Let's meet in our dreams and go on that road trip

“1) There was a tiny scrap of rainbow - just an end of ribbon in the clouds - and I knew that it was for me. It was a promise of good things. I could not see the other end, nor the great sweeping arc that reached high above the clouds that shadowed me, but I could see that bit and knew it spoke of His faithfulness, for He is faithful that promised.

2) Then there came clouds of pure gold. There was nothing in those clouds to make them gold - only mist. Neither is there anything in my cloud to make it shine - perhaps a mist of tears, nothing else. But the sun has lifted up His light. The Lord made His face to shine on me and was gracious to me, and gave me peace, there in the evening sunset.

3) He gave the words, “…. Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it dies, it bringeth forth much fruit.” (John 12:24). So it was with our little kernel of possibility. So small, but buried. And I asked God to water it, there in its darkness, and transform the dead thing into fruit. What fruit will He bring forth? If only it could be that from so small a seed He might create the fruits of the Spirit in me, even just the beginning of learning of them: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.”

- Passion & Purity, Elisabeth Elliot

Keep my heart in purity, that I may walk in all You have for me.

I believe God speaks to me through many, many sources. Through sermons, books, circumstances, people, recommendations & suggestions from people, ideas of people… And of course directly to my heart. Hanging on to every word and everything I am learning bit by bit.

I know I am gonna look back on this someday, connect the dots and see once again, the greatness and beauty of God.

On the ride of a lifetime with my God. (: Everything that’s involved, both the good and the bad, all of it is gonna be worth it.

It’s gonna be okay, it’s gonna be alright! Not by my strength, but by God’s strength.

Quoting SP How,

“The absence of communication leaves people in the dark. Bad things manifest in the darkness.”

Communicate. Don’t assume.

“She began to understand quite clearly that truth cannot be understood from books alone or by any written words, but only by personal growth and development in understanding, and that things written even in the Book of Books can be astonishingly misunderstood while one still lives on the low levels of spiritual experience and on the wrong side of the grave on the mountains.

She perceived that no one who finds herself up on the slopes of the Kingdom of Love can possibly dogmatize about what is seen there, because it is only then that she comprehends how small a part of the glorious whole she sees. All she can do is to gasp with wonder, awe. and thanksgiving, and to long with all her heart to go higher and to see and understand more.”

- Hinds’ Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard

my wonderful Shepherd

Halfway through this book & feeling the warmth of God’s love in my heart as I read it. (:

“The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me walk upon mine high places.” - Habakkuk 3:19

There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. - Proverbs 16:25

“We must learn that in the spiritual realm sometimes a straight line is not the shortest distance between us and where we want to be. It may just be the shortest distance to destruction!

We must learn to be patient and wait on the Lord, even if it seems that He is taking us in a roundabout way to get to our desired destination.”

- Joyce Meyer

“All of our hearts ache. All of our hearts are at some level unsatisfied and longing. It is our insatiable need for more that drives us to God. What we need to see is that all our controlling and our hiding, all our indulging, actually serves to separate us from our hearts. We lose touch with those longings that make us women. And the substitutes never, ever resolve the deeper issue of our souls.”

- Captivating, John & Stasi Eldredge

It’s like a puzzle that’s gradually being completed. Maybe I don’t have a full picture, but I know for certain that I have had revelations from the spirit, w/o reasoning from my mind. Like the ‘Wow…. it’s falling into place’ kinda feeling. I’m gonna continue trusting God with all that I am, continue seeking His voice and thoughts, continue having faith and patience, continue confiding in the Holy Spirit for guidance. (:

I thank God for being my God, for being in my life, for this life, for His love for me. Really, where would I be if not for love, if not for grace?

Redeemed Eve

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, & your heart will certainly be wrung & possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it careful round with hobbies & little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket - safe, dark, motionless, airless - it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable… The only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers of love is Hell.”

- C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

Your love, it truly knows no end

Thank You God for not forsaking me.

Have been feeling confused, burdened, even crushed the last two days. Many thoughts running through my mind and issues to deal with. Never underestimate the power of darkness. But I know I need this darkness for light to come shining in, for God to work in me and to grow me. God, thank You so much for laying a strong foundation that nothing in life can erode or destroy. Not my circumstances, not my emotions. Nothing. I thank You for this faith in me. I thank You for choosing me, for being in my life.

There’re so many things to reflect on, to makes changes to. 12 more days and exams are gonna be over. Can’t wait! It’s time to step up and higher, to change and to grow into all that God created me to be.

Your resurrection empowers and strengthens, God.

I love You with all my heart, soul and mind.

Was reading my devotional and it spoke to me so well. Some words I would like to quote before I go on:

“Right in the middle of the last supper, a sword pierced the hearts of the disciples. Even the heart of bold and talkative Peter was deflated. But Jesus would strengthen Peter’s faith, making it more established and solid. But it would not be easy. In the surrounding atmosphere, a spiritual world war was underway.…….. Sifting involves a meticulous search for faults, cracks, openings, lacks, weaknesses, unresolved issues, hidden sins, and wrong motives. Everything needed to be tested. Peter’s self-righteousness needed to be crushed……. What Satan means for harm, God can turn into good. But this can only occur if the heart does not harden during the fiery trial.…… Peter was required to abandon his carnal desire to trust in himself. Everything would be shaken, and everything not planted by our Heavenly Father would be pulled up by the roots……….”

There have been times when the thought of not being able to do it anymore, not being able to fight on any longer comes to my mind. But now, I feel so loved knowing that God had been protecting me from the attacks of the devil through showering His love and grace for me and filling me with faith. Life’s full of ups and downs, and there really is a spiritual warfare waging on. The devil spares no one. It takes a lot to come back up and to trust God when one is entirely crushed on the inside. But I know it can be done cause I’ve done it time and time again. The devil doesn’t give up, but the important thing is that I do not give up too on being on God’s side because God doesn’t give up on me. I am hanging on to my God for life. And I know that I can do better with each new day.

“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail.” Luke 22:31-32

Thank You Jesus.

Direction: Don’t pitch your tent in a settlers’ camp, where feel-good sermons and entertaining music are plentiful but forward spiritual movement is non-existent. Be sure that the believers you join with are earnestly seeking more of God all the time.

Vision: Don’t pitch your tent with other settlers in the lukewarm realm of compromise and mediocrity. And don’t become ensnared by relying on rules and formulas. Be sure that the believers you join with are willing and ready to be made holy, not in their own strength, but by the transforming power of God.

Lifestyle: A healthy community of believers is one that doesn’t just hear the Truth but lives it out. True believers act on the Truth.

A healthy fear of God: A healthy community of Christians recognizes God’s greatness. They tremble before His holiness and deeply adore His sweet grace and mercy. They long to please God in all they do, all they say, with every thought and emotion.

I thank God for His word, for wonderful devotionals and Christian books, and for being in my life. (: I am God’s work-in-progress and I know I can do a little better each new day. Help me to abide in Your Holy Presence, Lord.

I do not know who reads my tumblr but I hope that what I am about to share will move hearts and impact lives.

Christianity in a nutshell.

“Part one: Our Design. God designed us to know Him, love Him, abide in Him, and enjoy Him. He built us to spend eternity at His side, intimately sharing the beauties and glories of an eternal existence spent worshipping Him and knowing Him as our Heavenly Lover and Almighty King.

Part two: Our Corruption. But something obstructed this perfect design. Sin crept in and severed the spiritual connection the Creator designed us to share with Himself. God, the rightful ruler of our existence, was removed from power and we, little prideful people, crowned ourselves kings of our own lives, thus twisting our souls into a misshapen mess of self-reliance, self-indulgence, and self-absorption. Humankind was quickly brought to the point where it could not help itself out of the bottomless pit it had climbed into, plummeting toward eternal damnation with no way to break its fall. And such is the reality each of us faces when we are born into this world. Though self-assured and unaware of our peril, we all share the same hereditary curse of a sin-ruled life. God is holy and just, and therefore, we must each pay the price for our inner rebellion. And that price is death and eternal separation from God in hell.

Part three: Our Hope. But from the very beginning, God has had a rescue plan in mind. And two thousand years ago that plan unfolded within the small nation of Israel when Jesus was born. God came to earth as a baby, grew up as a boy, matured into a man, and lived a human life on earth. He was here for one purpose: to give us His life. He came to demonstrate His great love for each of us, living a spotless existence and sacrificing His spotless Life in place of our own. He died the death we were meant to die, and He suffered the penalty for sin that we were meant to suffer. In doing so, He broke down the barrier that separates us from God - a barrier that, on our own, we could never overcome. In giving us His Life, Christ also gave us His righteousness. He came to reclaim our souls by offering His life in exchange for our own.

Part four: Our Response. Every person must respond to this amazing truth by either rejecting it or accepting it. If you reject it, you are saying, “I want to remain king of my own life, and I’ll willingly pay the penalty for my sin.” But to accept means to allow His Life to become your own. Which means you give up control of your being and allow Him to regain His rightful throne over your life. And when His life becomes your own, the death He died becomes your death to sin; the penalty He paid for you cleanses your soul and makes your gulity conscience white as snow. He both forgives you and empowers you to live a victorious new life. He invades your being, takes up residence in your soul, and takes the pen of your existence to write Your life story. And as you protect and preserve His life within you, His nature will become more and more evident in the way you think, the way you feel, the way you behave, and the way you live. The gospel message is the world-altering Truth of God that must never be diluted or compromised, for within it is the unmatched beauty of a fulfilled and successful life here on earth and for all eternity.”