Hands to Heaven

Perhaps you're wanting to start a new ministry, perhaps you're wanting to apply to another job or perhaps you wanted to get serious with someone you really like. Whatever it may be, there are seasons that God may tell us we are not ready but then later on, He will let us know when we are ready. These are my common realizations in the waiting as I traced God's way of telling me or encouraging me to do something new or start stepping into the unfamiliar place. If you're one of my closest, you know that I'm the type of person who won't do something if I know I'm not ready, or I didn't prepare myself for it. That's why I think carefully before writing this piece, because we have different personalities, levels of spiritual discernment, and of course God can speak to us in various ways. These realizations I share are based on my own experience, discernment, and meditation of The Word in connection of some events in the past where I strongly sensed God tel...

Everyone commit mistakes. Nobody is perfect. Everyone has their own weaknesses. No one is strong all the time. Everybody can be tired, worried & frustrated. Yet it is not for us to stop, because the process is not yet over. Perhaps the block that makes us stumble is the key to wake us up from a long time sleep. I am weak, I do admit. I am not perfect but striving the way to it. At times, I’m shaken with fear but I try my best to shake it off my head. Life is full of surprises. Time is unpredictable. People change no matter what. Opportunities may come and go. No one can ever help you best unless you stand on your feet and take the first brave step. After all, the most faithful that ever left is the One with outstretched arms. He alone is great. He alone is strong. He never commits mistake. Never abandon the call. He alone is gracious; no one can question His love. He can make all things new, even a stone steeled heart can be renewed. He is good. His promise never fail. No on...

Look down the road. There are too many smart and gorgeous people who can catch one’s attention. But what if, out of seven billion people in the whole world today, you can now bravely say: ‘this one is for me’. Indeed, it is an ultimate point where reality is finally better than any wildest dream! Unfortunately, waiting is not a game as some people think. It is a serious pause. It is real. For it is incorporated by our precious time. It is embedded that before someone joyfully receives something he or she must wait patiently. The longer the time we endure, the more we value the day it arrives. We just must switch our mind from being rush and hurry to being still and silent so to consider that our time is in His hands. The joy of receiving depends on one’s patience. The amount of joy that will occur in our receiving can be measured by the height of trust we invest in our waiting. One very good professor and an author of the book “True Love Weds”, Prof. GraceGaston-Dousel ...

Hey, you... Yes, You!  Is there  point in your life that you get tired of the normal scene that is blocking your view?  Are you looking and craving for something new but the bell hasn't ring yet?  Well, here's a post from one of my favorite later night show on TV, wrote by a well-known inspirational Author.  Come on, stop guessing and press   Slow Down To Speed Up .  And be blessed by the power of Waiting ! 

Hindrance in Waiting One day when I was sitting in a restaurant, I was attacked by what I called, “Heart Burn”. It is not a typical heart burn which doctors explain or can be treated by a normal paracetamol. While spearing a few strands of pasta, my attention was caught by this couple who simply hold-hands and pleasingly cuddle each other’s arm. Unluckily, the tone of surrounding fails to cooperate in my domino-effect sentiment. Romantic song joined the cold noon breeze that touched my face. Until, the flame of bitterness demands me to leave the place. In other words, it is a throbbing state of heart that totally distracts ones healthy outlook about singlehood. It is like a heart that is burning in jealousy and doubt which entails an illusion; “ I am insignificant ”, “ I am unattractive ”, “ I am a looser ”. Wherever I placed my sight, lovers pass by, kissing and embracing. Count in the pestering questions of family and friends, which builds pressure in my timetable. Whenever ...

  The Scripture repeatedly exhorts to consider wilderness as one of the most significant place to be. The Israelites spent forty years in the wilderness. For some, the wilderness is a place of confusion, wandering, loss of clear purpose, and exposure to great risk. I remember when Professor Noli Mendoza, our bible subject teacher quoted: “Wilderness is a place of Testing”. [1]  But I believed that more than testing, it is also a place of preparation. The series of geographical undertaking of the Israelites before they reach the Promised Land is one portion of God’s plan. I had a chance to browse the book,  “Waiting on God”  written by a female author named Cherie Hill. She quoted from Charles Spurgeon’s saying: “The Wilderness is the way to Canaan. Defeat prepares us for victory. The darkest hour of the night precedes the dawn.” [2]  Considerably, for singles, wilderness is the metaphor of waiting room experience. At some point, it is a ground that giv...

Based on the story: When Jacob Marries Leah & Rachel Genesis 29:14b-30 As a part of God's promise to his grandfather Abraham, Jacob was guided from the very start. He was clearly told by his father Isaac all the instructions that will help him on his journey.  Being one of Laban's closest relative and because of his diligence, he was given an opportunity to ask for anything, a reward for his goodness.  Most of the time, God allows us to ask for something we desire to have; but at the precious time like this, He initiates us to ask for anything. God knows everyone's heart especially when we are serving him with love. His graciousness is at its best if he allows us to ask or petition for something we deeply desire even though he has greater in mind.           In  the story, it is visible that Jacob was fell in love with Rachel. As part of agreement he have to work for seven years for Laban the father. Jacob did no...

Embracing Resistance CBN.com  - One afternoon while running an errand near the oceanfront in Virginia Beach, I decided to go an extra block and take a peek at the ocean. The air was cold, in the 40s, and cloudy, with a slight drizzle. It was a typical off-season day. The boardwalk was deserted. So with my pick of the benches, I sat on a choice one, stretched out my legs, stuck my hands in my jacket pockets, and looked out over the water.     It was a little windy, as the rough waves crashed ashore making that unmistakable sound of the sea. Looking up at the seagulls flying, I noticed the drizzle had stopped. So I decided to enjoy the fresh sea air for a while, and maybe even get a little inspiration from the nature that God created. Sitting there in the cold, my attention was drawn to a seagull flying above the boardwalk, about 10 feet in front and above me.  Hovering perfectly still, his wings gave a slight flutter as he fa...

Ever since I was kid, I know for sure that my father always give what is really the best for me. At times, I tend to grab things I want, when I was younger I pestered Papa for giving me what I want. He was so patient with me, in my crying moments he just calmly go after me and explain why he won't allow that particular thing I'm begging for. He talk quietly and pacify me with simple things that would shift my attention from what I petitioned.  After several hours or days, I then realized that what I really want is exactly different to what I certainly needed. Then I went to Papa and expressed how thankful I was.  It is also the same with our Father in heaven, as  Luke 11:11-13  teaches, "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to you children, how much your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those...

For singles, the only thing that presumably tarries is the appearance of “the one” in the picture. The book Passion and Purity written by Elizabeth Elliot is a best prescribed for those who are tormented by the pressure of time and longingness. Elliot describes waiting as a period of preservation and bringing one’s love life under the authority of Christ. Aside from waiting for the right person to come along, the Lord has already set before us the time to cultivate one’s personality under the decree of His Word and power. In result, we might not only find the one, for through the process we are also working in faith to be the best person for the right one. Therefore, a single person must also engage in the power of preservation.   If we are not yet able to respond rightfully in this process, we have to remain steadfast and optimistic until the God of love ushered us to His perfect will for our lives. If it is in God’s perfect will that we get married in this life, the...