Seize The Day

Life have no guarantees. 

What matters are not the years, but the years in our lives.

And blessings often comes after waiting.

So today will never come again, seize the day.

Valuable?

Question : Are you valuable?

Some days I like him. Most days I hate him. But I do have to admit, he's honest. He'll always tell me if I have food in my teeth or a booger in my nose. He isn't afraid to let me know if a certain shirt is too tight or if a color doesn't complement my skin. I appreciate the honesty, but he is deceiving all the time. Deceiving because anytime he tells me, "Just get this cute shirt and feel better about yourself" or "Just lose 5kgs and be forever happy," it doesn't work. I'm never good enough for him.

I try not to hang out with him too much, or else I can easily fall into his trap of discouragement - "Jane, I see that cellulite back there. Your skin is looking pretty oily these days. Those pimples! Get rid of them!" I try to block out his lies that tell me I'm not good enough, that I'm not beautiful, but it's hard.

I'm sure you've met him. He tends to pop up in all sorts of places, bathrooms, cars, department stores, gyms. And I'm sure you've felt some of the insecurities when standing in front of him.

His name?

Mirror.

Private?

It somehow hit me that I regretted on not writing for so long.

Some eventful or not so eventful moments just slipped off my mind..
Don't know if it's a good thing or not, but as I was looking back to the older posts..
Boy I'm glad that all those events have helped me grow..
  
And as of today, I shall be discipline and start writing again, *please remind me*
hopefully in the future when I grow all old, wrinkly and forgetful I still have all these to entertain myself with, and to laugh about ;)

Alright, what stayed in my mind up till now was this statement from Hui Ee,
"If you ever felt lost, ask yourself again why you're in radio."

A very good reminder for myself..

How strong are you?

Someone once said that people are like tea bags. You have to put them into hot water before you can know how strong they are.

What a great truth! We believe we are strong and able to deal with any situation. But it is not until we face difficulty that we know the truth.

We can worry about the future and its trials, or we can trust in the great promise the Lord has left us in His Word: "We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose" (Romans 8:28).

It is interesting that the verse says "in all things" and not just "in some things." That is, even in those difficult moments when we are in the hot water being tested by the difficulties and challenges of life (things we don't understand), all will end if we trust in the Lord. That's why we need to always give Him thanks, not only in our victories, but also in adversity - not because the Lord is happy with our trials, but because we know that through them our character will be refined and we will be a little more like Him.

Stay Strong.

Once

"There was once a little plant that was small and whose growth was stunted, for it lived under the shade of a giant oak tree. The little plant valued the shade that covered it and highly regarded the quiet rest that it's noble friend provided. Yet there was a greater blessing prepared for this little plant.
One day, a woodsman entered the forest with a sharp ax and felled the giant oak. The little plant began to weep, crying, "my shelter had been taken away. Now every fierce wind will blow on me, and every storm will seek to uproot me."

The guardian angle of the little plant responded, "no! Now the sun will shine and showers will fall on you more abundantly than ever before. Now your stunted form will spring up into loveliness, and your flowers, which could never have grown to full perfection in the shade, will laugh in the sunshine. And people in amazement will say, 'look how that plant has grown! How gloriously beautiful it has become by removing that which was its shade and delight!'" 

Dear believer, do you understand that God may take away your privileges and comforts in order to make u stronger? Do u see why The Lord always trains His soldiers not by allowing them to lie on beds of ease but by calling them to difficult marches and service? He makes them wade through streams, swim across rivers and walk many long marches carrying heavy backpacks of sorrow. This is how he develops soldiers - not by dressing them up in fine uniforms to strut at gates of the barracks or appear as handsome gentleman. 

No, God knows that soldiers can only be made in battle and are not developed in times of peace. "
Surgeon, C