Grateful Post..

You've always taken me seriously, God..
Thank You.
This exactly is what I need to hear this evening.
Thank You for revealing this to me.

Blessings, everyone!

The Best Is Yet To Come

Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he,
I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
Isaiah 46:4, NIV

I want to be a better person day by day. I know, it's not easy. So I try to learn something new everyday, read more articles, do many things needed, and mostly, read my Bible.

You know what, at some point I thought that life pressure would beat me down. There were times I couldn't see God and even I wasn't able to sense His presence. Seriously. I know, you may think that I'm a little bit exaggerating or yeah.. something like that, but it is true. I am telling you the truth. I have been feeling so abandoned, forsaken, lonely and empty. Although I keep reading my Bible as long as I can. Although my family has been so nice and has never abandoned me in real meaning.

Yeah.. you may be bored reading my murmuring and complaining post. But hold on.. Through that circumstance, slowly but sure I began to feel that God has really been watching me. He started to make a move for me. Slowly. I don't know how to say it, but I sensed that God always works in slow motion for me. In many times, He even made delays in many parts of my life. Perhaps He also works that way in this circumstance. God only knows..

My Bible reading for these past 3 days has brought me some enlightenments. There were verses that I've known so well suddenly showed up and sounded like I've never heard before. Things started to be revealed for me. And I thank God for it. I just have to learn that God makes everything beautiful in His time. Not my timing, but His. Oh, I have to admit, it's so hard to keep up with God's plan. It's not really fun to give yourself up for Him can take the lead without knowing where your journey is heading to. No, it's not easy for somebody like me who always wants to see the reality before believing. But probably, through this way I supposed to learn that I have to believe Him even though I don't see anything.

Probably, like Abraham, against all hope, I have to dare to trust God what only God could do in my life. The verse above was one of what I heard God said clearly to me. He will sustain me even to my old age. Isn't it wonderful? If you ever felt abandoned or forsaken, you must be understood the power of this promise. By then, I know I'm in progress. I just won't to be stuck in wherever I am. I want to make a move with Him. I want this life to always be in progress with Him. If I'm not able, I know He'll make any big leap or any breakthroughs or anything needed for my growth.

Yeah.. this isn't life I signed up for, but I still hope and keep hoping for the best. For the best is yet to come.. :).

BYBS - My Life Now and Then

Actually I planned not to post this meme. My life has been complicated these few past days so it's a bit uneasy for me to count my blessings. But then I realized, yeah, life must go on. We can't just sit there remembering the pain and bitterness, cause we'll left so far behind then. Life will always go, leaving all of those who don't want to walk with it.

Couple days ago, my publisher sent me a sample of my book that will be published. Well, at first, I thought that it was just an ordinary book so I didn't have to check it out immediately, moreover I had soooo many things to do. But you know, when I opened the email and looked at the book sample on my laptop, OMG... I was speechless. It was more beautiful than what I could ever imagined. Honestly. I supposed that I have a good feel and good taste in judging something. And I always have reasons to criticize many things I encounter in my life. But that time, I had no words to say at all!

Well, this book has been my prayer for a long, long time. And God has answered me. Ones may consider a published book as an achievement or kind of, but I don't. I prefer to believe that it's a perfect gift from above, and cometh down from The Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning (James 1:17).

This book will always be an evidence of God's mighty work in my life. Cause I know myself well enough. Who am I? Where I came from? Nobody knows. It isn't too important so ones must know it, till God brings me His miraculous wonderful works. He grants me the talent to contemplate about many things, and to write it down as a result of my loneliness. I'm an introvert so you can imagine what type of person I am. A loner, so you can count my friends with your fingers because I do have not much. There are times in life that I regret many things when I looked aback, but now, when I figure out what has happened, I understand that God has done everything to form and shape my life. While I'm still in His process, may I have to pass through the bads, the bitterness, the pains, the grieves or any other not-so-good thing, but now I start to see His perfect ways.

I have no idea about what awaits me next, but I believe He'll never leave me or forsake me. He guarantees my life. Even before time began, my life was in His hands. So I supposed that He'll accomplish His great works in me. I just want to become what God created me to be. My life is not about me anymore, but I am about to live out God's purpose in me. I know it's far greater than my own fulfillment, my career, or even my happiness. I was once distracted out from His way. I knew that I wasn't about to do His will, but I kept pushing on it. Afterward, after experiencing life without God's guide, I eventually knew that it was a great mistake. I was really sorry but I couldn't return anymore.. So that's why I realized indeed the importance of the continuous walk with God.

If you supposed that you have no certain purpose to live out, why don't you ask your Creator? As what Rick Warren says in his book Purpose Driven Life, you didn't create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for. All you have to do is, begin anything with God, cause it all starts with Him. For in Him we live, and move, and have our being (Acts 17:28).

Don't forget to count your blessings!

Happy Sunday, everyone..

Life Isn't Easy

Yeah.. life could be so difficult, so unkind, so confusing.. We have to build our self on the strongest foundation. We can't just make excuses. We should not become the victim of life. We have to be bold and strong. But, yeah, the circumstance doesn't compromise sometimes..

Have you ever stuck in dilemma you'd never imagine? Every single word of you counts. You are demanded to be perfect, you shouldn't make any mistakes, you have to do the right. Only the right, the best you could ever done, even beyond your power.
Meanwhile, you do it all without feeling good. All the way you do is probably good, satisfy other people, but not yourself. You do it all because a must.
Unfortunately, you have no choice. You have to face it all, do it all, and you have a big responsible for all the way you do.
Omigod..

Anchor Your Life had just sent me an article about giving up our rights. Oh, could it be possible?
Has one ever known how hard the circumstance we live in?
Sometimes I feel unable. I am weak. I'm worn. I can't stand for any longer.
I'm tired.
Tired to look for a good pattern.
Tired to hope
Tired to try
Tired to feel good meanwhile I'm really not into it
Tired to pretend that I am okay

Oh, God, should we do what we did?
I have walked and walked and walked for a long, long time, and have found nothing.
So I give up my life to You.

Would You please think about it, plan and design it to be the best one could ever be?
Take my hands, take my heart, take my whole life, too.
And please, Lord, take the lead in my life..

For in Your presence, my joy is complete. You taught me the way of life. You set perfection in my life. Without You, who I am?

Though it isn't easy for me to say so, but I beg You, let Thy will be done.
Let Thy perfect will be done in me..

A Full Life

Life can be so boring, depressing, monotonous, overwhelming, sort of it. Everyone has ever arrived at that point. So do I. Nowadays, I feel like trapped in a circumstance I've made myself. But, yeah, life is unpredictable. We can't easily predict our future and we'll never got the result unless we've walked by it.

Glory be unto God, He never leaves us. He always knows our deepest needs. He hears our cry. In my case, He sends His Words to encourage me. Few days ago, I received this article from anchor your life. When I read it, I felt a new hope arose in my heart. I knew for sure that Jesus' promises would never changed. People could only weaken us, destruct our faith and spirit by their complaint, their attitude, their words, etc, but we'll get a new hope in Jesus Christ, if we believe..

Where do you put your hope?

Jesus said: "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." (NIV) John 10:10

Jesus said: "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full" (John 10:10). The "they" in the passage are Jesus' sheep, those who know His voice and follow Him. Notice that life is a present possession. It does not say, "that they will have life," but that "they may have life." A vibrant, ongoing, growing relationship with Christ does not begin when we reach Heaven, it starts here on earth. And that life is not a ho hum, mediocre life, but a full life. The Greek word actually means "superabundance". . . a relationship with Christ means a superabundant life!

Has life become routine? boring? predictable? depressing? monotonous? overwhelming? a rat race? methodical? dreary? uninspired? Try turning your full focus towards God. Listen for His voice, and follow Him in every way!