   
One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed the set of footprints in the sand, one belonging to him and the other to the Lord.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it. "Lord, you said once I decided to follow you, you 'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troubled times of my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why you would leave me when I needed you most."
The Lord replied,"My child. My precious child. I love you and would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."
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~Footprints of my Life~
 My school sang this song today as part of the children's day celebration. Indeed, thank God for all these children. No matter how naughty they are at times, they are still God's gift to the world and every one of them is precious in his eyes. More than just praising the Lord, this song also comforted me. I have to admit right now is a time where I am feeling very vulnerable but I am reminded through this song that He is my comfort and my shelter, my tower of refuge and strength... I cry when I think of how good the Lord has been to me.... Though circumstances can be trying and times can be humbling, but God has shown to me in many ways that He knows what I am going through and He affirms and appreciates all that I have done....that I am not alone and He is with me. I thank God that because of His love for me, I can have hope and I know the future will be bright because truly nothing compares to the promises that I have in Him. Shout to the Lord My Jesus, my Savior, Lord, there is none like You; All of my days I want to praise the wonders of Your mighty love. My comfort, my shelter, tower of refuge and strength; Let every breath, all that I am, never cease to worship You. Chorus Shout to the Lord, all the earth, let us sing Power and Majesty, praise to the King; Mountains bow down and the seas will roar At the sound of Your name. I sing for joy at the work of your hands, Forever I'll love You, forever I'll stand Nothing compares to the promise I have in You. repeat Shout to the Lord, all the earth, let us sing Power and Majesty, praise to the King; Mountains bow down and the seas will roar At the sound of Your name. I sing for joy at the work of your hands, Forever I'll love You, forever I'll stand Nothing compares to the promise I have in You. Nothing compares to the promise I have in You Nothing compares to the promise I have in You. MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 9:50 PM | 0 footprints
I attended a sermon which discussed about discrimination today. Boy, it was much needed as it was clearly a big problem that most churches are facing today. The Scripture for today's sermon was taken from James 2: 1-13 "Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say "Here's a good seat for you, " but say to the poor, 'You stand there" or "Sit on the floor by my feet, " have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised to those who love him? But you have insulted the poor." I think all of us have subtle discriminations towards certain groups of people. We can discriminate people in the area of their race, religion, their appearance, their social status, where they stay and so on. I am guilty of certain discriminations that I have towards some of the children I teach even! But this is so wrong. Very very wrong. In showing favouritism towards certain groups of people (the rich, the influential, the clever, the good looking), we would be insulting those who do not belong to these groups. Insulting means to take away even that little human dignity that one has! It's a terrible feeling to be insulted. If you have been insulted before, you will know what I mean. Yet, when we are showing favouritism, we are insulting others. If we truly had the love of Christ in our hearts, we would be looking at everyone around us (believers or non-believers) as precious souls that our Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for.... regardless of their backgrounds. And we would treat them with dignity. James 2: 13 ...because judgement without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgement! Lord, remove any discriminating thoughts that I may have and help me to treat every single person that you have placed in my life with Your love. Amen. MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 10:41 PM | 0 footprints
While it is important to hear from God, it is even more important to trust and obey God. For the blessings only starts to pour on us when we obey Him, not when we hear him. Obedience is the crucial point. Trust and Obey When we walk with the Lord in the light of his word, what a glory he sheds on our way! While we do his good will, he abides with us still, and with all who will trust and obey. Chorus: Trust and obey, for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey. Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share, but our toil he does richly repay; not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross, but is blest if we trust and obey. But we never can prove the delights of his love until all on the altar we lay; for the favor he shows, for the joy he bestows, are for them who will trust and obey. Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at his feet, or we'll walk by his side in the way; what he says we will do, where he sends we will go; never fear, only trust and obey. MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 4:23 PM | 0 footprints
A few days ago, I had a conversation with a colleague. She looked listless and was negative about everything - her life in general and her work. This was rather surprising to me because she has always been someone who has been always passionate about her work, in fact more passionate than me! But now, it seemed that she was giving up. She kept complaining about work but I was certain that the thing that was troubling her definitely wasn't work because I knew that deep down, she loved her job. So, I just casually asked her, "Are you troubled by any personal issues?" She was amazed that I asked that and asked me how could I possibly know. I told her what I know...that she has always been conscentious and competent with her work and things at work couldn't possibly turn out that bad in a matter of months! And then she admitted that she was indeed troubled by some 'heart' issues with someone of the opposite sex and the complains about work was just a way to release her frustration. Although she did not say it literally through her story, I could see that she had already given her heart to someone else, someone she was not sure whether would requite her affection. I could identify totally with her situation because I was once like that before. That is not to say that I do not have any of these struggles now but by the grace of God and much prayers, I am definitely much better at 'guarding my heart' than I was before. The fact was, I easily had 'crushes' on guys. If the guy was handsome or had some qualities which I admired, I was likely to have a crush on him. The worst part, I thought that it was right to have crushes! After all, the world glamourizes it.... Stars openly declare their crushes for each other, magazines have articles like "How to know if you have a crush on him", "How to get your crush to like you" and bla bla bla. If you have been living in this world for over twenty years like me, you would have seen these articles in magazines like Cleo and Seventeen before. I have to admit....the initial part of having a crush is a wonderful feeling. You feel like you have a target and you start fantasizing about the wonderful days that you and him would have if both of you were together. But all these are just what it is.... a fantasy. It is not true. This wonderful feeling doesn't last long. After a while, the truth gets down hard on you. Your heart has been given to him but there is no response from him and you feel hurt. The hurt can be big or small depending on how 'serious' your crush is. And this hurt is going to affect your daily life. I have failed tests, flunked presentations and cried a swimming pool of tears because of my crushes. My poor mum had also been my 'punching bag' before. Looking back, I am amazed at how my tendency to have 'crushes' have badly affected me. But I was powerless to do anything about it. In fact, this cycle of crushes kept repeating itself. It wasn't until I accepted the Lord and read one of Joshua Harris's books that I realize this was indeed a problem and I had to rely on the Lord for his strength to overcome it. I had to learn how to guard my heart and suppress my sinful desires to fantasize. I honestly think that crushes taint our ability to see the real person. This is because we already have romanticised views of the person when we have an infatuation on him. I have realised that instead of having crushes on someone, it is better to maintain a friendship with the person and know him as a friend. In that way, you will be able to see objectively his traits and character. As for whether a not the relationship will develop into something deeper, I will have to leave that to the Lord. Now, whenever I recognize that I have feelings of infatuation towards a guy, I confess my sinful thoughts to God and asks him to mercifully remove these thoughts of infatuation from my mind. I ask God to help me to treat guys with absolute purity. And it has always worked so far. Right now, I feel a lot happier with my life because I am no longer bounded by these thoughts of infatuation. For this peace and joy, I really have the Lord to thank. Because of what He did 2000 over years ago on the cross, I am now able to draw strength from Him and overcome my weaknesses. Hallelujah! MaRGaReT left her footprint @ 10:09 AM | 0 footprints
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