Monday, June 05, 2006
faith drove us.
today's session was reflective and solemn, yet somehow i think something good came out of it. what swee talked about today equaled to what i had been thinking of the past week or weeks. what we are today didn't come by our own might and power, but what we are today is created by the hands of god.
god knows us, he knows us when we sit and when we stand, he even knows the number of hairs on each of our heads, he knew us even before we were born. before confirmation, did we even picture ourselves being in this close community of kingdom builders, praying and working together for the glory of god? i doubt so. but then again, it was god who brought all of us together, the first ever LOG in this world. at the beginning it just seemed so weird, everyone seemed so divided, things looked so still and unmovable. why?
we live by faith, and not by sight.
and then, our community started to take off. some of us stepped out to lead, many of us discovered new gifts, gifts that we wouldn't have thought of possessing in the past. our barriers were breaking, our hearts were opening, our feet became more stable. faith. yes in all that we did, god made us believe in him, through each other. in the past, friends mattered alot, all that we were thinking about could have been just friends, and fun. but then god suddenly become more important in our lives, more important than anything else. we started to sacrifice time, space, effort not for the friends in our community, but for GOD in our community. for the love of jesus, for the love of god...
we are the LOG which god had put together.
we are the LOG which god had moulded and shaped.
we are the LOG which god had instilled faith in.
and we are the SAME LOG god will never give up on.
if god never gives up on us, why do we even think of giving up on this community, let alone giving up on ourselves?
people have changed, things have changed, feelings have changed. but one thing for sure will never change, and that is GOD'S LOVE. think back, for one year plus we've grown together as a community, grown in faith as well. what do you think drove us along this path we had chosen? friends? relationships? hobby? no. OUR LOVE FOR GOD is the thing that has been driving us. remember, all that we are doing is for god, for he is indeed the priority.
therefore we should question ourselves once again, why are we here? all the things that we have done, who have we done it for? are we taking each other for granted? are we taking god for granted? if god never gives up on us, why do we even think of giving up on this community, let alone giving up on ourselves? this is a cross he has given us to carry. and we must all carry it together, be it a sad cross, or a happy one. continue to support each other and continue to pray for each other everyday. we are on body in christ and a body with a single body part missing is not a body. we will go on. LOG, we will go on.
believe in him.
faith drove us.
today's session was reflective and solemn, yet somehow i think something good came out of it. what swee talked about today equaled to what i had been thinking of the past week or weeks. what we are today didn't come by our own might and power, but what we are today is created by the hands of god.
god knows us, he knows us when we sit and when we stand, he even knows the number of hairs on each of our heads, he knew us even before we were born. before confirmation, did we even picture ourselves being in this close community of kingdom builders, praying and working together for the glory of god? i doubt so. but then again, it was god who brought all of us together, the first ever LOG in this world. at the beginning it just seemed so weird, everyone seemed so divided, things looked so still and unmovable. why?
we live by faith, and not by sight.
and then, our community started to take off. some of us stepped out to lead, many of us discovered new gifts, gifts that we wouldn't have thought of possessing in the past. our barriers were breaking, our hearts were opening, our feet became more stable. faith. yes in all that we did, god made us believe in him, through each other. in the past, friends mattered alot, all that we were thinking about could have been just friends, and fun. but then god suddenly become more important in our lives, more important than anything else. we started to sacrifice time, space, effort not for the friends in our community, but for GOD in our community. for the love of jesus, for the love of god...
we are the LOG which god had put together.
we are the LOG which god had moulded and shaped.
we are the LOG which god had instilled faith in.
and we are the SAME LOG god will never give up on.
if god never gives up on us, why do we even think of giving up on this community, let alone giving up on ourselves?
people have changed, things have changed, feelings have changed. but one thing for sure will never change, and that is GOD'S LOVE. think back, for one year plus we've grown together as a community, grown in faith as well. what do you think drove us along this path we had chosen? friends? relationships? hobby? no. OUR LOVE FOR GOD is the thing that has been driving us. remember, all that we are doing is for god, for he is indeed the priority.
therefore we should question ourselves once again, why are we here? all the things that we have done, who have we done it for? are we taking each other for granted? are we taking god for granted? if god never gives up on us, why do we even think of giving up on this community, let alone giving up on ourselves? this is a cross he has given us to carry. and we must all carry it together, be it a sad cross, or a happy one. continue to support each other and continue to pray for each other everyday. we are on body in christ and a body with a single body part missing is not a body. we will go on. LOG, we will go on.
believe in him.