Thursday, January 05, 2006
hey.. sorry for the delayed entries. thank God for all those caring, darling people out there! :) been really busy again but hey. one thing i learnt, really really learnt, these past few weeks is that i cannot do all these things in my own strength, but in God's strength, anything's possible! Amen? :)
our darling Father gave me verses in the retreat about 3 weeks ago and i've been wanting to put it up here but yeah, things got in the way. He gave me Galatians 3 at a time where i was back to the "why can't i ever do things right?" with tons and tons of things to do.
Galatians 3:2-5
I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard? Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort? Have you suffered so much for nothing - if it really was for nothing? Does God give you His Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard?
in our hectic daily lives we tend to forget to include God into everything that we do. sometimes i pray so hard for something to happen and when it happens, it somehow slips my mind to thank God automatically and that's something i have to learn to do because i can do nothing, and nothing can happen without God's involvement in it. we have to constantly remind ourselves to prioritise, which are the more important things in our lives: career, family, friends etc. but the person who should be our first priority is always, always, ALWAYS God. cos are you going to focus your sights on earthly things which are temporary, or settle your sights on higher stuff in Heaven?
and as i read Colossians 3 yesterday:
since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. for you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God... put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature... you used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. but now you must rid yourselves of all such things.. since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the the image of its Creator. therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. forgive as the Lord forgave you. and over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. and be thankful. let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. and whatever you do, whether in word or in deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
EVERYTHING'S CHANGED
you ask me why
why i'm so different
why i'm not the same as everybody else
well something changed
it just happened
when i opened up my heart and let Him in
Jesus came in, He came into my life
and i know i never felt so good
everything's changed
everything's is different
you ask me how
how i can be sure
how i know it's not just something else for fun
cos He's so real
so real in my life
He picked me up and turned my universe around
Left@| 10:17 PM
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