test!

:)

Lineage of grace

Jim Elliot, Charles Spurgeon, Amy Carmichael, Oswald Chambers...

To think and know that the Christ who stirred their hearts is the same Christ in me is amazing - I am a continuing link in a long line of Christ followers.

My heart battles within me, easily amused and entertained by the things of this world. Even so, my humanity and weakness cannot take away my salvation. I imagined myself one day worshipping alongside the apostle Paul, Jim Elliot, Amy Carmichael, Watchman Nee.

I thought to myself, "I am part of this great family of God. These great men and women that I look up to - they are my brothers and sisters".

They too were once here on earth, wrestling with the same earthly battles, pressing into Christ to be their salvation in this temporal and mortal existence. Their human frailties and battles were wrought into the hands of Christ.

Their pursuit of God was really the pursuit of God for them; a lineage of grace continues as I see Christ pursuing my own heart and the people around me. If I am responding to Christ at all with an iota of faith, it's because Christ pursued me first. I cannot take credit for any goodness or fruit in my life. This is becoming ever so clear as I see the depths of my own frailty and sin.

My prayer today: Help me to run this race faithfully 'til I see your face. Burn away the earthly dross.

Faithful

Faced a moral dilemma at work the past two weeks.

I was encouraged by two close friends to take the route of honesty and integrity rather than the easier route of cover-up and deceit.

There are times when I can't do it alone. What would I do without reminders and counsel from close, godly friends?

At the end of the day, when I choose the right road or make a decision that's better than what I naturally would've chosen, it's not me who's faithful or integrous, but Christ in me.

This situation at work hasn't died down yet. Keep me hanging on to your grace.

this is what it feels like

 

the clouds have rolled in

possibilities of storm and disaster urge me 

to haul my little boat

to shore

i haven't decided if i'll

stick this one

through

a snapshot of indecisiveness

a moment before crisis

shores of safety 

seem far away 

this is what it feels like

this is what it feels like

this is what it feels like

when you're not sure

when you don't know what to do

dare i say 

come what may

reset

don't you wish sometimes, you could start a certain stage of your life all over again?

hit the reset button, please.

love at first sight

Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo.

hello world

hello blog world, it's been about a year since i've written in this blog.

i am back.