hello ! i just came back from my church youth ministry retreat !
okay , i know i've been talking about church rather often lately, but i just want to share with you all about what i've learnt and the gift that god wants to give to you (:
anyway , i really benefitted a lot from this retreat. i would be lying if i said that i've been looking forward to this retreat and felt totally excited about it ! because, haha , i wasn't, not even the slightest bit. In fact, i was thinking about skipping the whole retreat and going for council's bonding session instead. but i knew that my conscience wouldn't let me sleep peacefully if i had chosen the bonding session. so , i went for retreat. and, i daresay, i've no regrets in attending the retreat.
i've learnt so much from this retreat. i want to PROUDLY DECLARE to all of you out there that
GOD LOVES YOU !!
i know many of us would have thought before or are still thinking things like : nooo, god doesn't love me ! if he loves me , then why would he allow such problems, bad things to happen upon me ? no, he doesn't love me ! he makes me unhappy and i thought that he should be saving and helping me instead. haha.
well , you know what i've learnt and got enlightened about during the retreat?
" was it not necessary for the messiah to suffer these things and then to enter his glory ? "
-Luke 24: 26.
indeed, like how even our messiah, our lord jesus christ has to go through his periods of downs and suffering in order to reach his glory, we too, have to face our ordeals and periods of lowness and helplessness in order for us to arrive at our destination-a place in god's kingdom. think about it, if we were complete and unbroken, would god even have a place in our hearts? i highly doubt so . it's okay to be broken , to be incomplete, for God will always complete us and make us whole again . so , my beloved friends, embrace your periods of brokenness, befriend it, face your troubles and worries, and surrender them all up to our dearest Lord.
i am writing this post today , because i am praying that the people whom i am writing this post for would read this. i know that you'll know who you are . God loves each and everyone of you so much .
"Do not be afraid-i am with you !"
-Isaiah 41: 10
don't feel afraid, don't feel unworthy of being loved by god, of going to him. he'll always open his arms wide to embrace you with all his love. much more than you can ever imagine !
Jason, one of my church friends wrote this today in one of his FB note : i begin to understand that it's not about being the most talented musician, or the most efficient organiser or any of these. it is not about the doing, instead, it is simply about being. it's about letting jesus in, letting him take his place on the throne of our lives; he will provide all that we need to do his work ."
think about it (:
have an awesome and blessful holy week ahead, my darling friends !
once again , GOD LOVES YOU !
♥Sunday, March 28, 2010
