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Posted on Monday, December 12, 2011 10:20 PM
If there is something that I am not proud of what I was before – it was my pride. Jesus has been a perfect model of character when He walked the earth. To be His follower means to pursue His ways. Being born again comes with growing up into spiritual maturity. Along the way there’d be distractions. Things that have always been there, but now that we want to please and obey God, we become mindful of our actions. How I wish that God could just zap me into maturity. But it is a process. |
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Posted on Monday, December 12, 2011 5:23 PM
He has shown you all what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8) This, my friend, is my most favorite verse now. It defines my existence, it is a requirement I must follow with gladness in my heart. It is part of my big word - OBEDIENCE. I am in this season where everything I have, every waking up moment is to give glory to God. When God called me for complete obedience, it was followed by Jesus telling me, "Come follow me. |
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Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 12:54 PM
I wasthinking, when I started the real estate business almost 7 years ago, I thought I started it right not doing it for myself, but with the attitude of wanting to make a difference. I have exercised servant leadership, putting everyone else ahead of my own interest, and yet, I got so broken, nothing seemed to make sense. The truth is, there were times in between when I would find myself wondering, and asking ‘what for?’ why did I want to make a difference anyway? There were grey times when I’d ask myself but could not really find the answer so I’d just shrug it off, and went on ‘controlling’ the whole thing, doing great things according to my own standards. |
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Tes Casin: Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 11:03 PM
God is overflowing with goodness. When He wants to change your mind, He gently asks you to repent - He does not scream "repent!" There are so many things in life that God has shown me His goodness. And He does this faithfully, I mean, FAITHFULLY, even when at times I was not faithful. He calls me back, and simply waits for me to come back. The way He calls you back is so subtle, so humble, so very like Jesus. We all know the story of the Prodigal Son. The focus that most commentators put on is about the kid who went astray, but repented and finally was accepted back. |
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Tes Casin: Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 10:31 PM
Exactly a year ago our family received a surprise gift. A gift not wrapped in a shiny wrapper and without a ribbon, too. It came in rather ugly package, an extra large white envelope, heavy with films inside, with a dedication no one can understand, except the specialist who gave the typed it. It was handed to us casually, with the only word I could understand- or maybe I understood but refused to understand - carcinoma. A gift to all of us, placed in my husband's most delicate body part, a massive tumour in the pancreas. |
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