29/8/09

Sometimes when we judge the society, we reveal corruptions.
Sometimes when we look into an organization, we see loopholes.
Sometimes when we dig into a church, we discover imperfections.
Sometimes when we stand a foot closer to a person, we feel the difference.
Sometimes when we take a halt and make a pause, we realize peace and tranquility are just inches away.
Sometimes when we examine ourselves, we know what we are lacking of.
Sometimes we just break into tears without reason.

God says,

If we never felt the pain, how would we know that He is a Healer?

If we never had to pray, how would we know that He is a Deliverer?

If we never had a trial, how could we call ourselves an conqueror?

If we never felt sadness, how would we know that He is a Comforter?

If we never made a mistake, how would we know that He is a Forgiver?

If we never were in a trouble, how would we know that He will come to the rescue?

If we never were broken, how would we know that He can make us whole?

If we never had suffering, how would we understand what He went through?

If we never went through the fire, how would we become pure?

and If He gave us all things, how would we learn to appreciate them?


Everyone is called to a stand. He keeps us in His hands, knowing exactly where we will be heading to. He calls us to a church that we can be a blessing to the people around. But life is more than that. The world can divert us; the temptation will keep knocking. Stand strong and stand through. He will walk through the fire with us. Let His will be done. But lets fixed our eyes upon what's unseen rather than what is seen, for the unseen is eternal and what is seen is temporary. In His hand...

Breaking down once is always good. It keeps you growing, leading you to the higher inner court when we tune to Him, waiting to be pruned and blossom. It simplifies the complicated. It examines the heart. It seals the pain. It restores what we lost. The time has come.

The Road Not Taken

Robert Frost (1874–1963). Mountain Interval. 1920.

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same, 10

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back. 15

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. 20

I learnt this poem few years back in high school. It still resonates in my mind. It talks about the choices that we have to make in life. The future is far beyond what we can see, only God knows. Every decision incurs a cost. We refer it as opportunity cost. Each option leads to specific and different experience. Every decision is an once-off event. You cant turn back. Let doubts take no foothold. We wonder. Assurance is what we seek. Let Faith take flight and look beyond the fathomable.

Bible says, Proverbs 14:12 (New International Version)
12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

The journey to eternal life is full of challenges, tests, obstacles and failures. But in Him we stand firm. Good deeds will not assure us a part of the God's Kingdom. Believe. Lets climb the staircase together, by the strength and power from our Heavenly Father. Good thing never comes easy.