God's blessings - keep faith that He's watching over us through His works

i went missing agian for a few weeks...

over which.. had stuff to bitch about.. those petty frustrations about how my school didn't ensure we had enough seats for my lessons... and.. about my experience of being a "professional flyer distributor" at the age of 25 - the shenton crowd surely does have an attitude problem! etc..

but the sunday service was what impacted my heart the most in this season.. and made me feel rather small in our comfortable environment. my heart goes out to the hostages, their family and friends, and very importantly, ALL CHRISTIANS and ALL NON-BELIEVERS.

i hope that many would share my prayer:

• I pray that the hostages and all who cares for them recieves comfort in this trying time of infinite fear, anxiety, pain and uncertainty;
• I pray that God grants them mercy in His works
• I pray that when all brothers and sisters may be challenged and persecuted, when their physical and emotional worldy skins are captureds, their hearts and souls seek the Lord more than ever and that God gives them the will and might to protect and strengthen their faith in Him
• I pray that hearts of all christians will only be strengthened but not waiver
• I pray that all non-believers will see the great works of our Lord through whichever outcome, that if we lose lives, it's for the Lord and people would see the faith in our God; if gain victory, it's the blessings, power and glory of our God's wonderful works.

Here's a sharing (once again from Adrian):

Although God has the power to solve our problems instantly, what we sometimes need most is not a quick fix but a wise counselor. God is our divine counselor.

Quick fixes are nice because they relieve the situation for the moment, but often the gain is only momentary. When solutions come early, it's easy to take them for granted and not learn from them, so the problems recur. Sometimes we are not meant to go around our problems but through them, because struggles bring with them valuable lessons that strengthen our spirit and make us wiser. You are then better equipped to handle problems that come up later.

How and when God work on our behalf is for Him to decide, but if we are after His best and are trying to learn from every problem situation, we will be greatly blessed at the end. God will fix the problem in His time and in His way, and we will be wiser for it.

"He has made everything beautiful in His time, let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach" (Eccl.3:11; James 1:4-5)