Decision

Decision...The power to choose 

What I have learned lately made me open my eyes and understood the reason why somehow I suffered a lot and still suffering. I underestimated my power to decide on my own, I waited for God to make a miracle to change my life, just when an awakening thought struck me: God is not a magician. He makes miracle in partnership with the person. First, "decide what you want to happen in your life, use your faith, and then after you have done your all believe that I (God) will do the things that you cannot do."
God so loved us that He gave us the free-will, the power to choose. It has to be our choice first. As it is written, "This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now CHOOSE life, so that you and your children may live." (Deut 30:19-20)

Before I decide, I have to have faith that it will work. Now, faith is being sure of the things that we hope for and certain of what we do not see. (Heb 11:1). After making a decision, after choosing, I act on the decision that I have made. Action, "for faith without works is dead."(James 2:17) If the desire to change remains inside of me, and I don't express it in some sort of decision and action, it will only remain to be powerless and cant help me at all.

As it is written, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.(Matt 18-18). Now, I  pray with my brothers and sisters in Christ, with the man of God, to bind here on earth so that it will also be bound in heaven. The angels of the darkness, will do anything, yes anything to ruin it. That's something needs to be watched over for they are clever. They love to play with my fragile heart, my emotions and  that I need to constantly ask for help from God to send His angels to do the battle for me. I wonder how do they do the war? Kick-boxing? Wrestling? or Kung-fu? Whatever! I do not need to think and much more worry about it. =))

If you don't decide for yourself, somebody will come along and decide for you. That is the time when you say, "I don't have a choice". What a pity...the truth is, you did have a choice, you were not just bold and courageous enough to take the step.. To sacrifice..For everything has a price to pay. No sacrifice, No success. God Bless You.

Unfair!!!

Life is just so unfair!!! 
Well...sometimes or most of the time???


I always think that way before.
I do you a favor, you never thank me. Unfair!
I help you carry your luggage to the bus stop because you were going home. You said thank you, and promised to call me back here because you know that I will miss you but you were so drowned by the "coming-home-fever" that you have no time to call me. How mean you were to be so happy without even remembering me here. Unfair!!
You promised me to lend me your computer because I am going to talk to my friend, but it just so happened that you have an unexpected work to do that you cannot lend it to me. But hey, you promised me and I already booked an appointment to my friend. Unfair!!!


Yes indeed, sounds so unfair. On the other side....
I forgot to look on the other side.
On the other angle. 
I was so unfair for I was so sunk in my own emo that I forgot to consider other peoples concerns.


In life, there are lots of things to be disappointed about. But there are even more and more reasons to be thankful. Instead of whining unfair, look at the other side first and be considerate to understand other peoples interest too.


I know a certain person that sounds like that. I would do her favours even though  sometimes I do it out of my way just to help. She would ask for help now and then, of course I gladly embrace and cheer while helping her out.  On one occasion due to an inevitable circumstance, I wasn't able to make her a favour. Then she acted so differently from then on. I tried to talk to her and even asked if she was mad at me. She just bluntly said, "Oh no! Not at all" coupled with a fake smile. Of course it made me uneasy and disappointed at first. But as days pass by, I realize in fact I was doing myself the favour.


People may use you as long as you let them to. Why should I be sorry if she do not wanna make friends with me. It only means that;
I do not need to make phone calls on her behalf to the English speaking customer service because she always say the she is not so good on it and that I should help to make things easy for her.
I do not need to keep her things here in my place because she doesn't have space for her own stuffs.
I do not need to pack her things to send back home on her behalf because she doesn't have time.
I do not need to be interrupted using my laptop because she will borrow it.


After all the favours I did, she didn't even consider which simply meant that she was just after her own good. Friendship as far as I know is about giving and taking. Do I sound bitter? Oh no! not at all. I am sure one of these days, we will come across our ways again.


It is just fair enough for me..=)

Let Me be the first to know

Whatever is on your mind? Let Me be the first to know. Then you will have a heart of  joy.


If only we have ears to listen to what God says, maybe that is what HE would always wanna  tell us to remind us that actually, we do not need to vent out to our "trusted friend'' of whatever is bothering us every now and then just to find out that our "trusted secret" was already the talk of the town. Then we return to our friend, and a lot of talking, explaining, blaming happens.


Of course, we would be assured,  "I won't tell" and the next one..."sure! sure! you can count on me".
 And to the other we say, "You are the only one I'm telling you this"....and the chain goes on. In between those chains, without realizing it the father of lies was there. Listening, pretending to really care but at the back he is already plotting a good plan to make the worst! To bring the disaster! 


Well..thanks to you my "trusted friend for taking care of my trusted secret". And the very thing the father of lies wants to happen is happening. To break the trust between friends. To destroy friendship. 
Come on....Hey! It wasn't your friend, it was the liar, the devil in between who found a good way of using the weak of us. Ephesians 6:12


Very well then...now we blame so and so. In the very first place, if and only if we let HIM be the first to know.  Then we would have a heart of joy for our trusted secret is on the hands of the most trusted One!