happened to remember a few verses from the bible that kept me strong during tough times in the past… thought of typing it down here… from NASB version…
Ecc. 1: 1-7, 14 –15
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, "Vanity of vanities! All is vanity."
3 What advantage does man have in all his work Which he does under the sun?
4 A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth remains forever.
5 Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there again.
6 Blowing toward the south, Then turning toward the north, The wind
continues swirling along; And on its circular courses the wind returns.
7 All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where
the rivers flow, There they flow again.
14 I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun,
and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.
15 What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking
cannot be counted.
this was the passage that that kept me going when i was to leave my home for the first time aged 17… mom taught me this passage… when i cried, she told me everything around us is meaningless and only God is real and asked me to hold on to him… i held on to this passage… every time i feel i miss something or someone, i hold on to this passage coz everything around me is an illusion which will be with me for short time or as long as i live… nothing is permanent… tough to think that way but i am trained to think that way…
Ecc. 3:1 – 8
1 There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every
event under heaven--
2 A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot
what is planted.
3 A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.
4 A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.
5 A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and
a time to shun embracing.
6 A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to
throw away.
7 A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a
time to speak.
8 A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace.
this is another passage taught by mom… when ever I complained to her that i didn’t get what I deserved, she told me that there is a time for everything… for anything to happen beneath sky, there is a time… was tough to digest in the beginning… i struggled to give up on things which I felt I deserved…but the last 10 years away from home was good enough to teach me that there is a time for everything… since i am taught how to give up… now, it’s a very small struggle only to give up… at times i don’t even have to struggle even when its something i feel i deserve… so its much easier to give up on something i know i don’t deserve at all… coz by now i learnt that nothing is permanent and everything got a time… a time predestined by the Almighty… and this was the same passage which made me sign up for cclt… someone told me from this passage that i shouldn’t let a season pass by without knowing it…
btw, attended an interview yesterday… wish i could get that… but not pinning much hope on that... company is smaller but job scope is better… i would rather choose a better job scope than a bigger company… so fingers crossed now… lets see if that’s God’s will for me…
after the interview, i chose to walk till the mrt… it was a good 45 minute walk… even now don’t know why i chose to walk… it was bright and sunny… once i decided to walk, it became dark and clouds came up… i wanted to change my mind… i saw a empty cab driving towards me… but something within me was asking me to continue walking… so i didn’t get the cab… continued walking… during that time i kept thinking about the ways God has led me till now… provided everything that He felt would be beneficial for me… both big and small… those days, when i kept looking out through the window of my room without knowing how i will buy my next meal, He provided… when autumn started and i didn’t have money to buy jackets, while i was shivering inside my clothes, He provided me with jackets and sweaters… not 1 but 3… like that lot of things came to my mind… i kept on walking… seemed that it will rain anytime soon… but it didn’t rain till i reached a sheltered way which led to the mrt… another 15 minutes walk till I reach mrt… it didn’t wait to rain till i reached mrt but not even a single drop of rain fell on me coz i was already in the sheltered way… while i was walking under the shelter, He told me that He even cares for small things such as me walking in rain too…
so it was a fruitful day altogether… but not all fruits are sweet, some are sour too… haha... do keep praying for me and for dad too in case u read this one… just pray that I won’t loose my focus… and pray that dad will be out of hospital soon… thanks in advance for praying…
till u get to read something from here next time, keep smiling and make someone laugh… God Bless
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