Certain and Unchanged

You, you did not back away
As the hour came
As the darkness fell
But you, you finished everything
We're alive again

Garage Hymnal-  Hallelujah

A song that reminded me about that time at the cross where Jesus was punished for my sins. Where I was the one who made the mistake but he was the one who willingly took my punishment.

Where he could just give up and let me deal with my own consequences but he chose not to.

I cant imagine if Jesus decided to change his mind and give up, not wanting to take and bear the punishment of the mistake that wasnt even his own. Having someone like Jesus who I can hold on to (and definitely been keeping me by his side) gave me a certain hope. A hope that this world cant offer as i find it hard to find certainty in this world. A hope that guarantee that at the end of the day I wont fall and will stand still by his side as he is certain and unchanged.

Are you certain that what you are holding to at the moment will keep you stand still till the end of the day??

Looking in and Looking out

We had a conversation regarding predestination at bible study yesterday. Some asked how can we be sure whether or not we are God's chosen people and others wonder about the possibility of christians falling away in future. Some suggested that christians cant fall away because God will never let go of his people but in fact, i heard a few cases where christians do turn away from God.


To be honest, Im not sure where i stand in terms of christians falling away. I know that God will never let his people go away from him (as I have been seeing his faithfulness in my own life) but at the same time there are christians who turn away from  God. One thing I do know is that predestination is not suppose to make me doubt about whether or not i am one of his chosen people because it is a gift in the first place not out of my own will. Predestination is pointing out to me all the more that I am purely chosen by grace and nothing else.


My bible study leader put it this way in regards to all the doubts and unsureness about being a christian in the future
"if you put your faith outside Jesus, you would doubt on whether or not you will be safe in the future because of the many uncertainties, but if you put your faith inside Jesus, you will be sure that in the future you will still be a christian because Jesus never change!!"




I thought that was helpful as a reminder and hope that it would be helpful for you too :D:D

Hard love

For some reason that I dont even know, a thought of loving people when its hard came to mind. It got me thinking about unhelpful comments that people made. Those comments were made out of full ignorance which was what got me annoyed and kinda hurt!! Scary how a simple thought like that got me thinking and feeling the pain again, before i know it, i spent at least the last 30 minutes thinking about it and getting angry and annoyed at what happen.

As im walking down the valley of bitterness and hurt from those unhelpful comments, my heavenly dad is pulling me away that i may come back to the top and not reaching the bottom of the valley. By that i mean my heavenly dad is reminding me about his awesomeness and goodness towards me before i start to hate those people who hurt my feelings.

If my heavenly dad is able to forgive me who was not just making unhelpful comments but fully reject him inside out, i should be compelled to do the same to those who hurt me. I was such a big pain in my dad's eyes because of sin that i carry around with me, but regardless of that, he still loves me and forgive me.

What reason do I have now to complain and get angry at those who were just making unhelpful comments??  Surely  people unhelpful comments are are nothing in comparison to my sin!!

"For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again."  2 corinthians 5:14-15 (NIV, 1984)

Catching up with friends + a good cup of coffee = AWESOME :D:D

Some things that I enjoy and love doing on a saturday. Im so thankful that I am given the time to just sit down and relax and rest not having to worry about the business of life and having to catch up with the rest of the world. <3

Psalm 28

1. To you I call, O Lord my Rock,
do not turn a deaf ear to me.
For if you remain silent, I will be like those who have gone down to the pit.


3. Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil,
who speak cordially with their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts.