Heart still pounding. Hand still shaking. Another nightmare I have. Everytime I feel hard to give thank to God after I have nightmare. It causes me sick and pain in heart. Sometime even worst, it causes me vomit. Today, my pastor preached a message, “Thanksgiving Keeps Our Focus on God”. It reminds me a lot of things that I forget to give thank to God for His guidance, for His protection, for His goodness and so on. It reminds me to be gratitude attitude.
Do you remember when you were a kid and parents told you, “Say thank you”? You had to say it. Sometimes you had to say thank you for something you really didn’t want or even like. “Say thank you to uncle for that special present.” Everybody’s eyes were on you and you felt like disappearing (if you could), so you’d drop your head and mumble the words into your chest. “Thank you” sounding likes “Thin goo”. Eventually, the “thank you” became deep rooted so that now, if you are at all like me, you say “thank you” almost automatically.
By grace, we move beyond this kind of thank-you. By grace, we find our way to the gratitude attitude that is beyond polite formulas and spring up from the heart as joy, not an automatic reflex. That kind of overflowing joy is what gospel living is all about. I hope that I will discover more of God’s blessing in my life. Just like what pastor said, “Count your blessings”. “Name them one by one, and you will discover what our God had done.”
So if I only sit there or move about grumbling or dissatisfied in this life event, I could miss out in the “purpose” of what God desires in it. Learn to say “THANK YOU” to God during trial time. Thanks Him for allowing this to happened, because His blessings are not far behind. YES, my blessings are not far behind...WOW!!! :z
Oh yeah, finally i also got my own blog. I pray that everyone who read any sharing through this small window will get edifying, motivating and moving on...
There was one day, i was asked to search for some pictures relate four seasons. During surf net finding pictures which almost caused my eyes confuse, i got a revelation.
Children obey instructions from parents. Christians obey the voice of God. Sound like simple and easy. But, hard to act on it. While i was looking those pictures, some even i hard to define whether that is summer or autumn or spring. Confusing my eyes. Then it was just suddenly one question dump into my mind. "Do you ever have seasons in your life when it seems like every time you go to church and every time you spend time in prayer or open the Bible, you receive any revelation from God? Very frankly, i do but also very less. One moment, in spiritually, it may seems like great. Then suddenly, something happens. And, i start drying up in spiritual things. It seems like nothing different what i pray or how much i read the Word. I was becoming so dry my spirit like creaking. Yet, i still didn’t know what the cause was. I was thinking is it any hidden sin in my life i not yet confess? I was praying and asking continuously. I recalled and found the last thing God told me to do that i didn’t do. It’s probably nothing big and may seemingly just a small thing. But, those small small disobedience will dry up the flow of the Spirit. Anyway, come boldly to the throne of God and repent. Then pick up where we left off and do what God directed. So, obeying the voice of Holy Spirit is never a small thing…Even Jesus Himself remained in the will and the love and the peace of the Father. And so He continued the path of obedience, NO MATTER WHAT!! So, we all are called to follow. It’s that simple. :)