@ 8:00 PM
i gotta do reflections this month.
and handle my studies and projects well. council too. these few weeks are exceptionally tough for me, but yeah, with God's help I'll pull through i'm sure.
during bible camp, i want to share one lesson i learnt.
when God says
'take courage,' it's not about being courageous and brave. no it isnt.
it is about taking the courage to believe. that you are so sure that God will lead you and provide you with a way. not having a back up plan but 100% complete belief in Him.that's
courage.still remembered that in "Facing the Giants", they talked about
preparing the fields for the rain. rain might not come, but we believe that God will indeed send it. and we prepare the field.
Noah spent 100 years building the ark, believing that God will send rain and cause the world to flood. in that 100 years, he kept on believing. he had
courage.
1 month to the youth gospel night. many uncertainties in this one month. many things to accomplish. sometimes i feel like giving up, feel like throwing everything aside cos i'm so fed up with things and people around me. stressed with all the work, commitments and such.
and so i need that courage.
have started reading the biography of
joel sonnenburg- the guy who's disfigured cos of a car crash. and yeah i am so encouraged by him. he had courage. courage to believe that God had a purpose for Him.
And so dear God, please give me the courage that in these few times of trouble and hardship, to believe that you'll lead me out of this just as a rainbow appears after a thunder storm. "When the oceans rise and thunders roarI will soar with you above the stormFather you are king over the floodsI will be still know you are God."Lord please come quickly, let your will be done.
Izumi.
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