words from my calendar..

The thing about God's power is that we have to wait on Him for it.
We don't just throw it on like a light switch.
We don't control it. He does.
It's His power, and He dispenses it at will. He wants us to wait on Him for it.
But the problem is, we don't like waiting.
We want what we want when we want it.

it is indeed so true.. we sometimes pray to God asking to get what we want as if God is a genie who is at our dispense.. as if we own God.. forgetting that it is the opposite.. we are God's..

if we get what we want whenever we ask for it then we would never appreciate God and also not grow in our faith.. we ought to slow down and learn to be patient.. that we may be able make sense of the happenings in our lives.. not to dash through life and wasting it..

remember that God don't owe us anything to be at our dispense.. He blesses us because He loves us.. that's something we should never take for granted.. remembering also that we actually owe Him a big time for the things that He has done for us.. giving us the greatest gift of life for us to be reconciled with Him..



He blesses us because He loves us..


Love,
Naomi

a verse that resounded in my heart...

^"34Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." "

~Luke 23:34a~

The verse above has been resounding in my heart since the day pastor jeff discussed about it during the Easter combine service.. bringing a fresh perspective on this verse..

Jesus was asking God to forgive the people not because of what they were doing to Him but rather because they do not know that they are hurting themselves and God as they act in accordance to their sinful nature..

this fresh understanding brought me to think about the negative thoughts that i have towards people in general.. coming to a realization that they are hurt that's why they behave in a certain manner and in doing so they continue to bring more hurt to themselves unknowingly.. to them, it might be a defense mechanism that has become a second nature to them which might the reason why they never think about the need to change.. that's why they are in need of God's forgiveness to release them from this vicious cycle.. together with our understanding and love towards them..

likewise if i allow the negative thoughts that i have to affect me.. i am also hurting myself, God and the people around me.. thus, the verse together with the new perspective are helping me to better capture my negative thoughts and replacing them with the truth.. aiding me in changing my thought pattern..

i wouldn't say that this is good enough but it will one day be good enough when i continue to allow God to help me build upon and strengthen it.. i am also praying for God to pardon the people around me including myself for we do not know what we are doing..


Transforming power of the Word of God..


Love,
Naomi

a wanted list...

A wanted list

• new mobile phone
• make a new pair of spectacles or contact lens
• go Taiwan for holiday
• go South Korea for short term mission
• go Batam for spa
• go backpacking in Europe
  
• take a break and have a kit-kat (figuratively)
  
• a good watch & a good wallet
• more clothes and shoes
• a breakthrough
  
• get married and live happily ever after
  
• for the people I love to come to know the Lord and for them to be happy
  

and the list goes on... lol...

Hoping for all to be fulfilled...


Love,
Naomi

pushing yourself...

We push ourselves because we have to 
not because we like it..
Meredith
Grey's Anatomy

Love,
Naomi

it's Your Love...

It's Your Love

Hillsongs

Upon the hill on Calvary

He came from Heaven’s throne

Our fallenness and mercy meet

Where blood and water flow

What grace divine what selflessness

That Christ would bear the weight

Our proof is scarred on hands that bled

That we were worth every nail

And all the praise and glory to God

We sing Hallelujah sing Hallelujah

For the King has carried the cross

He is risen from the grave

Beyond the tomb to holy skies

He rose in victory

And bridged for us the great divide

His life is our liberty

It’s Your love

It’s Your love

It’s Your love

That has saved me

It’s Your blood

It’s Your blood

It’s Your blood

That has cleaned me

Oh-Oh Woah Woah

It's Your Love that has saved me...

Love,

Naomi