Uncle Yuen
Journal Entry 29/10/2004
"Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow, For what is your life? It is even a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes away." James 4:14
We often think that life is transient, as a journey. But the Lord says that we are but merely a vapour, that disappears almost immediately, compared to the eternal nature of God. I must grab hold of today and live it for the Lord. Do what He wills and calls me towards.
Application: Don't wait, visit Uncle Yuen"
16/09/2004
"Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation, but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away. For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes." James 1:9-10
Let me share. It was at almost the same time last year, that I wrote the first journal entry. It was one of the morning QTs with the Navs, and the Lord said that I should treasure life, and as an act of that, visit Uncle Yuen, because to be frank, we'll never know when he'll go. Yet although I wrote it down in my journal, I never did it.
This morning I did QT with James (guy, not book). I read a passage that talks about the exact same thing: the brevity of life. Yet my thoughts were on other issues in the rest of the passage. It was only until when I was walking towards the Redhill Moral SAC when the Lord reminded me of what He said to me almost 1 year ago. How He told me to do something, but I never did, and that it would take an assignment for me to get down to doing it. I was sad, yet I was also overwhelmed by the sovereignty of the Lord in my life. How although I did not obey, yet He brought it to pass. He also confirmed with me that SW reallie is His calling in my life, especially as I reflect back upon the past 1 year.
As I tried so hard to round up the interview, I found our hands drawn to each others'. He's a lonely person, and oftentimes has nobody to talk to. As he held my hand, I could sense his appreciation and the depth of his loneliness. I wish I could do more.
"Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow, For what is your life? It is even a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes away." James 4:14
We often think that life is transient, as a journey. But the Lord says that we are but merely a vapour, that disappears almost immediately, compared to the eternal nature of God. I must grab hold of today and live it for the Lord. Do what He wills and calls me towards.
Application: Don't wait, visit Uncle Yuen"
16/09/2004
"Let the lowly brother glory in his exaltation, but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away. For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes." James 1:9-10
Let me share. It was at almost the same time last year, that I wrote the first journal entry. It was one of the morning QTs with the Navs, and the Lord said that I should treasure life, and as an act of that, visit Uncle Yuen, because to be frank, we'll never know when he'll go. Yet although I wrote it down in my journal, I never did it.
This morning I did QT with James (guy, not book). I read a passage that talks about the exact same thing: the brevity of life. Yet my thoughts were on other issues in the rest of the passage. It was only until when I was walking towards the Redhill Moral SAC when the Lord reminded me of what He said to me almost 1 year ago. How He told me to do something, but I never did, and that it would take an assignment for me to get down to doing it. I was sad, yet I was also overwhelmed by the sovereignty of the Lord in my life. How although I did not obey, yet He brought it to pass. He also confirmed with me that SW reallie is His calling in my life, especially as I reflect back upon the past 1 year.
As I tried so hard to round up the interview, I found our hands drawn to each others'. He's a lonely person, and oftentimes has nobody to talk to. As he held my hand, I could sense his appreciation and the depth of his loneliness. I wish I could do more.
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