Work's been tiring. I really don't know why, but I keep feeling so darn tired and even exhausted, most days. GAH.
Plus, I do miss my friends.
But I have to admit, there is this certain anti-social tendency within me right now, at this point in time. It doesn't have to do with any of you - it's all my own feelings, and I still don't really know why sometimes I feel like that. But yup.. I do miss you guys, especially when I think of the fun, the laughter, the times we chatted and cried, the times we spent studying or not-studying, the songs, the running around, the guitar-playing, the conversations we have on the way home, all the things that God impressed upon our hearts that we shared..sometimes readily, sometimes not.. and really, I miss you all. Alot. Love you guys. =)
But on the plus side! It's totally been great spending time with da Bandit, seeing where she hangs out during work, travellin' with her, talking to her about this and that.. nope, tis isn't that I learnt a "new dimension of her" or some other cliche.. after all, what new information could you learn about someone you've spent almost your whole life with? It's more like old information has been presented to me, in a new way.. and it seems like we're learning something new about how one another functions, each and every day.. goodie. I love spending time with her, most of the time. Heh.
I think God has also been impressing something upon my heart, and actually I'm pretty awed by it. Although I don't seem so. (I'm a cool gal, haha.) The thing now, more than giving thanks to Him for showing me this - is really also, just to ask to be transformed. Instead of sticking to my old sinful ways. Most of it is private - but I really have to say that three verses have been speaking to me these few days.
John 13:34 - "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another."
Sadly, love for others is something I find - SORELY LACKING - in me! GAHHH. I think that's one of my biggest struggles - to love others. Especially those who are unloved by the world, and whom I find ultra irritating. And believe me, I do find a WHOLE lot of things irritating. I try, really I do. But I can't do it on human strength alone.
But - I have faith that God wouldn't throw something at us that His strength couldn't bring us through. So there. One day I WILL love all human kind, because God says to. And He will help me.
Luke 9:62 - "But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."
Yup. I saw this on a friend's blog, and it really spoke to me, then and the next few days when it kept coming back to me. Maybe in the form of a word written by man, maybe from other verses - but essentially, I do know one thing - that God is telling me that, unless I am willing to give up everything in my previous life, to give up everything and just follow Him, I am not fit to be His disciple.
Sigh. This brings much for me to reflect upon. When will I ever do that - to be able to walk on the stormy waves with Jesus, and not look back?
And finally - James 2:24 - "You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith alone."
Many might pounce on this and call it heretic; afterall, isn't it a widely-accepted doctrine that just by believing in Christ, we are saved? We need only believe in Christ, that He is our Lord and Saviour - isn't that true?
Yes, it is - but then again, the verb believe carried with it the meaning of to obey too, as first used in Greek in the New Testament. And thus, to have faith means really, to obey Christ and trust that He is not only our Saviour, who carries us to Salvation, but also our Lord - the Lord of our lives, whom we shall obey! To obey Christ is to do what He calls us to do - and the first, and most important of what He tells us to do, is to love one another.
Only when we love one another can our works truly be for the needs of others and not for ourselves; and only when we truly love God can we claim to love others before self. Sigh. Tough. But - hey - don't lose heart! IT IS DO-ABLE, with God's Help!!!!!!
Important lessons to learn and to reflect on.
Plus, I do miss my friends.
But I have to admit, there is this certain anti-social tendency within me right now, at this point in time. It doesn't have to do with any of you - it's all my own feelings, and I still don't really know why sometimes I feel like that. But yup.. I do miss you guys, especially when I think of the fun, the laughter, the times we chatted and cried, the times we spent studying or not-studying, the songs, the running around, the guitar-playing, the conversations we have on the way home, all the things that God impressed upon our hearts that we shared..sometimes readily, sometimes not.. and really, I miss you all. Alot. Love you guys. =)
But on the plus side! It's totally been great spending time with da Bandit, seeing where she hangs out during work, travellin' with her, talking to her about this and that.. nope, tis isn't that I learnt a "new dimension of her" or some other cliche.. after all, what new information could you learn about someone you've spent almost your whole life with? It's more like old information has been presented to me, in a new way.. and it seems like we're learning something new about how one another functions, each and every day.. goodie. I love spending time with her, most of the time. Heh.
I think God has also been impressing something upon my heart, and actually I'm pretty awed by it. Although I don't seem so. (I'm a cool gal, haha.) The thing now, more than giving thanks to Him for showing me this - is really also, just to ask to be transformed. Instead of sticking to my old sinful ways. Most of it is private - but I really have to say that three verses have been speaking to me these few days.
John 13:34 - "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another."
Sadly, love for others is something I find - SORELY LACKING - in me! GAHHH. I think that's one of my biggest struggles - to love others. Especially those who are unloved by the world, and whom I find ultra irritating. And believe me, I do find a WHOLE lot of things irritating. I try, really I do. But I can't do it on human strength alone.
But - I have faith that God wouldn't throw something at us that His strength couldn't bring us through. So there. One day I WILL love all human kind, because God says to. And He will help me.
Luke 9:62 - "But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."
Yup. I saw this on a friend's blog, and it really spoke to me, then and the next few days when it kept coming back to me. Maybe in the form of a word written by man, maybe from other verses - but essentially, I do know one thing - that God is telling me that, unless I am willing to give up everything in my previous life, to give up everything and just follow Him, I am not fit to be His disciple.
Sigh. This brings much for me to reflect upon. When will I ever do that - to be able to walk on the stormy waves with Jesus, and not look back?
And finally - James 2:24 - "You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith alone."
Many might pounce on this and call it heretic; afterall, isn't it a widely-accepted doctrine that just by believing in Christ, we are saved? We need only believe in Christ, that He is our Lord and Saviour - isn't that true?
Yes, it is - but then again, the verb believe carried with it the meaning of to obey too, as first used in Greek in the New Testament. And thus, to have faith means really, to obey Christ and trust that He is not only our Saviour, who carries us to Salvation, but also our Lord - the Lord of our lives, whom we shall obey! To obey Christ is to do what He calls us to do - and the first, and most important of what He tells us to do, is to love one another.
Only when we love one another can our works truly be for the needs of others and not for ourselves; and only when we truly love God can we claim to love others before self. Sigh. Tough. But - hey - don't lose heart! IT IS DO-ABLE, with God's Help!!!!!!
Important lessons to learn and to reflect on.
posted by Yellow Garfield at 7:11 PM
1 Comments:
oh goody! you can start loving Chinai then. muuaahahahaha.
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