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he knows

I received an email from my pastor last week with a subject line “How’s it going?” and I thought to myself, what would pastor ask? I thought he is following up on a church course earlier, coz I went once and did not go on and join further ( i was bad! ). As I read further, I realized he is asking if I would be interested to serve the Lord by being the usher/greeter at the Sunday service. I was astounded and starred at the email coz the other day, I was just reading in more details the service sheet what the week’s notices are and read that Church is recruiting for help in different areas, such as the band, the technician team and also the usher. I was thinking: the usher shouldn’t be too hard to do, and I am always on time coz getting to the church at 10.30am is a piece of cake for me. And even if it requires me to arrive earlier, that is still fine as sometimes I even go to the studio to work a bit before I head to the service. Plus it’s just once a month! Not bad – I think to myself and then – I put down the sheet!!!!!! And walked away doing something else. Then a few days later, I received my pastor’s email about the recruitment, thus I was stunned. God has a plan, and when He sees that you are nearly there, sometimes he would give you that little push or give you that hand in doing something. When you should not do something, you could actually hear that voice telling you not to, and it’s just a matter of second when you decide to do something. Pray to God when you are confused or unsure, step back and stay put, and just speak to Him for direction. We don’t have to be that quick, spend a while asking Him for clarity and you could move on and try things out.

Daily Quote
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Galatians 5:16

I pray to God that I will seek every moment and in everything for the strength to walk His path to do His will.

Postscript Quote
I seldom ended up where I wanted to go, but almost always ended up where I need to be.

Douglas Adams

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you are Mary

It hit the 3rd week of Advent this week, and it’s the week of Joy. The preacher at my Sunday service was quoting something super popular in every year’s December, the story of virgin Mary carrying baby Jesus in our womb just before she was about to be married to Joseph and planning their future. The angel Gabriel’s message to Mary almost disrupted her life long plan but she pondered after hearing the holy command that she was the chosen one. And she accepted the arrangement. Preacher was telling us something that I don’t really recall I’ve heard that ‘translation’, she said that in many ways, we are all Mary coz God will have a special plan for each one of us, and we all have to ponder and see if we would say yes to God. Mary does not know and foresee that Jesus is the King of all Kings, but she just knows it’s God’s plan and she has to submit herself. It’s just all of us, we never really can see the ‘result’ of God’s arrangement, but if we can just say yes, things would be soo different. I do agree that we are all given a lot of choices day in and day out, have we said yes to all of them? We are actually all the chosen ones. Listen carefully to your heart, and you will probably know how to decide.

Daily Quote
But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.
Galatians 4:4-5

I pray that we all would say more YES to God all along and not just asking Him for his favor and grace.

Postscript Quote
We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
C. G. Jung

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His plan

met a new friend over the weekend who shared his experience from a mission trip he had last November in Cambodia, there were many things he recalled which is more than memorable such as how he experienced the exhilarating joy when he feels himself totally ‘taken-over’ by the Holy Spirit in the house where they gathered and prayed; he witnessed how they felt the spiritual warfare between their faith and satan’s attempt to destroy it; he saw his friend speaking in tongues sending God’s words to them.  he told me that he used to be quite skeptical about God but after all these experiences – he wants to follow God more faithfully and piously. and he is hoping to spend more time to learn His lessons, but at the same time, he is hoping that he, as God’s tool, will be able to share more with the others to bring another perspective about God to both believers & non-believers alike.this testimony is making a mark in my heart that God works wonder in different ways to different target audiences – He has a plan.

Daily Quote
But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.

Psalms 33:11

I pray that I will open my ears and heart to get His message, the world is His message board.

Postscript Quote
I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.
Douglas Adams

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doesn’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not true

saturday midnight, i went out and came home surprisingly finding my mom still awake! she was about to pack and hit the sack but signaled me to go to her bedroom coz she has something for me…she sat at the desk and i stood there and she said…i have something for you…hmm..i m soo curious and we were both starring at the desk (which was full of stuff) and not knowing what to look for…she moved her cute fingers all over the desk surface….for a while..she finally said it’s a cross but she couldn’t find it now!! and then i tried harder to find together with her. Dah Dah…we found it – it’s a very very small 14ct gold cross pendant! it’s super nicely done…but she said:  I don’t know where this comes from haha, but i think you would want it. i think i know where it’s from…probably the time when mommy brought us to Italy when we were really small like at least 20+ years ago. Who knows this cross would finally arrive at my palm with a purpose!? If you are anxious and worrisome about something in your life now, don’t panic, if we let GO and let GOD, things will unfold to its form which God has planned for me and you.

Daily Quote
Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

Proverbs 19:21

I pray that God bless all those who are deeply in need of your direction and anchorage. Shower us with your grace and guide us with your light!

Postscript Quote
We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening up our own.
James Sweetland

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