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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

To be with him. I went to church on sunday and the pastor categorised christians into 3 categories.

The first category serves the Lord with all his heart and yet finds that he tires easily. In the end, he will turn and ask the Lord "why?".. why is it that he serve him whole-heartedly, putting himself into all kinds of ministries, and yet does not seem to grow as a christian?

The second category, in which most of us happens to fall under, serves the Lord and returns to the Lord who is always beside us to rejuvenate when we are weary.. and then continue to serve him and rejuvenate when we are tired.. the process is repetitive.

The third category, which we christians should strive to be, is to be with the Lord before we learn to serve him. Yupz, we often hear of serving the Lord in this ministry and in that ministry.. but we never stop to think that we have to be with the Lord, be beside him before we know how we are supposed to serve the Lord.
Beside him, we will know where to put our resources to use and we are rejuvenated constantly by Him.. since we are just beside this well of energy",

He added another point.. Our relationship with the Lord should be like that of lovers. When we are in love, we will constantly think of the significant other, when to call him, when to surprise him with something sweet.. in short, our actions will be done to please him. Similarly, with the Lord, we need to be constantly aware of his presence and do things to please him.. our actions will then be naturally be pleasing in his eyes.. hahaz, keeping the Lord in my mind now",

Religious-y? hahaz, many time i have been troubled with things but no one appropriate to talk to.. and usually i put everything in prayers, my fears, hopes, thanksgiving.. We are given the ability to pray and the Lord always answers.. but it's up to us to find the answers that He give to our prayers.. Often, wad He gives us are opportunities to fulfil the end that we desire and He planned for us.. His plan may not be wad we desire or wad we thought it would be.. but definitely, He has a plan for everyone",

till then..

P.S. He loves us simply because we are His children.. as simple as that",

Posted by Jessica at Tuesday, September 25, 2007