Trusting in God...learning to let go

I used to worry about my girlfriend as she travelled around the world for her job. I used to get her itinery and track he flights on the numerous flight and airport websites. Then after a while she stopped sharing her itinery and I would get upset. Then I figured it was all in God's hands. I would be too far away to do anything and worrying would not do me any good. I started to learn to let go and leave it in God's hands. Trust in him to take care of her and bring her back home safely.

There are things in this life that we do not have any control of or we can do nothing about. We need to learn not to carry all on our shoulders and to let go. Give our trust to God that all things he gives for our good.

Romans 14:11 As surely as I live, says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me;

Romans 14:11 (New International Version, ©2011)


11 “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,

‘every knee will bow before me;

every tongue will acknowledge God.’”

This is Easter let us renew our work to be closer to this.

The day will come when this will come to pass.

Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, God

Psalm 139:23-24 (New International Version, ©2011)

23 Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.

No matter what you feel, think or do,
God knows what lies deep in your heart.
Your deepest thoughts, fears or longings
There is nothing that you can hide
From the one that made you
Your God
And Creator

Being human
We are full of weakness and temptations
There is nothing that we can do by ourselves alone
So we need to call upon help from our Father above
To help us over come our weakness

Numers 20:12 - God's perfect plan

"Because you did not trust in Me enough to honor Me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them" (Numbers 20:12).  God's perfect plan for Moses clearly included a trip into the Promised land; but, even after 40 years of faithful leadership, Moses' lack of trust caused him to miss out on God's very best.

Sometimes we feel that we are heading through a rough patch and that we cannot see the plan laid out for us. Even Moses with all his experience sometimes doubted God's direction, what more we "youngsters" ! We need to have faith that God has a plan for us and he will not lead down the wrong path.

Blessing in not having to build an Ark...

It has been raining for almost 3 days non stop here and the thought did cross my mind that it may be prudent to start building an ark like Noah!

On the way to my old house, it was pouring down and mum said that she prayed for the rain to stop by the time we got to our destination. In my moment of lack of faith, I was thinking, it's been raining for so many days already, it's not going to stop. Foolish me, sure enough by the time we reached our destination, the sun shone brightly and as if the tap was turned off.

Keeping in mind God's promise that the flood on that scale would not happen again, I felt re-assured that when ever things look bleak, there's always that promise to keep me going. The sun will eventually shine and everything will work out.

Now thats a thought to share....

Happy Chinese New Year !

Thank God for the little blessing of getting through all the preparations for another Chinese New Year. A time of festivities and stress trying to ensure all the traditional things get done and all the essential visits are complete. Festival times are a time of hyper activity when we get lost in the rush of things. Another year another festival.

Happy Chinese New Year !