn't a Christian from birth ) to believe that we all have a special relationship with God, our Heavenly Father, and like every other relationship, it needs to be carefully built and constantly maintained, just like your relationship with your dad, mom, sis, bro, boyfriend/girlfriend, best friend, etc.
DECISION : Keep a prayer/happiness journal - Come on la, everytime you pray, you 'descargo', release, all your burdens and worries unto God and lay them in His Hands. Though the trouble might stil be there ( or NOT, you never know, after all, never underestimate the power of prayer, seriously 10 words to God can save you 10hours of worry, I can testify ) , you'll feel a sense of relief, calm, peace, and happiness. This queer sort of feeling..I'm not quite sure how to describe it but it's like a wash of cold water that just jerks you out of your anxiety and invigorates you to look at life again more positively. At times, the solutions will seem to just sparkle, so obviously, in that river of calm, and it'll be just impossible for you to miss. Sometimes the answers may not be that easy or simple, and it might take you ages to dig out the 'diamond' answer, however, slowly and surely, the Big Guy up there'd make a loop hole for ya all His Precious Kids !!!
VERSES FOR TODAY :
Romans 5 : 1-8
Verses 6-8 particularly stand out...
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
But God demonstrates His own Love for us in this; While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
God, dear God, You really shouldn't have...You're like this gracious host who does everything and anything she can to make her guests feel loved, warmed, and welcomed in her home. You don't owe us anything, OUR debt to You is bigger than the expanse of the universe. You really tak payah do this la, somemore want to die..Gilar la...
No other religion has God like you..no wonder la they rather go for other religion wei..not half as scary as You..too much love can scare people off k..just look at some boy/girl relationships today - sometimes when you love someone too much, you scare them away, they don't dare go near you coz they feel suffocated by your love... -
Oh yea ho..true true..so that's why You leave us alone in the dark sometimes...to make us remember not to take You for granted and in order not to scare us away and indirectly test our love for You. Ai ya, why so mah-fan one you...somemore want to die for us just so that we can go up and live with You ... for what..should just let us die and rot in hell and You retire nice nice up there with golf club and tennis racquets....We go up there will only disturb and mah-fan you...
But thank you ar...For helping and loving us so much...we really no deserve so good...
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