Learning to Focus on Jesus

As I continue living actively, I have realised that the function of my brain can be bizarre sometimes. The brain can drag us to whichever destiny it wants to focus on. This could be a good thing or a bad thing,  it can be worldly things or spritual things.

In the bible in which my brain is focusing on right now, I was led me to the following Word of God:

 ‘I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken’ Psalm 16:8 NIV.

In the  (New Living Bible) it was translated in this way:  ’I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me’ Psalm 16:8 NLT. Reading this verse led my self to have hope and faith that no matter how difficulties in life where I’m in, God is therefore with me, knowing that He is working in my difficulties.

Not all of us are very spiritually focused, for some are not even thinking about spititual matters. However, when life gets in to troubles they’re somehow able to connect into the spiritual things.  They have the ability to focus on their own spiritual beliefs, and this doesn’t matter which spiritual beliefs. For example of my self, I have a Christian belief, perhaps for some there is a belief in Buddism, Islam, Scientology, belief in the virgin Mary, there are many spiritual beliefs where people’s  brains are focused.

In my personal experience, learning to Focus on Jesus is the best thing  I have in life. The bible described  Jesus as indeed a sinner’s friend. He understood my  weaknesses, He has authority to forgive my sins, He even died on the cross to free me from the bondage of sins. He leads and speaks through my heart where He lives.

Learning to Focus on Jesus, I have read the story of one man ‘Frank Laubach’. Some of the Filipinos may  remember him. Frank Laubach begun to fall apart when his plans for the Maranao people of the Philippines were rejected, in which he lost three children to malaria, although his wife and the remaining child moved away.

In his despair, Laubach climbed a mountain to seek God. He wrote,  ‘My lips began to move and it seemed God was speaking: (saying) “You failed because you don’t really love these Maranao people instead you’re being superior…because you are white. Forget your skin-tone; focus only about how much I love them and they’ll respond.” Frank Laubach answered, “God, I don’t know whether you spoke through my lips, but I know it was the truth. My plans have all gone to pieces. Drive me out of my self, take possesion, think your thoughts through my mind”.

Beginning that day, Frank Laubach decided to focus on God’s presence. He wrote about two things: (1st ) Double Vision - ’See others not as they are, but as God’s sees them’; (2nd ) Problem Solving – ‘You’ll think more clearly by including God’.

It seemed bizarre, my husband and I focused on our daily bible devotion before leaving  for work, for us, taking this focus is now a habit and prioritising God before others is the essence of our daily life. Like Mr Bob Gass (the author of  ‘The word for Today’), our habit is to add a chair at the table during meal times so to remind us of God being always present. Like Bob we learned to leave the bible open on the table where we see it at all times even before and after bed time and waking up in the morning. Focusing on this habit, it sets the tone for the day ahead on ‘being focused’.

What we focus on becomes the dominant influence in our life. Frank Laubach has written books, led world literacy crusades and become an adviser to kings and presidents. But his biggest accomplishment was learnng to focus on Jesus.

Our brain can be taught to focus on things, including focusing on Jesus, the author and the finisher of all things.

Have you tried to do the same?

Add a comment May 30, 2011

‘Your Labor is not in vain’

Do you see life as an adventure or as an opportunity to take a new challenges? Or, as a discovery for doing things you never thought you could?

1 Corinthians 15:58 a; saying…’stand firm let nothing move you’…

My ongoing research knowledge for Dementia/Alzheimer’s disease,  I have read the story of ‘Thomas Starzl’  and thought to share his life pilgrimage as intern surgeon. Thomas Starzl became interested in organ transplants as a surgery resident in medical school.

In 1958 he sewed new livers into dogs whose livers had been removed, but all of them died within two days of the operation. A year later he found a way to stabilise circulation, and the dogs lived for a week.

In March 1963 (which the year I was born),he performed the first human liver transplant, but his patient bled to death. That failure, and the hepatitis epidemic was spread through artificial transplant  worldwide during the 1960′s, forced his liver transplant program to be abandoned. But he refused to quit.

In 1968 Starzl reported the results from new transplant trails. All seven children involved had survived, although four died within six months; an encouraging, but not great result.

 By 1975 only two liver transplant programs were left in the world. Twenty-three years after he first began, Starzl and his team found success: nineteen out of twenty-two patients lived for long periods. Starzl was criticized, even vilified by the medical establishment. But he persevered.

Today liver transplants are routinely performed around the world and people who had no hope are now living happy and productive lives.

World without  Thomas Starzl conviction to do what he have accomplished as a surgeon, then the rate of  Death and Dying of liver disease will be an innermost problem in the medical world. Including Heart, Lungs, Kidney, Brain and Liver are the major organs of human body to keep human alive.  In my current research for Dementia/Alzheimer’s disease is focusing on mental ailment  ‘The Brain’. 

1 Corinthians 15:58 b; saying, ‘Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor is not in vain’..

Sometimes we hesitate to take up challenge to do good because we don’t see any results and many discouragement arise around us. But if we can maintain a heavenly perspective, we will understand and often see the good results from our effort. Doing the good that we have an opportunity to do, is knowing that our work will have an eternal results.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND TO ALL.

Add a comment March 17, 2011

Keeping Positive

Language is our most powerful tool. The way that we communicate with others has an impact on how we think, feel and behave.  Somehow it is a fundamental part of our life and the lives of those around us.

My ‘self-talk’ – what I tell to others’  minds , is very important, as it can reinforce itself, and the effect it can have on them. If I says, ‘well done – means, what they’ve done was great’, this phrase effects positively to the receiver.

Basically there are two parts to the mind, ‘our conscious and our subconsious’.  The conscious mind is the reasoning part that makes decisions and choices. It acts as a filter to thoughts and suggestions, deciding where to place them or whether to get rid of them. When a thought or suggestion is accepted, the information filters into the subconscious. The subconscious then organises the information. It’s a container to our thought and feelings.  This is the part of the mind that  deals with all the automatic workings of our body, such as heartbeat and breathing, so it works while we are awake and asleep, it never stops.

The subconscious takes orders from the conscious mind. It is extremely obedient and believes that what it is told is true. It doesn’t discriminate, and it has no sense of humour. Once the subconscous accepts an idea it starts to implement it. It doesn’t care whether  it  is a good or a bad idea – it’s only interested in obeying what the conscious has told it  to do. The only focus of subconscious is to makes sure that the suggestion or idea is carried out, and it creates the right conditions for this to happen.    

I take for example, if I have constantly negative thoughts, and I repeat them often enough, they will filter into my subconscious. It will accept these as the truth.   It will then create an environment where these can take over.  Similarly, when my thoughts are repeatedly positive, and I really believe them, my subconcious works to make sure that these flourish.

This is the language of apostle Paul in  2 Corinthians 5:17: 

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come”.

I’ve taken this verse positively, every time I read it. My conscious thoughts command and feed my subconscious to apply this verse positively. The way the apostle Paul  communicate to his readers  was very up-front or direct.

Negative thoughts disable people’s lives. It  filters a low self-esteem, fears, anger in people’s lives.  It’s Satan’s trap to stop people  to move on positively. It’s like what the apostle says in  1 Corinthians 10 23; “Everything is permissible” -  but not everything is beneficial, “Everything is permissible” – but not everything is constructive.

Everything is permissible “hurray”  seems like, I can do anything I can think of to do, it’s a freedom in Christ. But then apostle Paul filtered the consciousness of his reader by saying – but not everything is beneficial and constructive. Apostle Paul applied this verse to himself  back in 1 Corinthians 6: 12; “Everything is permissible for me”- but not everything is beneficial. “Everything  is permissible for me” -  but I will not be mastered by anything. “Wow”.

His language “but I will not be mastered by anything” is giving me lots of courage to move ahead positively – as he said  “renew your mind”.

Only God can sees us. Perhaps my life have a similar journey with yours.  My life filled with words and courage to move on positively.  My life as house wife, a servant of the living God, a servant where I work, these always fascinate me.

In my kitchen, I grown few orchids in a different sizes and species. I tend to do an experimentation with my orchids.  I give the  first one with fertiliser, and to another none. After a short time I have noticed that the orchids with fertiliser was more upright. The orchids correspond to the fertilisers produced endless flowers, and they are straightening out.

Apostle Paul wrote to the Philippians believers in ‘joy in giving’. Phillipians 4: 8-9; Finally, brothers, whatever  is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think  about such things. Whatever you have learned or  recieved or heard  from me, or seen in me-    put it into practice, and the God of peace will be with you.

Have  a  good  positive thoughts to all of  you.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                

Add a comment November 28, 2010

“A CHEERFUL HEART IS GOOD MEDICINE!”

“CHEERFUL”=…adj. 1. in good spirits, noticeably happy…  2.bright, plesant… 3. willing, not reluctant.

In Proverbs 17:22, “A cheerful heart is a good medicine….but  a crushed spirit dries up the bones”.

 I must admit that it’s too difficult to be cheerful or happy when the whole world has fell and crushed you down. This perhaps related to your traumatic  experienced  of death and sickness in your family.

 Incidents that causes your physical abilities to disfunction and ending up in a wheelchair. Losing your five senses is a serious trauma, you cannot hear, no sight, no smells, no taste, and no touch.

Giving up relationship with partners or friendship leaving you in a limbo situation. Loss of your employment. People accused you falsely and led you into prison and or into disciplinary action for the things you never commit, and many more.  

All the  above  experiences where  very common to many of us, and we cannot described ourselves as a heroic painless society that we could be just a  happy clappy people despite  all the traumatic experience.

Looking at the “cheerful Heart is a good medicine”, is where we need to focus on the “Heart” as the centre of everything, the source of life, everything good and evil.  The heart teaches us to be happy, laugh, to be cheerful. Our part is to choose to be cheerful in all circumstances in life.

1. Why it is a good medicine? , laughter de-stresses us and strengthens our immune system, being cheerful gives us a positive attitude to maintain our sense of humour when things are falling apart.

2. The Cheerful heart maintains our positive character which is also a result of committing ourselves to face and fight against the Goliath in our lives, without fear.

3. Cheerful heart keep our hope alive, its essential to the life God wants us to live,  fuel to our heart to run. The fruits of the Holy Spirit in Galatians is our anti-dote, a reasons to be cheerful.

Being cheerful is to allow the heart to work in the process, encouraged, having enthusiam for the tasks God gives us, and having  a positive outlook onto the future. Which is why I believe all of us deserve to be cheerful.

Have a cheerful weekend to all.

 

 

 

Add a comment October 26, 2010

No Small Deeds (via Melysweekendinspiration Blog)

 Do you sometimes feel that your life isn't making  any impact for people or God?  I do!  One of my deepest concerns is that the majority of  human race  is unaware there is life after death.  Our prayers, witnessing  and even giving  seem to be doing very little to make a good impact to change our ungodly world. I tend to be uncomfortable  expressing my self to others. More likely when I'm stressed and tired I tends to rumble my words and speech … Read More

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Add a comment July 23, 2010

Further benefits of wisdom

Since I became a christian, I learned to trust  God, laid my petition upon His divine purposes.  God always answers them as to “wait” , in which I had struggled at first but then I learned to embrace it and work with God, until I get the  answer yes or no. The Proverbs said;

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart

and lean not on your own understanding

in all your ways acknowledge him,

and he will make your path straight.

Proverbs 3: 5-6″ 

In Autumn of 1999 I agreed to meet Peter in person as a ‘blind date’.  However, before meeting him, I informed my employer in Singapore, told him that I am about to meet this English man, which he  replied ‘oh good’ and asked me  whether Peter was a bachelor.  I planned to met Peter at Wimbledon station as I  thought that it was closer to my church ’Queens Road’  and we could probably add into our  conversation about my church life, which we did.

After I saw Peter from the distance to meet him, I uttered the words “oh God he needs love”. Anyway, I was aware of the Lord warning about ‘be nice to him’, which I did throughout the conversation.  My first impression of him, he was nice, sincere, a good person.  In conversation we included  families, work, hobbies and interests, church, faith - in which I revealed  I was a  christian. 

Two hours later we decided to depart as it was getting dark with cold, gusty winds. As we walked out from the coffee shop, I began to reminisce,  thinking  where  I saw his outward appearance as  I  couldn’t remember. I was on this thought, when he said ‘goodbye’, and asked whether if it was possible  to phone me again,  which I agreed.  I was heading home (by cab) then I did remember seeing  him in my dreams when I was in Singapore. I utterly said ‘oh my God, he is the man in my dreams’.  I was feeling excited but then concerned about where this meeting  was heading.  In Proverbs it says:

” My son, preserve sound judgement and discernment,

do not let them out of your sight,

they will be life for you,

an ornament to grace your neck.

Then you will go on your way in safety,

and your foot will not stumble:

Proverbs 3: 21-23″ 

I was  assured and comforted having this verses as my guide.  My employer (who was in Singapore) had permitted Peter to visit me at home (my employer’s home) instead of  meeting him outside. My  friendship with Peter had developed, not obvious as both of us were single and probably  seeking for a companionship. Both of us were being honest and agreed that we loved each other and yet this was to be tested.

Because of  our love to each other, I turned to hurry up  God,  following  my own will  instead of God’s will to be done.  But then I began to get worried when our differences occurred; including our faith differences and cultural differences.  I begun to reasoned out to God as if “it’s all your will God”.  As Peter and I got deeper in our relationship, God did permited to share the gospel to Peter in a very shallow ground, and thinking  I was one of the farmer in Jesus parable who  scattered seeds on shallow, thorny, dried ground. I demanded God to see Peter on every Sunday in the church and for Peter to accept the Lord Jesus as his Lord and saviour.  Guilt was rising in my heart feeling  I disregarded God’s warning. Cultural differences are massive to work  out especially as Peter and I had a difference in belief.

In early spring 2000 God brought me back to the benefits of his wisdom. He reminds me of his three warnings just before I met Peter. This warning was; “he is seeking spiritually, be nice to him and do not tempt him”.  God reminds me of Proverbs 3:21-23….preserve…judgement and discernment…go on your way in safety and your foot will not stumble. I knelt down before God and poured out my heart in sorrow, asked Him to forgive my impulsive behaviour. I asked God to intervene in our relationship and help me to put it right through into His will.  God does intervene, later spring 2000 Peter and I wasn’t very comfortable of God’s intervention, He used our jobs, faith differences and cultural differences so intensely that we ended up  questioning ourselves “did we really love each other?”.

I was pretty sure  I loved  Peter but he wasn’t a christian, this words “not a christian”  sounds like  strong cymbals on my ears and because of this reason, therefore, I could not commit myself to Peter.  I began to realise that because I loved Peter I should be concerned of his spiritual life. God wanted me to end up my relationship with Peter and to allow God himself to work in Peter’s spiritual life.  I understood God’s wisdom and realised that God loves Peter, and for Peter to love God, having a close relationship with his son the Lord Jesus. Through God’s wisdom I realised that I cannot do God’s work for Peter as both of us would be in danger of  compromising to each other. In Proverbs it says:

“Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;

love her, and she will watch over you.

Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom.

Though it cost all you have, get an understanding”

Proverbs 4:6-7

In April 2000 I knelt down to God, prayed to protect myself as well as Peter. I asked; “God, call Peter and make him your son, even if he is not the person to be my lifetime partner, please make him as your child, wherever he goes  save his life”.

Peter and I  broke up our relationship and cut off communications. Pretty tough, my emotions deeply suffered but my conscience was clear.  I suffered and yet felt affirmed because I followed God’s will.  On the other hand, I continued praying for Peter day and night.  For him to become a christian and it was a  joy of my spirit and it was my faith for Peter, even if it was out of my hands where he was by now.

A few months later in my prayer was appeared the words “why not, try again…look and see…call him”. I had this discernment for some time. I couldn’t do with phoning him, it’s against my culture and belief.  I said to God, this discernment wasn’t true, however if it was from God, then would it be an assurance for me if  Peter phoned me. I was thinking that he already forgotten about me and he had a new girlfriend and moved on with his life.

Another month later, Peter rang. Indeed I was surprised overjoyed and yet in disbelief; “is’t really you God, working?”.  Peter wanted to see me, to take me to ‘Holland Park’. I begun questioning God, “why he wants  to take  me to Holland Park? …is he gonna hurt my emotion again?”. In order to see whether God is working, I said yes to Peter reluctantly, on the other hand I did miss him a lot.  The place of meeting was pretty crowded and he hardly saw me from the distance. As I saw him from where I was, Peter looked concerned probably thinking whether I would turn up to meet him or not, as I was almost turning back and taking a train back home. I was on this process  when the Holy Spirit prompted me, “do not turn back  Mely, meet him“.  The Holy Spirit softened my heart and I did not turn but met Peter once again.

We arrived at Holland Park , he chose a quiet place and we sat down.  He confesed that in the months  we did not see each other he learned to pray to God and had asked about me, whether I would be the right woman for himself, asked God whether he was capable to raise and support myself if permits to as his wife. As he continued praying, God gave him the same words, “why not try again…look and see…call her”. God told Peter to reconcile  our love relationship and I agreed. 

Peter and I became a soul mate. He lived far from my church but then he drove down and joined me on every Sunday worship. God nurtured Peter’s spiritual life without my intervention. He took an Alpha Course in his local church until he fully understood how to have a  close relationship with God and the importance of accepting  the Lord Jesus as his Lord and saviour, having the eternal life through Jesus.  He understood the importance of the water baptism and followed the Lord.

In April 20o1 Peter  proposed to  me and we got engaged. By this time a new challenge came along; some friends and families were reluctant in accepting that Peter and I were engaged, that Peter had found faith in God. Both of us knelt down before God and laid  upon him all our concerns. Peter and I were very fortunate having  a church and the elders prayed over and nurtured our relationship as we were a cross cultural.  Elders put us into the marriage preparation course which helped us a lot.

We got married in 2002 and were very blessed and thankful for our friends and family in Christ, Rona and Nathan, Mel Idel,  the Almo family, who have helped  a lot to secure our marriage vows.  After a year of our marriage life, Peter and I  attended another marriage course that helped us to become stronger  as a cross cultural marriage.

Nowadays Peter and I both dedicated to our married life and both serving God faithfully.  We trust and believed that our wedding vows were God’s divine calling for his divine purposes. In Proverbs it says:

“The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn.

shining ever brighter till the full light of day”.

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who

gains understanding,

for he is more profitable than silver

and yields better returns than gold,

he is more precious than rubies:

nothing you desire can compare with her.

Proverbs 4:18 & 3:13-15

Have a nice weekend and may God bless you all.

 

1 comment July 7, 2010

MORAL BENEFITS OF WISDOM

Are you in the situation where you’re waiting for God to answers your prayers? Then God gives you an answer of “wait”.  I have experienced that.

I’ve known God’s wisdom since I was seven years old in my christian life. This is a parallel to my story.

I met my husband eleven years ago, wasn’t a christian, although he was seeking for spiritual fulfilment and had tried to incline himself to some religious group before he knew me.

In early 1999 I had taken a serious decision not to get married as I broke up my relationship with my (pastor) boyfriend, (I was engaged in short) don’t ask, it’s all God’s will. The Lord was with me on the event as I was low in self-esteem, and upset at the fact that all of those years of praying then my life was indeed in a hollow circle.

 I’ve taken a decision of  ‘no more engaging to the opposite sex’ rather commit myself in God’s mission where  I was felt free for God’s purposes. I was on this stage until autumn. Then, the name of Peter Gale rang me up from no-where. I replied to the Lord, please don’t play with me, as I already made up my decision.

Mr Gale wanted to meet me in person, I deeply discouraged him as I said I’m a Christian and he would get bored with me, I’m not interested.  Upon his two weeks of trying, I begun to pray to seek God’s wisdom… I asked God  “who is this man Peter Gale’?, should I meet him?, what does his spiritual life stand for?” After a week of praying, God revealed his wisdom (with warning), yes I should meet him…but… (be aware of yourself), he is on the stage of spiritual vulnerability, do not tempt him, be gentle to him. These words shadow upon my head down to my heart and penetrated deeply in my spirit… I was shaken, yet over joyed.

In Proverbs 2:6, 10: For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding . Verse 10: For wisdom will enter your heart and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

I begun to pray for more of God’s wisdom which He revealed it through his words and where knowledge and understanding  follows, stood up like a pillar to strengthen God’s wisdom.  I learned, as a christian we can gain wisdom through our constant process of growing in our relationship with God.  As I continuously walked through it, wisdom guided me to the right choices and avoid moral pitfalls. God’s wisdom is free for all, its knocking  to enter into everyone’s  heart willing to get in. God gives it to those who earnestly seek it, then when we are on the path of His wisdom, we can discover that wisdom is indeed at work, guiding and rewarding our sincere and persistent search.

My next weekend inspiration will continue on to my story of “waiting” and how  God exercise His wisdom in my life, where the further benefits of wisdom is indeed at work. If you feel that you have not focused on it yet, maybe this is the right time for you to ask and search for God’s wisdom. God will give it to you, because He gives wisdom.

Have a good weekend to all.

 

Add a comment May 13, 2010

NO SMALL DEEDS- 2

One of my inspirations every morning, rising from sleep and turning my radio on to Premier Christian Radio, listening to the word of God by the popular speakers. I listen to the fresh news for the day while I’m setting up the table for breakfast for my husband and myself, its also ‘a good habit’ to have a devotion before eating breakfast. Another inspiration I’d learned was the habit of reading life biographies of famous people either secular or christian. These indeed inspired my life as I am moving on to the ‘four seasons of my life’.

Alexander Fleming had invented Penicillin, we’ve known as an antibiotic, and was able to prevent the growth of certain diseases caused by bacteria. As a doctor of the 19th century A. Fleming continuously researched the cure of the infected human-body until he found Penicillin. Nowadays Penicillin is a giant industry, where very much usage in all health care cures infections.

 James  Young Simpson, founder of ‘Anaesthesia or artificial sleep’. As a young student, Dr JY Simpson was troubled by the pain experienced by people during operations, as he continuously researched, he thought chloroform might be the answer and then experimented first on himself and then to a wounded soldier. When Queen Victoria gave birth to her child under chloroform, she declared that she was greatly pleased with its effect.

Louis Pasteur, a French scientist who showed us that infection is the result of things we cannot see, namely ‘germs and virus’. He introduced sterilisation and eventually saved the lives of multitudes.  

Christopher Sholes, invented a machine called typewriter was a forerunner  to the modern Word Processor which is now an essential device arround the world. 

Louis Braille, invented ’Braille’, a system of raised dots on a paper so that blind people could read. Nowadays many blind people can read bibles made up through braille.

To Samuel Morse, we owe our mobile ‘phones and computer’ as he tried to find an easier and faster device sending our communication to others around the world.

These are the people who inspired my life to move on. They did not receive the approval of others and what their backgrounds were to be accepted by society. In fact, they had faced many oppositions, because of their humble backgrounds. But then, what they’ve done and achieved now meets the holistic needs of our modern society. The power of God-given ideas to these people are indeed remarkable. Although their expertise were different to each other, one thing they  had in common is they had faith in God and believe that good ideas come from God.

Two years ago when I was confirmed in my new post, and arrived in my work place the next morning, my manager led me towards my desk. The desk was very much empty, only three objects on it, a pencil holder, pen and big note-book. After a week I requested the admin to order smaller and bigger folders and also shelves as I needed them for filing. A new computer was very much needed. As I moved on to my  daily tasks and duties my personal development had improved, but sometimes I failed, and opposition around me was like a storm pushing and crushing me on the ground. Because of my faith in God, my colleagues have now seen the good fruit of my labour. I gain trust from people under my leadership. This strengthens my faith in all areas: No small deeds. An acorn seed comes out of a massive oak tree.

Good ideas comes from God, so ask Him for one today. Have a good weekend.

 

Add a comment April 5, 2010

No Small Deeds

 Do you sometimes feel that your life isn’t making  any impact for people or God?  I do! 

One of my deepest concerns is that the majority of  human race  is unaware there is life after death.  Our prayers, witnessing  and even giving  seem to be doing very little to make a good impact to change our ungodly world.

I tend to be uncomfortable  expressing my self to others. More likely when I’m stressed and tired I tends to rumble my words and speech,  my nerves trembling, leading  to an unproductive out come as a result. This weakness occurs whether in conversation and or discussing issues with other people.  Where I said to my self,  “it could be better if I born English”,  my life could be more effective, reaching out to more people for God,  where I  could easily connect to others.

One day last summer, I was having my afternoon tea in our kitchen table facing my garden. As I was sipping my tea, I saw a small spider crossing  on through a single silk thread to reach out the other end, where the thread connecting  to both plants faced each other.  I then observed the spider working accross each silk thread and creates of this very beautiful woven web on which were connected and intact to the other ends.  After about 40 minutes, I assumed that the spider had ended its task as it rested right at the centre of this  web.

This picture lifted my heart, comparing the world to a great spider web. I thought, “If we connect  our lives to anyone, anywhere, we too could creates the great spider web”. The life that we touch for good will touch another, and that in turn another. Few souls we touch will touch others who in turn will touch still others!

Moses  as a shepherd, tending his sheep always carried a ‘rod’.   When God said to Moses, ” what is in your hand Moses?, use it”.  Knowing that  God can perform many wonders and miracles through him and his tiny ‘rod’ this, to connect Israelites to God. 

As I was landed in London 10 years ago, I  had only one little things in my hands is, “my willingness to work through with thick and thin in life”, which is my ‘rod’.   Like Moses, from time-to-time I hear  God’s voice saying, “what is in your hand Mely?, use it for my glory”. 

God uses us in our weakness and smallness to accomplish His far-reaching purposes -1 Corinthians 1:27–no deed is too small when we do it for Christ our Lord.

Have a nice weekend to all”

 

 

 

Add a comment March 17, 2010

Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!

This is my first blog. Firstly, I would like to thank  Stewart Moore for inspiring me to do this.

Add a comment February 28, 2010