1 john 3:16

I have lots of things running through my mind but yet I do not know how to put it down in words. It has been a week, a long one actually – And I know it has not been easy for some either. I will by lying if I would say it is easy for me.

I pondered about the passion and the feeling that Jesus felt at Gethsemane, when He prayed to His Father for the lost sheep, the disciples and for you and I. If you are reading this and you are from a Christian youth ministry, how does it feel when your leaders tells you when he/she loves (Godly love) you? Sure it does feel weird and incomprehensible.

And for leaders, it surely does not take a small effort to name everyone in your cell and your ministry team in prayer, but out of love you do it – I’ve realised it’s not easy afterall. To be frank, I struggled.

And amazing how in Jn 3:16

16“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

And in 1Jn 3:16

16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

And in Matthew22:37

37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

And just as the Shepherd who is willingly to lay down His life for his sheep. Ain’t it amazing? This one great message that was revealed to me this week.

With many sessions of training coming up the following month, bet it won’t be easy. My first public lesson is due next month in Orchard. I’ve touched most of the digital still cameras, and I can use one of the models with my eyes closed – exaggerating… but the work has been fun, learning new things everyday. Tiring and draining yet staying positive and relying on God’s grace and favour certainly helps.

And I can smell the nice scent of the monsoon these few days. And oh how I miss just daydreaming at the window with the raindrops pelting down. I love meeting up with old friends – poly friends. And you see how much everyone has moved on.

In life, people you know may become pilots, army officers, managers, MLM agents, teachers, project leaders, clueless ones and all you have out there … comparing how much one earns, how one is successful. It’s all about the choices you make in life, your goal in life and your calling. I sometimes find myself caught up in all these comparing. But I indeed take heed that He will finish the good work He has started in us…

And for a long post, I think I deserve some rest and I shall let my thoughts stop here…

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