Joel Osteen: Developing a Habit of Happiness

Finally! Somebody who said the same thing as me,

"If you find out you only have a few weeks to live,
will you still be having a grudge against someone?"

Joel Osteen: Remembering the Good

I have been listening to Joel Osteen's message and I had been greatly blessed.

Lord, teach me to remember Your promises, Your victory over sin, over death. 
Help me to remember how You hand picked me to serve You.

Thank You Jesus. 

God with us

The most memorable line of the song is
"Who are we, that You would be mindful of us?"

Blessed are the merciful...

That's the message today from SJSM...
Today's message has really blessed me.

One thing that the preacher said that struck me was,
"In this dog eat dog world, being merciful is equalvilant to being soft"

It struck me how hard hearted Christian have become, we are so much like the world that we forgotten God has mercy upon us first.. That we forgotten, Jesus wants us to minister to the world, how can we be ministers when we are no different?

What many Christians wanted, is only the saving grace of God,
and many forgotten about being Christ like, Christ minded...

Praising God in the storm

I remembered a year ago, I was at the lowest point of my life..

I banged my head anywhere I could,
I punched anything that's hard enough,
I pinched myself when I couldnt do both,
and I asked myself,
"Why am I even alive?"

I overdosed on medication,
I sufficated myself on my pillow,
I screamed my lungs out,
and I asked myself,
"Why am I not dead?"

All these while,
You were with me.
My Faithful Shepherd,
looking at this little black sheep
tossing and turning,
struggling to move away from Your nail pierced hands,
while trying to get myself into danger.

All these while,
You were by my side.
My Faithful Friend,
watching me hurt myself,
catching my every tear,
and loving me,
keeping me safe,
giving me attention
even when I refused to bow to You
in total surrender.

Yet, all these while,
You never gave up on me.

Thank You.

Thank You for teaching me the real meaning of
"In all things give thanks".

Thank You for granting me a great friend.

Thank You for sending help when I needed it.

The world will never understand how much help You have given me,
my own family doesnt understand why I honour You so much,
my colleagues thinks I am too stubborn in faith,
my friends laughed when I was displeased with how they treated You with disrespect.

But I dont care how they think,
because those awful nights,
they are not the ones with me,

You are,
and for that,
I will only listen to You.

Come what may Lord,
I will praise You in the storm..

To the "fat" and "Ugly"...

I used to always think I would never be able to find any guy who will love me for who I am.

I believed in the lies sold by movies, television, commercials...

I believed in MTVS, songs written by "great talent" describing their love for sexy, hot babes.

Yet, I overlooked one fact.

There is one God, THE ONLY GOD,

who is SO IN LOVE with me,

that He died for me,
and rose again,
and NOW,

He is waiting for me.

You are precious,
You are His,
You are Beautiful.

Thank you Jesus.. For loving me when no one else would...

Cutting it off...

Mummy had to go for an opt to saw off the bone jutting out from the side of her toe, I am not too sure if it's call bunyon.. But it was quite serious, coz it causes her a lot of pain as she's walking. While she chose to compromise the way she walked, it caused her knees to be in pain.. So therefore, this opt has to be done to ensure her that she will be walking with greater comfort as she graciously aged.

The opt was simple. She was awaken sometimes by the noises of the saw they use (they only numb the lower part of the body). Anyway, what happen was that because her big toe would be shorter, the opt also consist of shortening the other toes, so that she could balance when she recover.

While I see mummy feeling weary because of the med, I was reminded of what Jesus said,

"If your right eye casuses you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you: for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. "

~Matthew 5:29,30~

Indeed, parts of me had been chopped, torn and blast away. Thereafter, new parts were gently molded as the Holy Spirit continues to grant me more comfort as I mature my faith in God.

I am happy mummy has seen the changes in me..

Today I helped her shower, and I was reminded of the times, one of the few times she showered me and how much I enjoyed it. Mummy was always busy, most of the times she's not at home. And when she's at home, she was either quarelling with dad, or supervising my sisters doing household chores. Times spent alone, caregiving times were few.

If someone have to try and figure out why I am such a "sticky" friend, well, I am sorry I give you the "sticky" feeling. Had a lousy childhood, but hey, all things turned out well, coz I am in God's hands.

And I dont know how many spiritual operations i still need to do, but Lord, come what may.

When God ran..

Truly thankful for a God who makes effort to connect with me...

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