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definitely succeed this is dangerous for ourselves because actually we know nothing about our future do the father s will human life always has a mystery which is the future the future isn t always far from us but it can only be one second after our breath now look at the rich man in the parable told by the lord jesus in luke 12 16 21 it is told about a rich person who feels his life is safe and secure for years to come maybe he had made various plans to enjoy his wealth but he didn t know that god would take his life that night one of the aspects of humanity presented in this parable is that human life is limited by time and no one knows for sure when that time will end that s the uncertainty of life so how we must always surrender to the will of our father god and creator the only fully sovereign god of the breath of every human life as humans who are given intelligence and conscience by god we can indeed make a good plan we can develop a calculated plan with our education experience skills knowledge connections and wealth however a plan that is self reliant and not submitted under the perfection of god s will will only be an uncertainty because we have no idea about tomorrow we might be able to predict and exert all our energy to realize the things we want but there is no guarantee what the reality will be our own plans may work but only plans from god can bring us to the true meaning of life in christ now let s return to the rhetorical question of james in verse 14 what is your life the word life used in verse 14 is derived from the word zoe life that uses the word zoe is the absolute fullness of life both essential and ethical which belongs to god to live in all the maximum capacity according to god s blueprint for those who put trust in christ conversely if we rely on ourselves we will lose the main essence of life and only live the futility of a short life like mist in this world a question for us to think about do we want to live our lives in the fullness of christ or are we just like mist at this time every one of us must have plans for our future if we long to live the fullness of life in christ then allow the omnipotent and omniscient father to intervene in each of our plans to be aligned with his perfect will let s entrust the uncertainty of our future into the hands of the father because he is the only definite assurance for our lives amen by sella irene beautiful words photo credit google images pxhere com edited with pixlr apps this entry was posted on february 24 2020 in christianity thought and tagged christ christianity faith future god god s plan god s will guest post james jesus christ life plan surrender time trust white christmas dec 16 hello my dear readers it s me again i m grateful to god in this christmas season i could write a short post to my blog and this post is the closing post for this year i would like to thank to all faithful readers and follower who always give big support to my blog through like or comment on my posts i really really appreciate it i hope and pray this blog will continue to sharing god s blessing through god s word every time before christmas comes besides decorating christmas tree and the whole house with various beautiful christmas decorations my parents also took out their collection of christmas song vinyl records one of their favorite christmas song is white christmas they said though white christmas isn t a hymn christmas song the legendary white christmas song could successfully bring christmas atmosphere especially when the snow has come all is white tree house land and other will covered with white color and white is always used as a symbol of cleanliness and even holiness dear readers what were my parents said reminds me to the great bible figure david davis was known as a figure who was very close with god but at one time he fell so deep into the sin by doing a series of despicable acts he committed adultery with bathsheba lied and the killed bathsheba s husband uriah the series of actions that david made in a row suddenly turned him into a very cruel figure and he was unaware that his actions were dominated by lust he was ruled by sin bible said that what he did was considered evil in god s eyes then god sent nathan to warn david when confronted with his transgressions fortunately david didn t dodge to defend himself bravely david admitted i have sinned against the lord 2 samuel 12 13a and nathan said to david the lord has taken away your sin you are not going to die 2 samuel 12 13 although there were still consequences of what david did god gave a guarantee of forgiveness to david from what happened david wrote psalm 51 he wrote very deep series of poem of sin confession repentance and pleading for god s forgiveness one of them said purify me with hyssop and i shall be clean wash me and i shall be whiter than snow psalm 51 7 my beloved readers christmas is a moment we celebrate the birth of jesus christ to the world as the greatest gift and grace from god to atone our sins and bring us out of the death to enter the eternal life in this christmas moment allow me to encourage all of us to celebrate christmas day not only by a party give a christmas gift to our loved ones or take a christmas holiday but let s make christmas as a moment to sanctify us confess all of our sins and ask god to forgive and cleanse our hearts god said to us wash and make yourselves clean take your evil deeds out of my sight stop doing wrong isaiah 1 16 and when we do that god said though your sins are like scarlet they shall be as white as snow though they are red as crimson they shall be like wool isaiah 1 18 god is always ready to give us forgiveness even to restore joy when we turn from evil ways to his ways god will whiten a very red sin as white as snow pure white snow is very beautiful in welcoming christmas but please remember it s not about white snow but the most important in this christmas day is our heart and soul as white and as clean as snow and our lives will still in holiness because god said to us be holy because i am holy 1 peter 1 16 let s have a white christmas on behalf of our family i wish you a merry christmas and happy new year 2020 make the season bright with holiness peace joy love and hope in god amen karina lam living by faith image source google images this entry was posted on december 16 2019 in christianity encouragment faith and tagged christmas david holiness hope joy love peace repentance sins white christmas 59 comments a god s message in a flower guest post nov 25 on the edge of the road in front of my house there is a tree in certain seasons the blooming flowers are scattered on the ground and also on the hood of our car that we park under the tree for years i had never really paid attention to the flower until one morning i casually picked it up and watched it closely the flower is very small the size is only as big as the nail of my thumb the shape is similar to orchids but in a mini version the flower has 4 soft greenish white petals and 3 bright yellow corolla that decorated with the reddish orange graffiti that twists beautifully like the ink strokes of a reliable painter at the center there are pistils and green stamens the tip is round brownish red mini flower appearance is so beautiful regrettably such beautiful flowers must be scattered on the ground trampled by people passing by and run over by the wheels of passing vehicles this beautiful flower isn t the kind of expensive flower that people hunt for collections it isn t the type of flower that the bride and groom buy to decorate the wedding hall and not the type of flower arranged in a vase to beautify the banquet table its name isn t as popular as roses jasmine orchids or other flowers known to many people its size is small so its beautiful appearance will not be exposed if we don t carefully it s just a tiny flower that grows blooms then falls to the ground and maybe not many are interested in admiring its beauty or knowing its usefulness then for what does god dress the flowers in such detail and beauty stay loved even though we don t deserve to be loved god s detailed and beautiful work on the small flower shows that god pays attention and expresses his creativity to all of his creations there is no creation that is worthless there are no useless creations there is no creation that is created only for vanity even more so humans for whom jesus was even willing to sacrifice his life while we were still helpless powerless to provide for our salvation at the right time christ died as a substitute for the ungodly now it is an extraordinary thing for one to willingly give his life even for an upright man though perhaps for a good man one who is noble and selfless and worthy someone might even dare to die but god clearly shows and proves his own love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners christ died for us romans 5 6 8 amp jesus died for us not because we are godly righteous people obeying god s laws and have good qualities and good character on the contrary we were people who did not respect god opposed god did not even believe in god and were full of evil in such an unworthy situation jesus loves us in fact god immediately revealed his redemptive plan only shortly after the first man fell into sin and i will put enmity open hostility between you and the woman and between your seed offspring and her e seed he shall fatally bruise your head and you shall only bruise his heel genesis 3 15 amp it was the protevangelium the first gospel message in the history of mankind when the lord gave his promise about the savior at the time the word was spoken we didn t yet exist in this world there is no guarantee from ourselves that we will be a good people and appreciate his sacrifice in fact from centuries to centuries many people actually rejected and mocked him god has known all of that from the beginning but god still loves humans and is willing to die for humans how great is god s love for humans for us we don t need to prove that we are worthy and deserve to be loved we have been loved by god from the beginning we have been valuable to god from the beginning god s love for us isn t based on reasons that comes from within us god s love for us comes from god himself so the reason why god loves us is because he loves us the problem is that we often judge ourselves based on the values that others attach to us we measure ourselves and others based on certain measurements that we or others consider as important things these measures can be physical appearance branded stuff type of car position intelligence luxury of the house the amount of balance in the bank the number of followers on social media and various other things that invite admiration from others we feel superior when we have something we think is higher than someone else s and feel inferior when we feel that what we have is lower than someone else s finally we try hard so as not to be looked down on by others in fact when we think like that actually we are looking down on ourselves even worse we unconsciously apply the same perspective to god we think god will love us more if we are more active in ministry make more offerings read god s words more often pray longer try to be more obedient and do things that we think will please god yes of course serving god giving offerings reading god s word praying trying to obey and doing things that we think will please god are very good but please don t do all that with a reverse understanding which is to be loved by god why because on the cross god has poured out all his love completely his love for us is eternal and perfect again his eternal and perfect love is given to us when we are still sinful and unworthy to be loved there is no reason to feel worthless and unloved now let s return for a moment to a beautiful little flower that falls scattered on the ground which i have told at the beginning of this article the flower is flower of the tamarind tree the tamarind flower is not the main focus of the tamarind tree this is really different from the rose jasmine orchid lilly or other types of flowers that are deliberately planted and cultivated to get the flowers what people are looking for from the tamarind tree is the tamarind fruit not the flower in fact in my place tamarind leaves are more needed by people than tamarind flowers in addition the size of the tamarind flower is extremely small compared the natural height of the tamarind tree can reach 30 meters so that the flower is barely exposed not prominent and even tends to be ignored however god dressed the little flower with detail and beauty it is as if god conveyed his message through the flower that god cares for and loves all of his creation and each part has been designed with the best design not carelessly the god who created and dressed the small flower is god who said it was very good after he finished creating humans in his own image that is what god says about us therefore however our face looks our body shape our weight our height no matter how bad our past is whatever our educational background no matter how low our social or economic status don t be inferior and feel worthless instead let us not be arrogant because we feel more beautiful richer more educated more respectable and so on because we are all the same we all have the same past a sinner we are redeemed by the same blood the blood of jesus we accept the same love that is the love of the father who was willing to sacrifice his only begotten son we all don t deserve to be insecure or arrogant all we have to do is be grateful we should not do good to others to be more blessed by god but let s do it because we are grateful for the goodness of god that has been given to us and we long to be his witnesses and glorify his name let us not worship and serve god s work with the aim of being loved more by god but let s do it because we love god who first loved us the god who created the whole universe is our father he is a good planned and responsible father he works in us in detail and perfect we aren t a mass product each of us is created unique beautiful special so there is no reason for us to feel worthless and unloved the lord is good to all and his tender mercies are over all his works the entirety of things created all your works shall give thanks to you and praise you o lord and your godly ones will bless you psalm 145 9 10 amp by sella irene beautiful words photo credit google images unsplash com edited with pixlr apps this entry was posted on november 25 2019 in christianity thought and tagged christ christianity god god is good god s love grateful hope jesus jesus christ life love perfect love unconditional love protevangelium tamarind flower a safe feeling in the father s love guest post oct 28 today the awareness of believers to be active in ministry is growing up in fact some positions in ministry become something that is desired and 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