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Inspiration

A Beacon of Light in the Darkness

A Beacon of Light in the Darkness

 

Times are hard they say, the financial crisis is getting worse. People are anxious, everybody’s thinking for himself. Where do we go from here? Where do we find the light?

 

When all else is darkness, remember-

 

There is a place where darkness cannot prevail

there is a path where sunshine blesses still

where flowers grow in abundance

and the air is sweet.

 

Ten thousand may fall at your left

a hundred at your right,

yet you will not fall

if only you can believe.

 

Yea, there is a beacon of light

deep inside you

in that sacred space

which God Himself reserved

as His temple

as His sanctuary

and as your refuge amidst the storm

 

There is a beacon of light

that guides you still

even in the darkest night

even amidst the fiercest storm

 

Peace is yours

Joy is yours

if only in the moment

that you pray

 

Nothing touches you

that can harm your soul

or your heart

or your faith

or your song

 

The most sacred things are protected

forever

in that beacon of light

that shines through

beyond all time and space.

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love

Is a Partner Cure for Loneliness?

Is a Partner the Cure for My Loneliness?

I have come to realize that God loves me so much, so much that however He may have wanted to, He did not give in to my desires.

I know now why He has deprived me of my desires for a partner in life then. It’s because of the fact that I have always believed this to be the cure to my loneliness.

But God knows better! He knew that the heart of the problem was not my lack of partner, but my “heart” itself. He wanted me to experience real joy – joy in Him, joy in all circumstances that I may be truly free! It is by His Spirit that I shall possess power, and by His Spirit, my joy shall be complete!

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jealousy

Why Get Jealous?

Why get jealous?

Have you ever opened your gifts at the same time during Christmas? Have you ever felt happy with the gifts you received until such time you found out you like what the others received more? I had those times, not only during Christmas, but in the course of life when I compared God’s gifts to me with those He gave to other people.

One Christmas however, in our traditional family get together, nobody got jealous. Everyone received the kind of gift that made them feel loved, special. It was then that I realized why we often don’t have the same gifts that other people have. It’s because we are special, and each is given a special gift that is theirs and theirs alone. Oh, if only we have eyes to see those gifts as God sees them, we’d know how great those gifts are, and we’d never exchange them for something else!

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freedom

Alive and free!

Alive and free

I want to roam the earth and claim it as my home. I want to kiss the wind from shore to shore, to touch the face of the sky from the top of every mountain.

I want to be one with the flora and fauna in the land. Yes, I want to feel eternity as I live at peace with every single element in this vast universe, with all the people I meet along the stream of life, with myself as I conquer the most unconquerable being, and with my God who has made me always – alive and free!

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patience

Why Get Patient?

What is Patience?

Patience is a virtue I did not desire much, it had never been that appealing to me. I was more into “seizing the moment” rather than “waiting” for things to happen.

There is wisdom however in doing things at the right time. If not, we would only spoil what could have been the most wonderful thing, like a butterfly waiting in her cocoon, or a punchline in a joke that can make our stomachs ache.

Patience indeed, has its own value. It is not a passivity, but an activity, an activity that requires utmost discipline and strength! It necessitates confidence and hope that things will turn out the way they were intended to be at just the right moment. It is being able to contain the power within, focus it and release it at the perfect moment it needs to be unleashed.