so what is it about?

it is never about who you were in the past..

it is also not about who you are going to become in the future..

so what is it about?

it is about who you are Now!!


cos

you can't change what you did in the past..

neither do you have power over what is going to happen in the future..

but

you have a choice of what to do Now!!


so

stop mourning or reliving the past..

also stop wondering what is to come in the future..

it is most important to live Now!!

where are you now?


Love,
Naomi

human heart...

have you ever ask yourself why you want to be part of a community so much?

cos of a longing that God created in us
a longing to know and be known
the greatest joy of the human race

yet
it became
the greatest fear of the human race
the day sin came into the picture

Sin always kill relationship

Fear of whether the other person can accept and love me for who i am
so we put on mask to make people think well of us

Ironically, we are only loved to the extent that we are known
it is only when we take off our mask that people are drawn to us

We have a choice in how much we want to make ourselves known


Dallas Willard writes
"God has placed the only key to the innermost parts of the human soul in its own hands and will never take it back Himself or give it to another. You may even be able to destroy the soul of another, but you will never unlock it against his or her will."

Credits to John Ortberg, "Everybody's
normal till you get to know them."

how much are you known to God today? you may say that the bible said that no thoughts, motives, actions or speeches are not known to God.. that is true.. but God just want to be your friend and He knows He can't force you into one with Him.. so He is asking you like He is asking Adam where is he in Genesis after the Fall.. He wants to know you as you allow Him to..

in the same way.. is there someone in your life that knows all about you? and also allowed to speak into your life? whether is it your closest friend or your other half..

are you seldom alone yet feeling lonely often? it is time to evaluate your life.. only when you are complete, you will never feel lonely.. that happens only when you are known by the Lord..


Be completely known to be completely loved


Love,
Naomi

love & life...

^"1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. ²If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. ³If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing."

~1 Corinthians 13:1-3~




Without love,
Life amounts to zero.

Love,
Naomi

dirty laundries...

have you ever washed your own clothes with your own hands before? i just recently found some parallels between clearing up dirty laundries, and making sense of our lives and clearing up of our inner mess.. while washing my clothes.. lol.. so here we go..

we will always have things to make sense at the end of everyday and some mess inside us that we need to clean up.. just like we all have dirty laundries to clear everyday rite? then when we choose not to clear them, they get piled up.. in the same way, if we choose not to clear up our inner mess and make sense of our lives, they get piled up inside us too.. they will affect our lives, no matter how good we are at containing them within us.. (even though dirty laundries don't really affect our lives much, except for the fact that we will have less clothes to wear or recycle with, :P).. wait until the day that you want to clear them up, you will be so turned off by just looking at the mountains of 'dirty laundries' you have accumulated thus far.. it is physically draining to clear up just one bucket of clothes.. imagine having to clear 5 or more at one go? what more to say when it comes to clearing our inner mess.. we will surely be drained emotionally and mentally.. having to relive the emotions and recall whatever that have happened.. to a point, you might just give up cos there is really too much things to clear.. then it becomes a vicious cycle all over again..

coming to another side of it.. there are clothes that are harder to wash as compared to the others.. for example, the dye of cloth will sip when soaked in water or materials that need special treatment, etc.. thus people might have the tendency to avoid washing them or wearing them in the first place.. just as there are some issues in our lives that we find it too painful to face so we avoid clearing them or we just simply bury them up.. but in both cases (whether is it clearing dirty laundries or our inner mess), we forgot that if we avoid, we will never learn.. if it is because we don't know how to go about it, then we should seek God and seek biblical counsel (in the case of washing, ask experts on how to go about it).. if it is too painful, take it slowly, one step at a time.. clear each of them with God.. no one is rushing you.. and remember God is there to comfort you..

^"8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. ⁹But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. ¹⁰That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

~2 Corinthians 12:8-10~

let always remember to clear our dirty laundries and inner mess everyday, Amen? :)


God's grace is sufficient for me...whee..


Love,
Naomi

lives changed...

There are testimonies of people in the video below... hope it will serve as an encouragement to believers out there like me.. there are still people out there hoping to make a difference for Christ.. let's forcefully advance the Kingdom together..

Majesty
Hillsong United

Majesty
Majesty
Your grace has found me just as I am
Empty-handed but alive in Your hands

Singing Majesty
Majesty
Forever I am changed by Your love
In the beauty of Your Majesty

the song "Majesty" is the starting song of the video.. it is a song that greatly touched my heart during one of the praise and worship session at Kuching's LC.. where God asked me, "when you are really empty-handed, are you still able to praise Me?".. i was like woah.. being very honest, i can't say i can right at this point in time.. which is precisely the reason why God asked me that question.. but i want to grow in my relationship with the Lord, that with nothing left, i can still praise Him.. cos my victory is in Him alone.. He is the reason i live, the reason i sing and the reason i worship..

i maybe poor in the worldly sense but i am rich in my soul.. that is what i wanna declare.. cos i have Jesus in my life..


Empty-handed but Alive in Your hands..


Love,
Naomi

A description of Jesus...

No one ever lived like Him
No one ever spoke like Him
No one was ever so compassionate to sinners as He was
No one ever welcomed the outcasts as He did

He set the laws on a higher plane
and His mercy is in proportion in keeping with it

He knows how to humble us without humiliating us
how to lift us up without flattering us


From Ravi Zacharias

there is one more sentence to it but i can't catch so i decided not to type it down.. but i find it so true about this description of Jesus.. it is also very interesting too.. so just want to share..


Jesus is ever so Himself always..


Love,
Naomi

i need You badly...

The Desert Song
Hillsong

This is my prayer in the desert
And all that's within me feels dry
This is the prayer in the hunger in me
My God is a God who provides

And this is my prayer in the fire
In weakness or trial or pain
There is a faith proved
Of more worth than gold
So refined me Lord through the flames

And I will bring praise
I will bring praise
No weapons formed against me shall remain

I will rejoice
I will declare
God is my Victory and He is Here

And this is my prayer in the battle
And triumph is still on it's way
I'm a conqueror and co-heir with Christ
So firm on His promise I'll stand

All of my life
In every season
You are still God
I have a reason to sing
I have a reason to worship

This is my prayer in the harvest
Where favor and providence flow
I know I am filled to be emptied again
The seed I've received I will sow

i'm vulnerable physically, emotionally and most likely spiritually too.. i knew attacks would come after the prayer and promise that i've made to God.. but i still let down my defenses.. but i am sure with God in my life.. as long as i choose to proclaim His name and believe in Him.. continuing to persevere in doing what is good, obeying and trusting in Him.. i will have victory.. pray together with me and for me.. to see breakthroughs and fruitfulness in my life and each of your lives..


God is my Victory and He is Here!!


Love,
Naomi