The Journal

It was cold.. Moderate rain pours outside. It was consistent since yesterday, long enough to make me enjoy the cool breeze and the gentle warmth of my blanket wrapped around me while love songs on my ipod are playing softly on my ear. One lazy day, I thought. I decided to move around a little and just check out some old stuff. I stumble on a familiar journal and gently turn its pages one by one...

August 25, 2010

I had always been afraid of death.. anything bout death.. Just the thought of it gives me fear and chills, that I would suddenly get rid of it from my mind. Then I thought, what if tomorrow I'll die? Am I ready enough? I cannot even find answers.. until it fades away from my senses...

Lately, I've been asking myself the same question. Maybe this is due to sudden circumstances happening in the country..accidents left and right, death all around.. Am I ready enough? I tried to look for the fear I felt before whenever that question crossed through my mind... it vanished. I smiled and said to myself,  "With Jesus in my heart, as my Lord and Savior, with the relationship  with God and the gift of the Holy Spirit.. I would be ready enough to die.. with joy in my heart.. Fear was gone.. I only fear the Lord. Whatever happens in my life, I need not fear anything for I know the Lord is with me throughout my journey. I love you Lord. I am Yours and Yours forever.

 - Charm


Tears fell. Chills creep within my bone. Not because its cold but because I was totally blown away. It was just an excerpt from my Purpose Driven Life Journal. Filled with love, strengthen by faith, restored with hope. I can feel every single word written came from my heart. That very moment I realized that was slowly stepping away from the path God wants me to take. Tears poured.

God used my journal to make me remember how our relationship was. How we talk, how we spend time.. It breaks my heart. It breaks His heart. I'm sorry Lord.. :'( Many things happened since I last wrote to my journal. Things that test me, there were times I passed, and times I failed.. times I hold on and times I let go.. I can't say that I am strong enough to surpassed all of these but I thanked God for His grace and mercy. I am hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. (2 Cor.4:8-9 NIV) Though, I honestly admit that I slid and stumble before God, also through Him I will stand up and face the world... I am coming back to my Lord...

Now, with a whole new realization, with a strength that come from Above, with a steadfast heart, I will nudge the wheel of life and take a path with my Jesus. Directed by faith, guided by love and protected by the my Lord's most precious blood, I am ready to venture a new chapter in my walk with Him.. And as long as there are lives to be written, hope to be restored and faith to strengthen, the journal's page will continue to be turned...

Invitation to the Thirsty (Isaiah 55)

INVITATION
God is calling us right now to come nearer to Him, He will quench our thirst and will feed us. While reading this, I was reminded of Ptr.Grace preaching @ EN2010. The banquet of the Lord is prepared and waiting for us to sit down and eat. He wont be at any cost, its ABSOLUTELY FREE! Praise the Lord!

PROMISES
Our God is indeed good that He offers not only food, along with that is His promises, promises that only He can fulfill ( Is.55:3-5, 12-13). he made an everlasting covenant to us. He promised us the faithful love that He promised to David. He will send us to nations! nations that we dont even know, places that beyond our knowledge.In Isaiah 55:12-13, He promised, "You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands." (Hallelujah!)

FORGIVENESS
Truly, our God is a God of forgiveness and second chances. He said that He will freely pardon those people who turned away from evil and turn to Him (Is.55:6-7)

SOVEREIGNTY
God has the highest standards, standards that even the most powerful human on earth today will be matchless. That is why his ways are also higher than our ways (Is.55:8-9) Trust in the Lord. God has a way of turning things around for you. For He can do ANYTHING. Things that is unfathomable by human knowledge.

POWER OF GOD'S WORD
God's word is sharper than any double edged sword (Heb.4:12). It will penetrate in our inner being. In Isaiah 55:10-11, He said,

10 As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,

11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.


Lastly, God says in Isaiah 55:2, "Listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare. Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live."

God gives eternal blessing to all who accept his invitation.

Listen.

Respond and

Eat what is good.

Eat the Word of God.

Be Blessed everybody! :D


- Charm <3