March 16, 2012 - It's already 2:55am but I just can't sleep. Maybe, i'm too preoccupied with what's-next-in-my-life thoughts. I'm exchanging SMS with Janz who's having her night duty re: next places to visit. I told myself to go to bed at 3am so before fixing my things (laptop, papersssss, pen), i reached for my Bible to read even just a verse. My habit is to just open my Bible randomly and read whatever underlined verse I see. and so, hooooopppppzzzz:
Jeremiah 1:5 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you....'
Amen! He is indeed my Maker!
In the Bible, God was telling that line to Jeremiah re:his calling, but this message is also spoken to us, especially during this time of confusion when we sometimes don't know where to stand, why we're living in this mad world...
Isn't it amazing that we were NOTHING (as in .......) yet we're in God's universal plan?! This makes me realize:
a. Sometimes, i tend to think I've no worth anymore. i don't think of ending my life though but i do ask God to take it. After such 'emo' moments, i came to realize i have soooooo many awaiting things to accomplish. It is indeed when we feel we're nothing, casting our glories into the dust, that God can use/mold us. Logic: If He had made us beautiful1 out of nothing (or from dirty mud/dust), then He has something great for us when we feel we're nothing/unworthy.
b. "BEFORE my dad met my mom, GOD KNEW ME!" That means I'm important! I'm special! For why should a great big GOD think of a NONE-me if i'm not? This makes sense: I am living for a reason. He has something for me! i have a calling to do!
c. BEFORE i was even formed, GOD KNEW ME! He knows i'll be breaking His heart but He still gave me the privilege to live. This is how He loves me! He patiently waits for me with open arms to go to Him, and turn away from worldly things.
Friends, GOD KNOWS YOU - every thing of you! He knows your ups and downs. He's with you! If you just realize how much He loves and cares for you... Let's heed His voice! Let's go bakc to our Master Maker, Who knows our name among billions of people!
If only we meant what we sing in church:
All to Jesus, I surrender;
All to Him, I freely give....
Suddenly i found myself doodling with my reflection. and i ended writing at 3:49am. i may be blur here but i thank God for opening my eyes to this amazing fact.^^ To God be the glory!
1- Psalm 139 "...fearfully and wonderfully made..."
Genesis 1:26 "...created in God's image..."
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Friday, March 23, 2012
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Untimely death: Just sharing
A good and concerned friend sent me this through e-mail and i also want to impart to everybody.
DEATH. Many people (or should i say, most people) fear death. But Christians should not! Because if we profess to be Christ-followers then we should believe that He conquered death.
UNTIMELY death is a dreadful thing. It means something is wrong; there's a breach in the life 'contract' that it was shortened and terminated.
The wise King Solomon says in Proverbs 11:28 that, "A life devoted to (worldly) things is a dead life, a stump; a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree." Moreover, apostle Paul pointed out in his epistles to the Galatians (6:7) and to us that we "be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap."
Through the decades, some people tried and mocked God...and here's what happened:
JOHN LENNON (Singer) - Some years before during his interview with an American magazine, he said: "Christianity will end, it will disappear. I do not have to argue about that. I am certain. Jesus was OK, but His subjects were too simple, today we are more famous than Him." 1966
After saying that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, Lennon was shot six times.
TANCREDO NEVES (President of Brazil) - During the presidential campaign, he said if he got 500,000 votes from his party, not even God would remove him from presidency.
Sure he got the votes, but he got sick a day before being made president, and then he died.
CAZUZA (Bisexual Brazilian composer, singer and poet) - During a show in Canecio (Rio de Janeiro), while smoking his cigarette, he puffed out some smoke into the air and said, "God, that's for you."
He died at the age of 32 of lung cancer in a horrible manner.
THE MAN WHO BUILT THE TITANIC - After the construction of Titanic, a reporter asked him how safe the vessel would be. With a sarcastic tone, he said, "Not even God can sink it."
The result? I think you all know the tragic end of that famous ship.
MARILYN MONROE (Actress) - Billy Graham visited her during a show presentation telling her that the spirit of God had sent him to preach to her. After hearing what the preacher had to say, she muttered, "I don't need your Jesus."
A week later, she was found dead in her apartment.
BON SCOTT (Singer, ex-vocalist of AC/DC) - On one of his 1979 songs, he sang: "Don't stop me; I'm going down all the way, down the highway to hell..."
On February 19, 1980, he was found dead - choked by his own vomit.
CAMPINAS in 2005 - In Campinas, Brazil, a group of drunk friends went to pick up a friend. The mother accompanied the young lady to the car and was so worried on the drunkenness of the group. Holding her daughter's hand (who was already seated in the car), she blessed her: "My daughter, go with God and may He protect you." The youngster replied: "Only if He (God) travels in the trunk, 'cause inside here, it's already full."
Hours later, news came by that they met a fatal accident - everybody died. The car could not be recognized what type of car it had been, but surprisingly, the trunk was intact. The police said there was no way the trunk could have remained intact. To their surprise, inside the trunk was a crate of eggs - none was broken.
CHRISTINE HEWITT (Jamaican journalist and entertainer) - Having said that the Bible (Word of God) is the worst book ever written, she was found burned beyond recognition in her motor vehicle in June 2006.
"Many more important people have forgotten that there is no other name that was given so much authority as the mighty name of Jesus. Many have died but only Him died and rose again, and He is still alive!"
indeed, we reap what we sow.
DEATH. Many people (or should i say, most people) fear death. But Christians should not! Because if we profess to be Christ-followers then we should believe that He conquered death.
UNTIMELY death is a dreadful thing. It means something is wrong; there's a breach in the life 'contract' that it was shortened and terminated.
The wise King Solomon says in Proverbs 11:28 that, "A life devoted to (worldly) things is a dead life, a stump; a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree." Moreover, apostle Paul pointed out in his epistles to the Galatians (6:7) and to us that we "be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap."
Through the decades, some people tried and mocked God...and here's what happened:
After saying that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, Lennon was shot six times.
Sure he got the votes, but he got sick a day before being made president, and then he died.
He died at the age of 32 of lung cancer in a horrible manner.
The result? I think you all know the tragic end of that famous ship.
A week later, she was found dead in her apartment.
On February 19, 1980, he was found dead - choked by his own vomit.
Hours later, news came by that they met a fatal accident - everybody died. The car could not be recognized what type of car it had been, but surprisingly, the trunk was intact. The police said there was no way the trunk could have remained intact. To their surprise, inside the trunk was a crate of eggs - none was broken.
"Many more important people have forgotten that there is no other name that was given so much authority as the mighty name of Jesus. Many have died but only Him died and rose again, and He is still alive!"
indeed, we reap what we sow.
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