Ja-Neh's posterous

Grace

..is given undeserved.

When one is in a flight or fight situation, the TRUE true colour comes out. Oh trust me, they do.

When I realised mine today, I didn't like it. I abandoned a friend for my own safety. it's a big no no. Wrong move. Wrong. WRONG!

I was a simon peter.

Eventhough both of us are safe now, but the guilt lingers.

Why was I so....selfish?

And yet again, during shower, Jesus reminded me of a sentence He gave me for sharing last week.

The case of Samaritan Woman. When JEsus asked her 'has no one condemned you', and she said 'no one'.

And here comes HIs beautiful reply, "Neither do I condemn you'.

So, here's His sentence for the sharing last week.

" When Jesus shows up, no one can condemn you, not even yourself is 'qualified' "

and HE asked 'Do you not trust what you've shared?"

Posted April 19, 2011

Be a (wo)man, be the abraham.

Interesting suggestion from y'day's session.

It's all about laying down our lives for the other right? sheep or no sheep, friends or foe, very good friends or best buds, shouldn't matter.

Lord, help me be a joyful Abraham, for the past, present or future.

Posted April 18, 2011

God...

...or gods?

A lot of focus is needed when one walks on thin thread. Every distraction is a danger. Only the One in front is safety.

Teach me Lord, to just focus on the big G, and not the small g(s). I don't want to fall to my death.

"It's foolishness to dwell on you,

When I can gain wisdom by committing it to the correct 'You'."

Strengthen my failing heart with Your unfailing love, this I plea.

Posted December 13, 2010

Are you in love...

...with the One who calls you His own?

So many times, we are in love with other things, or other people, but not in love with the One who first loved us.

We complain how our love are not reciprocated by other people, yet don't we realise how God feels when we don't respond to His love, when it is so clearly spelt out that He loves us?

We spend so much time, wanting love from others,

when we can find love in Christ.

We get discouraged when people don't appreciate/remember our good deeds,

but how often do we remember God?

Why are His creation treating the Creator, like that?

Can we spend our time, rather than trying to earn someone's love, to loving God? Because only He deserves ALL of our love, ALL of our service, ALL of our praise.

Help me, Lord. I don't want to be distracted.

Posted November 25, 2010

Unsung Love song.

I sought song inside

but found a heart of brick unused to singing,

and the words came very slow. It seemed as if the gentle pressure of the Father's finger

had caused a slight crevasse midst all the hardness,

and there, down deep, there bubbled up a quiet spring.

But still no song,

just risings which never reached above the surface.

And though there was no singing, somehow there was a harmony

not often heard among clattering temporalities

Love was the keynote of the deep spring's song.

Peace and joy chimed softly,

and other little recesses opened in the hardness,

and gentleness, born of the fractures of sorrow,

flowed unhindered to fill the rising pool.

And as the music played, the brick dissolved,

and my soul was happy, though there were still no words.

-Jim Elliot-

taken from "The Journals of Jim Elliot"

Yes, I'm finally a proud owner of that book!

I managed to pick and choose some of his entries while making my way home today, and his written thoughts blew my mind away~!

I had so much to chew on, so much to ponder on. It's amazing. I love the way he analysed verses, scriptures, etc...

Also, the book shows me that I know I'm not alone in this.

Posted October 27, 2010

snooze

i so understand you.

Posted October 15, 2010

Alabaster jar

The next time i meet a missionary, my first question would be ...

"What's the most painful decision you have to make?"

I can almost guessed that the first few words of that answer would be - "I had to let go of *fill in the blanks*..."

Because isn't that why all christians struggle?

There's always one thing (at least) that causes us to be disobedient, or procrastinators in obeying God.

Well, at least I do. I have more than one...ten...etc...

Mary, who broke the alabaster jar and poured all the perfume on Jesus' head, gave everything she had. She probably wouldn't have thought of doing such a thing that seems so foolish in the eyes of man 3 years ago. But when she did, I guess she never knew she could do it until she did it. She will never realise that she was able to give her all until she realised it happened. We will never realise that we are actually capable of breaking our alabaster jar until we do it. When we do, there will be that sense of release unto the Lord and to hear the precious words of "wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her" will be so worth it. What a joy and privilege to hear that from Jesus!

"gospel preached" + "in memory of her" = Mary testimony will be told wherever the gospel is being preached = Mary has left a legacy to help the gospel to be preached!

I am thinking aloud as I type this.

Which means, leaving a legacy is all about breaking our alabaster jar to Jesus!

Strategies, plans, structure all are secondary!

The primary is giving our all to God = Set apart for Him.

Have we compromised the primary and settled for the results of the secondary instead?

Do we want to leave a legacy? If yes, what is our alabaster jar that we have to break for Jesus?

Posted October 5, 2010

Spring is here!

hooray to the budding flowers! Time to grow!

Weather has been fantastically in favour to people who loves sunshine! A que for for us to take out our sun screen!

I got the privilege to celebrate the wonderful sunshine in Philip Island for 3 days, together with people with extraordinary stories. Global Conference is the name.

I don't even know where to begin in terms of answering questions like 'how was it' or 'what did you learn'. There're so much nuggets of gold that I extracted and i had so much fun extracting them. It's bursting-ly exciting and encouraging!

One thing that stood out was the unity that i see in the HOPE family. I've been to combined camps, etc...but none like this. I call this conference a combined one because it's international ad interstate-ish. From the sharing of different preachers, to the opportunity to listen to various leaders sharing their experiences of leading (be it CCM, or LG, etc...), the whole atmosphere was such an encouraging sight. I personally got the chance to talk to one of the pastors and it's amazing to just learn from him as I asked him various questions that it has been on my heart lately.

"...Father, just as You are in Me and I am in You. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me"

John 17:21b

Apart from learning on different aspects of wisdom, i've also learnt that unity is how people will know that Jesus is real! I'm glad to have a taste of that.

Now that I'm back to reality, it's my prayer to maintain that taste of goodness, and to allow other people taste His goodness too.

Forward we go, to God we draw closer to, for lives we claim for His kingdom.

Posted October 3, 2010

MOSS-ee-ful.

Just quick shout out to my two MOSS members who just turned 23 years OLD =p

Blessed Birthday!!!!

Patiently awaits for another makan date in Feb. haha!

Posted September 21, 2010

It's up to you.

God took a risk when He gave us free will.

The risk of us turning against Him.

The risk of us wasting our lives on the average.

Had a short meaningful chat with an old friend about an event he attended

And he said : "i am challenged to aim for something...impossible"

"Was that a typo?" i thought.

And as i read the chat further, no...that was no typo.

To aim for the impossible.

It makes perfect sense. How would we experience God's miraculous power when we are complacent at the naturally-possible circumstances?

Along the lines of Kingdom legacy, they charged towards the impossible.

I mean, i know that with God, all things are possible. But i forgot about the active part that we have to contribute. To set impossible goals. Goals that only with God it can be achieved.

Looking and listening to today's preacher in church, i had a tiny glimpse of what God's power can do.

His message was simple.

"Have a spirit-filled life that is fully surrendered to God".

THe problem is, we complicated the simplicity of His message.

We create grey areas, we entertain doubts.

Do we allow God to have the complete final say in our lives?

If we do, then our story, will be a God-story.

The choice is.....up to us.

Posted September 18, 2010