Saturday, 11 October 2008

  • Reflection

    Amazing grace

    How sweet the sound

    That saves a wretch like me

    I once was lost but now I found

    Was blind but now I see

     

    Indeed how amazing is His grace? Today I would like all of us to reflect our life. What have we done so far? Throughout your time on earth from the day you have accepted Jesus in your heart. Take a few minute ponder upon your life. How have you grown? What Jesus had taught you through all your weariness and circumstances in life?

    For those who are back slided how did Jesus bring you back? In what way God’s grace carried you through?

    *ponder**

    Well, how was it? It’s that good or bad? Of course in life we go through thorns. I do. I learn a lot for the past few months of my life. See, to learn something we need to have patience. Patience is not my thing. It’s never mine. I once was a girl who has very hot –tempered thanks to me gens. My dad is a hot-tempered man. He was also the number one fierce person in my family. I come the second. *lol* I do not know when exactly the day I realize I have changed. The one thing that happens in my life that makes me see the different is where once my parents as usual, parents being parents just love to nag even tho it is not my fault. Usually at this scenario I will get angry, why? Reason is because I have my rights to say that it is not my fault. As for me, everyone has their own reason and rights in doing something. They cannot simply assume things and scold me for no reason. If it is my fault, then I am okay with it. Scold me and I will learn. One thing, why must they scold and shout when I do something wrong? Can’t they just like tell me in a nice way? See, as children the more the parents shout at them, the anger grows and we intend to do even more. Agree with me??? As for parents I know scolding means love. Sometimes, this is not the way; we children would want to hear. We do not see this as love. We see this as hatred. All right, back to the topic, as I said I change a lil in my tempered. As I said earlier, once my parents scold me for no reason, something weird happen. I did not say any word nor did I stand for my rights. All I do was just listen and kept silent. Honestly. It is not me. It’s never me. And guess what? I feel much better even I get the scolding but it is not my fault. I did not cried as before when I shouted back and stand for my rights. The only reason I say I did not cried as before cause at times I do cry when my parents scold me. It is emotions. =] See, how amazing is God’s grace.

    Another thing is God teaches me to not to make a conclusion based on one person or an event that had happen. God also show me that every one of us is different in a way. God shows me that every person’s heart have different desires and different priorities in life. This remind me about Romans 12:4-8 just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.  See what I mean? We are all different and that’s why we need one another. The body of Christ here is like teamwork. We can’t do things out if we did not do it with teamwork. Some will be the hand, some will be the leg and other will be the eyes, mouth and etc. This is how it’s works. I truly thank God for teaching me all these into a practical. Some of us may ask why God is giving us problems in life so that we can learn what the Word says. Well, let me tell you this if we do not experience it we will never know the true meaning. Look, it is just like before we actually work we all do have practical training right? What is the purpose so that we know exactly what we learn before and practise it in real life? We all do know about the theory and the calculations of our future work. So why need to have practical training? Is the same concept here.

    I know I have been typing a lot here but please bear with me okie. Next, I learn that we human many times love to just please people around us. Wait I would not use the word love to pleas people, I would say in life we often please people around us so that we will be loved by them. Agree with my statement? Do not say, well not really. Not really means to a certain extend it is true. I do. To some of us here might just do things for themselves only and did not care about what other feel.  Doing for yourself what do you gain? Nothing actually. See in Colossians 3:23, whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. We indeed should do things for God and not for men! Do things that will glorify His name! Amen? How bout being selfish? Well God’s says, do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you- Romans 12:3

     So what have God teaches you so far?

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