Breather...

Thank goodness i managed to catch a breather yesterday.

Come to me all who are weary and i will give you rest.
Sometimes, it comes physically, at other times, tis emotional rest.

Here in NIE, i experience emotional rest most of the time.
As for mental and physical rest, the past two days has been the best in this half of the year.

Praise be to God, i am still alive.

Give thanks in all things because grace was extended in all things.

The hand of my Lord is never too short to carry me through the storms in life...

Above the billows, i will soar on eagle's wings because if my God is for me, who can be against me.

Therefore i will yet again praise the Lord.

For a restful weekend and the packed week ahead.


For i will see His mighty hands, i will feel His loving and comforting touch amidst the stress.


Comfort.


The Lord is my shepherd, i shall not be in want.

I SHALL NOT BE IN WANT.

Sin is hateful.

Sin.

Like the stain that takes the glamour away from my favourite top.

Like a war that consumes the peace on this earth

Like a disgusting irky detestable leech that sucks the life out of man.

I hate sin.

At times i hate myself because sin has tainted me.

I hate sin to the point of hating the narcissitic me.

At the peak of my anger, i seemed to hate sin more than i love myself.

Or maybe i love myself so much that i cannot accept the sin within me.

I bet my Lord Jesus hates sin more.

But He loves me.

Therefore He died...

for the sins that i hate,

and He hates more...


Thank you Jesus.

I am sorry Jesus.

Sorry for the sins that i have nailed you with.

Sorry that i have taken your grace for granted.

Sorry for my sins.


I love you.

Thank you for loving me.


Love,
Ariel

A sick but restful day.

A sick but restful day....what irony.

But Christian life is full of irony.

We are called to a life of suffering filled with the joy of the Lord.

We are called to be lost in the Lord for us to find ourselves in Him.

Living a life that is hungry for his Presence will lead us into the fullness of Christ.

To be cautious of reckless words.
To be wary of comfort.
To be aware of the unaware.

Speaking of that i do not know, hearing with the heart that which is inaudible, following the God man cannot fathom and answering the call that has to be searched out.

This faith journey left me perplexed time and again.
The wise knows not of what should not be revealed until it is time
The wise cannot predict what is to come

Until the Lord intervenes
Until the Lord reveals



Until the Lord comes



Only then can we find answers to life that we do not understand about.

Until then, will i receive the harvest of this ironic life.

Until then, can i rest in His long suffering arms.

lapses in time

I don't remember the last time i blogged and i dun reckon anyone will read this.

Recently, more and more i felt that the season for Christians to rise up has come. More and more i find myself waiting for my nation and my church to rise up. Arise my brothers and sisters in Christ, for the Lord is awakening us to His call, into a deeper intimacy with Him and into a lifestyle of holiness. Let us go forth as fellow christians learning to bear one another's burdens and to keep one another accountable, only then can we find ourselves able to take up the call of the Lord.

Prayer is so lacking, let prayers arise....let the voices of the Christians come before the throne of the Most High God, let Him fill the hungry and let Him satisfy the thirsty. Take a look at the world around you, at the laughter and the smiles reflected on the face of man- which of them live to glorify God? Let it be known that only the ones who glorifies the Father with their lives of worship will find themselves in true joy because their spirit man is satisfied and filled by the Lord.

Holy Spirit, fill thy children and help us to live a life worthy of your calling, to be so desperate for you....raise up a generation of radical christians who love You and Your word, who listens to Your voice because Your sheeps recognise Your voices. Let us find You in our daily life and let us seek You with each seconds that passes...

Let this life be a fragrant offering unto You.

Let obedience be rendered to You, not just sacrifice for You desire the former more than the latter.

Let praise arise from this land.