Fear Not, Have Faith

I am waiting for admission to hospital again. This is my third time this year.
I am so used to it that I do not feel afraid any longer. Somehow, when you are used to certain procedures and pain, you are numb to them.
I have been having gastro and abdominal problems for quite a while and medications do not seem to help.
I am prepared for the worst. I am at peace in the midst of all these troubles. I have accepted that trials and tribulations are part of our life and we cannot escape from them.
Everyone is showered with mountains of challenges but it is up to us on how we face them. Do we face them alone or do we surrender to God and let Him lead the way?
Fears can easily put a chain around us and make us paralysed with hopelessness. Faith releases fear and enables us to cling on to God although we cannot see what lies ahead of us.
Most of the time, unexpected events throw themselves at us and we are caught off guard. Some of us become depressed and drive even a few to the point of committing suicide.
However, our God is bigger than any of these events. He repeatedly tells us not to be afraid all through out the New and Old testament.
As I sit here waiting, I feel peace more than anything else. His words are my pillars of strength. I could feel my inner being transfixed on the words, " Fear Not, Have Faith".
I hope you have faith too.
May God be with you.

I dedicate this to you...God Loves You

Dear friends and readers who stumble upon this blog, 

I would like to dedicate the following painting of mine to you all.

Whenever you feel down or low, look at the Cross.

God loves you so much.

Ponder on the Cross.

The Cross will never fail you.

Do not for one second believe in the lies of the world.

You are precious and His cross proves it all.

Embrace Him and let Him restore you.

I wish you well.

God loves you.

Amen.

Kadosh

The bag pipes are calling,

Sacred sounds of sweet raindrops,

Fragrant of blood and tears plummeting,

Footsteps threading slowly,

Mesmerized by the voices of angels,

Echoing a million miles from home,

Picking up the fragments of broken hearts,

The spring of life ticking away,

Unfortunate tragedies stole an heir,

Mighty is the throne no more,

No living creatures used to hail,

How precious yet fragile,

Battles fought till all drops are gone,

Refuge in the shadows of the forest,

The river of the divine spreading strength,

Trailing the fountain of life,

Unseen cherabims beaming with light,

Lonesome and weary filled with pain,

Kadosh kadosh he cries out

Who may answer the call

Bleak with crushed dreams and hopes

Wishing in the cavern of crosses

Running to that white pure house 

All might and soul drawn to its glory

Forsaking a life with jewelry

Diamonds and gold no more

One day in his court is better

Than a thousand elsewhere

Caressing whispers of sacrifice

Embracing Kadosh 

Oh Kadosh

Hope in Pomegranate Sky

There is thunder in the city, i can hear it from my bed 

and it's filling every corner, waking every weary head 

but when that wind rolls down to take me, and bear me up through stormy skies 

i know i'll break on through to morning, i know i'll reach the other side 

and all my friends will be there waiting, 

and my sweet amanda leigh 

and i'll know that every crossroads 

brought me where i'm supposed to be 

and we'll be singing hallelujah, till we reach the by and by 

and we'll rest our weary hearts in the pomegranate sky 

there is hope in misdirection

, there is beauty in the fall 

there is sunlight in the setback, and in every engine stall 

i was made to tread deep water, made to walk a winding street 

never knowing where i'm headed till it's underneath my feet 

but i'll find that home uncertain, with a fire in the hearth 

i'll find comfort in deliverance from the coldness and the dark 

and we'll be singing hallelujah, till we reach the by and by 

and we'll rest our weary hearts in the pomegranate sky

The lyrics above belongs to Taylor Berrett who sings the song as well. It's entitled "Pomegranate sky". 

It's such a lovely song. Sometimes God reminds us of His love and hope through random things of the world. This song gives me hope.

There is hope in misdirection and there is beauty in the fall; Taylor sings..

Autumn always depict leaves falling and cold sombre mood..we humans are like that too..we fall and make mistakes and most of the times, we play the mistakes over and over in our heads..even when everyone else has forgotten about it.

The one person we always almost never get to forgive is ourselves. Forgive yourself, let the past go and begin anew. Love yourself because God loves you.

No matter if your future seems to fall apart or you're dying of cancer, do not give up and give in.

There is always hope.

We can always look up to the pomegranate sky and smile because God who makes lovely pomegranates is looking down on us, smiling and sheltering us in His arms.

God bless and keep you. Alleluia!

Butterflies in the Stomach

Ramblings

Weird Crushes

Nauseating Pulls

Love in the pit

Stomach crunches smell

Highlights of Maalox

Charcoal swirls

Perhaps one or two

Windy anxieties

Crazy infatuation gushes

Unknown forces

Bacteria or virus

Love or hate

Naughty dreams

Gastric spells bewitching

Butterflies flapping

Flipping intestines

Wishes upside down

Missing reverie

Awake and behold

The Silent Voice

Enclosure,

Cloistered behind the high walls,

Bricks of cosmopolitan consumption,

Ambushed by creeping poisonous ivy,

Thickened dusty moulds of wood,

Formed beneath a hidden cavern...

Voices,

Endless messages outside numbed her,

Listening intently to the silence,

Within her a voice that none can hear,

As still as a mouse in prey can be

She sits facing against the world...

Darkness,

A dim candle flickers in the cavern,

Stenched of blood and sins engraved,

A martyr's wish cannot be reversed,

A torturous yearning to be embraced,

Is it the beginning or is it the end...

Emotions,

Fragile and moving yet not conforming,

The standards of society impenetrable,

Yet the voice aches to be heard,

An audience that knows no bounds,

In the world yet not of the world...

Hungry,

Crouching beneath the chaotic lines,

A thirst insatiable that knows no quench,

A princess in waiting to be fed,

Malnourished beyond the naked eyes,

She starved for bread of words...

Death,

Die to herself by means of denial,

Partaking the cross of holy sacrifice,

Be she perfect like a pure bride,

Her parched throat with no sound,

The silent voice awaits the groom

Are you Ready for God's Call?

The song below has been sung many times in church. How many of us truly burned in our hearts when we listen to the words?

Many hearts are hungry tonight
Many trapped in darkness
Yearn for the light
So many who are far from home
And many who are lost
O Lord Your wounded children need
The power of Your cross

Chorus:
As bread that is broken
Use our lives
As wine that is poured out
A willing sacrifice
Empower us Father
To share the love of Christ
As bread that is broken Lord
Use our lives

Help us to begin where we are
Help us love the people
Near to our hearts
Then give our faith a mission field
Wherever You may call
Lord love Your world
Through each of us
Until we've touched them all

Do you feel broken when you see the wounded people in the world? Not just the hungry and physically poor but the spiritually starved in the rich world because they do not know Jesus.

Do you feel you are born for a higher calling?

Do you feel God has a mission for you?

Do you feel a burning zeal to reach out and touch people with God's love?

Many of us feels being called but are we willing to sacrifice it all to leave our comfort zones and leave a life that we would never imagine? 

Many of us hesitate to leave our comfortable lives. We are afraid of losing our houses, cars, holidays and so forth.

We need to look right at the heart of Jesus and ponder these words of His.

 "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few."

Luke 10:2

"And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will inherit eternal life." 

Matt 19:19

"If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Matt 19:21

"If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me".

Matt 16:24

Not everyone is called to the mission field or leave it all for a radical Christian life. However, if there is this nagging in you and all those words above kept ringing in the voices of your heart, God might be calling you to somewhere.

Let us continue to pray that God will make us be willing to be willing, to be His hands and feet for many are hungry for God; for many are trapped in darkness.

Let us be ready when God calls.

Amen.