hello, this is frustration speaking
"In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." - Luke 15:10
a backslided christian once told me, upon learning that i am christian, that she "is one of the condemned ones" that people like me should despise.
i strongly believe i'm not in a position to judge, for who am i, but a servant of God, to judge a fellow human being? but i don't think i can understand why anyone who has experienced the love of Jesus could ever want to stray away from Him.
i don't understand.
a friend of mine recently backslided and i feel my heart breaking. it's like watching a romantic relationship fizzle out and the couple getting bored of each other, and now i witness the break-up. even though i'm not directly involved, my heart hurts badly for what was lost.
when the sinner repents, the angels of God whoop for joy, dance and sing and shout praises. but when the christian backslides, i wonder if the angels cry. i think they do.
i know this in my spirit because my heart cries as well.
the sky was grey when i came out of my lecture. the wind beat crisply against my skin, almost to the point of biting me. it suited my mood perfectly.
when everything seems to be going wrong, i pray that i will always remember the story of joseph in Genesis 50:20
"But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive."
i will have to take a short hiatus from blogging here because of exams. i will only blog if there's anything i need to share urgently.
God bless.
posted by lyn at
21:12
7 Comments:
you know who i'm talking about right? =(
All the best for your exams! :)
Yeah, I know who you're talking about...
zenith: thank you! (:
ray: yupp..
"When the sinner repents, the angels of God whoop for joy, dance and sing and shout praises." Indeed this is true. Facts like these conjured the following opinion in my head...
"Helping to increase the number of people who repent the one single thing that I can think of that we can do for God that actually matters a great great deal. Hence to ignore such a request, in spite of all the things that He has done for us, is being quite ungrateful.
Jesus was once approached by a rich man who asked Him something along the lines of what he should do to be more like Him or something. After a series of questions in which the rich man answered favourably, Jesus declared for the man to sell all his posessions, give the profits to charity, and follow him. In other words, the rich man was told that to be more like Jesus, he should give up ALL his earthly posessions and follow him. However, he did not.
And every day we lead our lives worried about pernickety earthly stuff, simultaneiously wishing for the same thing the rich man wanted. Who else but us is to be blamed for our unhappiness in life???"
What do you all think?
"When the sinner repents, the angels of God whoop for joy, dance and sing and shout praises." Indeed this is true. Facts like these conjured the following opinion in my head...
"Helping to increase the number of people who repent the one single thing that I can think of that we can do for God that actually matters a great great deal. Hence to ignore such a request, in spite of all the things that He has done for us, is being quite ungrateful.
Jesus was once approached by a rich man who asked Him something along the lines of what he should do to be more like Him or something. After a series of questions in which the rich man answered favourably, Jesus declared for the man to sell all his posessions, give the profits to charity, and follow him. In other words, the rich man was told that to be more like Jesus, he should give up ALL his earthly posessions and follow him. However, he did not.
And every day we lead our lives worried about pernickety earthly stuff, simultaneiously wishing for the same thing the rich man wanted. Who else but us is to be blamed for our unhappiness in life???"
What do you all think?
*pokes raymond* read the last line of this post. anyway i've just updated. haha.
marcus: erm gimme some time cos i cannot absorb that chunk of text at the moment. =x
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