Follow your destiny, wherever it leads you
There comes a time in your life when you realize that if you stand still, you will remain at this point forever.You realize that if you fall and stay down, Life will pass you by.
Life’s circumstances are not always what you might wish them to be. The pattern of Life does not necessarily go as you plan. Beyond any understanding, you may at times be led in different directions that you never imagined, dreamed, or designed. Yet if you had never put any effort into choosing a path, or tried to carry out your dream, then perhaps you would have no direction at all.
Rather than wondering about or~ questioning the direction your life has taken, accept the fact that there is a path hefore you now. Shake off the “why’s” and what if’s,” and rid yourself of confusion. Whatever was — is in the past. Whatever is — what’s important. The past is a brief reflection,. The future is yet to be realized. Today is here.
Walk your path one step at a time — with courage, faith, and determination. Keep your head up, and cast your dreams to the stars. Soon your steps will become firm and your footing will be solid again. A path that you never imagined will become the most comfortable direction you could have ever hoped to follow. Keep your belief in yourself and walk into your new journey. You will find it-magnificent, spectacular, and beyond your wildest imaginings.
- Vicki Silvers
Discernment
Discernment
by Joyce Meyer – posted November 23, 2011
But the spiritual man tries all things [he examines, investigates, inquires into, questions, and discerns all things].
—1 Corinthians 2:15
As long as we try to figure out our own problems, we will only get more and more frustrated and confused. The reason is because we are trying to operate without the grace of God—and that is never going to be successful.
In my ministry, the prayer request I receive most often is for guidance. Many people just do not seem to know what to do. They are frustrated and confused by the situations they face in their everyday lives. They need help, and they don’t know where to look for it. They need answers, and they don’t know where to find them.
If I have a problem, I don’t need to try to figure it out—I need discernment. I need to hear from the Lord. I need God’s Word on my situation. I need for Him to show me what to do. Discernment is simply God’s wisdom for any situation of life. It is a “spiritual knowing” about how to handle things.
One time as I was praying and asking God for discernment, the Lord spoke to me and said, “Joyce, you are never going to have discernment until you give up reasoning.” Now notice that the Lord didn’t say “until I deliver you from reasoning,” He said “until you give up reasoning.”
If you are trying to figure out everything in life, you must realize that it is just a habit, a bad habit, one that you will have to break. Your mind may be like mine was. I was addicted to excessive reasoning. There’s certainly nothing wrong with using our minds…
God has blessed us with strong minds to accomplish many great things. But as soon as you begin to feel frustrated and confused, as soon as you start to lose your sense of inner peace, you need to say to yourself, “Uh-oh, I’ve gone too far.” You must give up your efforts and entrust yourself totally to the Lord, leaving your situation entirely in His hands.
Great is Thy Faithfulness
The title came as I was thinking of what to blog in this post.
Received a bad news on Uncle Peter. His cancerous cells have spread to his brain, and doc has said no more chemo treatment. He can only go for brain therapy, however, the chances are minimal. Doc said he has a month to go.
And today, I’m going to visit him for the 1st time. I haven’t been close to my dad’s side of relatives.. but both of their situations moved me. I dunno what to say at all. No scripts and ideas, except to offer prayers to both of them. That i think is the most powerful tool that I can ever bring.
I guess God must have a plan for all of us. To be able to share this moment with them, in their times of desperation. Whatever the situation may be, things we may never comprehend, God’s character remains the same – unchanging, and forever will be.
Song:-
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
“I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. I say to myself, ‘The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him‘” (Lamentations 3:19-24).
The man in the arena
“It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt
The place of surrender
I surrender my fears in exchange of Your peace,
I surrender my pains in exchange of Your joy,
I surrender my insecurities in exchange of Your love… I surrender
Taiwan Trip 2011
My 3rd trip to Taiwan after 3 yrs of hiatus… it has been an awesome, awesome one with great ppl and great company 
Makes me feel sad now that I’m back to SG… the 3 days we’ve had at guan xin yuan has become our “home”. Both Li Da Ge and Li Mama have shown us kindness and great hospitality. I still rem that the last night we spent, was chit chatting with Li Da Ge Somehow, Taiwanese have a sense of how to enjoy and pursue life… how I wish in SG, I could do the same too…
Still, I’m thankful and blessed to have experience the fun and joy with the rest. Thanks for making my day, peeps! It’s one of the enjoyable moments that I wished it would stop with time…
Japan
I felt sad…
for the people who has to go through this.
for those who have lost their family.
for those who have perhaps, lost everything..
His broken heart
….The next time the fog finds you, you might do well to remember Jesus in the garden. The next time you think that no one understands, reread the fourteenth chapter of Mark. The next time your self-pity convinces you that no one cares, pay a visit to Gethsemane. And the next time you wonder if God really perceives the pain that prevails on this dusty planet, listen to him pleading among the twisted trees.
The next time you are called to suffer, pay attention. It may be the closest you’ll ever get to God. Watch closely. It could very well be that the hand that extends itself to lead you out of the fog is a pierced one…
