Keeping the dream alive.

Got this from Ailing's blog....great stuff

i believe that's the message of today's xlinks..
sang an old hymm too...hymm number 257 i think...really forgot the number..
anyway...i'm not in the usual ol' state of bubbly me today...
thinking of tons of stuff...
yar..
after ministry..
questions Pastor Steven asked was..
Who are you?
for my case..let's start with...
1. An Applied Chemistry Undergraduate
2. An Applied Chemistry Undergraduate in NUS
3. A girl
4. A daughter
5. A friend
6. A cousin
7. A Christian
8. A Child Of God

guess what....whoever you are...as long as you're a Christian...you're a Child of God...there's no running away from that title.and ultimately...that's WHO you are...
and since you're a Child of God, it only seems right to set Jesus Christ as the benchmark in your life.
at the end of the day, the only question is..When He decides to take something precious away from you, for His good purposes, will you still be able to praise Him, able to worship Him, able to tell Him that only He shall take the highest honour?
This is a good question. Everyone knows that the correct answer should be, 'YES.' like this joke that Pastor shared which happened in a Sunday School.
The Sunday School Teacher was asking the kids this question.
'Can anyone tell me what is grey, climbs a tree, is furry, and eats nuts?'
A boy raised his hand and said,'I know the answer must be Jesus. But it sure sounds like a squirrel to me.'

anyway, that isn't really the biggest problem i face now...the question now is...which of my possessions are considered as my most precious...i have no idea. To me, everything is of equal importance, of equal magnitude..there may be some being more important to me than others..but i can't really put a finger to it. so far, i'm guessing health.

But then again, if the Lord can bless you with gifts, surely He can take them away. It's logical..considering the fact that He was the One that made you...He's your creator...He's able to give you gifts when He deems fit..and vice versa...
Nothing strange about this, adding the fact that He DIED for you...if He's willing to make such a sacrifice for you...why not you to Him..granted it may seem hard at first to accept the fact that something/someone who is dear to you being taken away from your life..but..it's a matter of your faith in the Lord, and your personal conviction...i guess..

Being a Child of God doesn't means that..
you're promised a life that's smooth sailing..
the gifts that you're blessed with will not be taken away someday..
you can sin even though you know that you're doing something sinful...
you will never be thrown in the face of temptation..
you won't ever have situations where you feel as if the Lord isn't there..

instead,Being a Child of God means that..
you're promised eternal life, and that He will always be there with you every single step you take...
the gifts that He takes away is for your good, and the gifts you'll recieve when you finally meet the Big Guy will be far greater than those He has taken away..
and that during the period of misery you might feel, you know that He is with you..
you're forgiven of your sins when you confess them all to Him..
but you cannot and must not take His grace for granted..
in the face of temptation, He has made a way out..
it's a matter of you finding that door out of temptation..
when you think that He isn't there, He's already by your side.

think about this.

/this is so exciting..it's the new year..and i remembered writing such a post..but i was too lazy to dig for it in blogger. so..i went to copy and paste from jun's blog..who once took it from my blog..so..it's a cycle in it's way i supposed..