Posts Tagged With: faith
When God turns your TV off …
A few days ago, our TV went bust. It wasn’t entirely my fault because for some time now, it’s been having some signal problems. But I did aggravate the whole thing. I tried to remedy it by meddling with the cable until I felt something loosened and then, “crap. I think I accidentally dislodged the [...]
Roots that go deep
“Should we not see that our Root is right, before expecting flowers and fruit?” – Scraps, Amy Carmichael The night before I left for Macau, I had a quiet, almost desperate plea to God: closure and proper [eternal] perspective. My ‘future plans’ weren’t going to happen as I had hoped they would, and more than [...]
Setting it straight
There’s been a lot of rumors floating around about my departure. It’s become a hot topic among the few rumormongers in the office. I don’t get that. I don’t understand why some make it a business to know what my personal plans are. The only people that should concern this are my boss and me. [...]
Kindergarten faith
I found myself in a very awkward situation and I think I didn’t handle it well. I was really caught off guard. Now I’m beginning to realize how bad I am at nailing these moments of vulnerability and raw emotion. I don’t know. I guess I’m not good at hiding what I feel. When I’m [...]
Uncertainties
Nothing unsettles us more than uncertainties. The uncertainty of the future, of what is to become of our dreams, of what lies ahead. I admit: I am unsettled. For the first time in a long, long time, I’m suddenly faced with so many uncertanties and it’s very crippling. Do I leave my work? Will I [...]
What I find attractive in a man is….
Convictions are the mainsprings of action, the driving powers of life. What a man lives are his convictions. – Bishop Francis Kelly While I was watching the Finale of Survivor: Redemption Island, my attention was fixed on one particular contestant, and he wasn’t the winner. His name is Matt Elrod who spent most of his [...]
Is the glass half-full or half-empty?
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. – John 10:10 The words that immediately draw me to this verse are “have life” and “abundantly”. In essence, what this verse says is that [...]
Calm before the storm
“Without this, there’s no Korea. There’s no masters. There’s no ‘future abroad’. This is my make or break.” I said all that in 3 seconds, a preview of the storm that was my heart. Or in my heart. I knew for certain that I’ve been dreaming up to this point, and yet have not clearly [...]
I take with me these three things
I cast all my cares upon you, Abba, because You care for me. 1 Peter 5:7 I’m leaving for KL in a while. I’m attending the BSF-Asia Pacific Leaders Retreat. I’m excited because it will be a gathering of more than 2,000 leaders all over Asia. As Liselle put it, “a fraction of heaven’s population”. [...]
Eat, pray, love —or do we change the order?
I learned about this movie from its trailers months ago. The bits and pieces they gave me were intriguing —a woman in search of love, peace, happiness, and contentment. A woman in search of life and meaning, in short. Some might be intrigued by the whole idea of traveling to a foreign land for a [...]
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