Category: Spirituality

God often allows times of silence that test our faith. Times like that, I long to hear His voice again. Why couldn’t He speak? Why couldn’t He just tell me what to do? Has He forgotten me? Is He mad at me?

What I’ve realized is that in everything that God does, we can always count upon His love. Even when He is silent.

I’ve learned that many times, His silence is His way of preparing us for something good, something that can only be achieved after He has allowed us to wait for Him.

One such moment came for me recently. After some time of silence, He spoke again. Not in an audible kind of way, but in a way that only the heart and the soul could possibly understand.

Unexpectedly and wonderfully, I heard Him once again and what He said lifted my soul in bliss. They were but simple words, but they were words that were full of meaning and love to me. They were words that told me that I had never been forgotten, and that God is there. He is asking me to come and trust Him, and shall I refuse?

How could He come in such a gentle and humble way? In such a sweet and kind way. Ah, I guess it’s because He knows me so well. He doesn’t want me to be scared. He knows how I’m but a child in front of Him. A child who is afraid of many things.

His words brought me comfort. It gave me courage in times of darkness and despair. I need not be afraid anymore because He is there. He is the Light that will always guide my way.

“Then into His hand went mine,
And into my heart came He;
And I walk in a light Divine,
The path I had feared to see.”
—George MacDonald

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Give God the chance to surprise you.
Give Him the chance to comfort you.
Let Him lead you where He may,
Though you cannot see the way.
His path may be difficult and unpredictable, but it is safe.
It is the best one He has chosen for you.
You may cry now
But you shall laugh
You may hunger now
But you shall be filled.
Blessed are the moments He has made you wait.
They have prepared the way for your eternal bliss!

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I’d like to share with you my realization one morning: I’ve realized that many people who don’t believe in God have even more hope than I have (at least, when it concerns this life). Why? Because I have anchored my hope only in the life after this one.

It isn’t wrong to hope for the next life. It is, after all, one of the very foundations of our faith (and that’s what we shouldn’t forget!). We should know that the things in this world are but temporary, and if we are wise, we should strive for eternal things. But here’s the truth. We can’t always see the eternal, and our faith is not always strong. There are times when even our physical and mental health weighs us down.

When we are suffering like that, I think it isn’t wrong to just keep ourselves afloat by hoping that somehow, things can still change for us… in this life. We can hope that our health could become better. We can hope that we could be healed. We can hope that one day, we’d be able to get ourselves and our loved ones away from poverty. After all, if there is a beggar asking for bread, would we be compassionate if we told her to just wait for her redemption in heaven? Of course not! The right thing to do would be to extend our help to assist her even in her material needs.

This should not keep us from hoping for eternal things. But let us not lose sight of the life we still have. The sun rises each day to remind us that we should never lose our hope.

“I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.” – Psalm 27:13, NASB

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Our Indispensable Need for Hope (click to read more)
It is part of life’s journey to face difficult times. But we must never lose the light of hope.

God will provide.  But if God provides, why are there so many people who are starving?  Why do many people suffer from poverty?

These are questions we often avoid because they seem to lack so much faith.  But these questions are the same ones that can be asked by other people around us.  How are we to explain our faith?  How can we witness to God’s love and generosity?

It isn’t enough to merely quote Bible verses.  We must be able to explain them also. The world is waiting for hope amidst so much suffering and pain.

If God Will Provide for Our Needs, Why Are so Many People Hungry? – click to continue reading

Faith is a gift, a very precious gift. To many people, believing in God comes naturally. It is like believing that the sun will rise in the morning and the moon will come at night. To others, however, especially today, it’s not easy to believe in a God we can’t even see. How do we tell others that God is real and not imaginary?

In my walk as a believer, I’ve had many times of doubt. Maybe that’s the reason I tried to write down everything that helped me prove He is truly there. I’d like to share with you some of the things I keep going back to whenever my fail starts to fail.

“How Do You Love an Invisible God and Find out For Yourself If He Truly Exists?”(Continue reading…click here)