Spent the morning pouring through old photographs again. And yah, like a few people have said to me over the past weeks, my face hasn't changed, since I was a baby! Well, neither has my size! Well, what a long time it has been, 24 years! For all purposes, I guess I can consider myself to have graduated. Only God's grace will see me to the next stage. Honours or the working world? Well, if last semester I felt like I was in heaven, then I think this semester, I went to hell and back.
Looking through the photographs brought a smile to my face, something that has not happened in a while I guess. But there was something else this time round, peace. The past week, God told me to pray for someone. Someone whom I've never met and I doubt I ever will. Strange, as I would not even consider that person a friend, perhaps even an enemy. But the Bible tell us to love our enemies right? So well, I prayed for that person anyway. And I began to feel peace and closure come to some issues in my life. Been a while, but I guess the old feelings are disappearing, perhaps even being replaced with something new. Well, time to move on with life.
I am reminded by what was said at Synerg!z. Obedience would involve something which you DO NOT want to do. Yeah, but one thing is for sure, you won't regret obeying God. Jesus carried His cross in obedience. It was a painful sacrifice. But He did it for us. Looking at my baby photos, of how I was once so small and fragile looking to how huge I am now, I can only say, God is merciful.
"But Love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men. Be merciful, just as Your Father is merciful." - Luke 6:35-36
Jesus, Lover of my soul
Jesus, Lover of my soul
All consuming fire is in Your gaze
Jesus, I want You to know
I will follow You all my days
For no one else in History is like You
And history itself belongs to You
Alpha and Omega, You have loved me
And I will spend eternity with You
It's all about You , Jesus
And all this is for You
For Your glory and Your fame
It's not about me
As if I should do things my way
You alone are God and I surrender
To Your ways
(C) words and music by Paul Oakley
