Life and Faith

I think there will always be disappointment in life. We are broken people living in a broken world. It would be foolish for any of us to think that we can shield oursleves from dissapointment. However there is a hope. Our hope is that our dissapointment is not for nothing. Our hope is that our dissapointment is building our character as it says in James 1:3‭-‬4 NIV:  because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. I have faced many disspaoitnments in my life; some more painful than others. But in each dissapointment I can see God talking to me and guiding me towards Him. God wants us to accept Him and make Him the center of our lives so we will lack nothing because He is everything we need.  I know there will be some hardship in this world that I will never experience. And it can be hard for someone to relate to me. However, there is a man that suff...

1. Is there a meaning to life? If so, what is it? 2. Where can I find everlasting happiness in life? 3. What does it mean to live a good life? 4. What should be the goal of humanity? 5. What actions in your life will have the longest reaching consequences? 6. Where does your self-worth come from? 7. If you could teach everyone in the world one concept, what concept would have the biggest positive impact on humanity? 8. How can I find hope in the midst of hardship and suffering? 9. What do you attribute the biggest successes in your life to? 10. What are you going to do with the one life you have? 11. What life-altering things should every human ideally get yo experience at least once in their lives? 12. What do you think existed before the universe was created? 13. There has always been something. What do you think it is? 14. Why are humans so confident in their belief that can't be proven?  15. Where can I find the perfect love? 16. Where can I find value and ...

As I read through my journal,  you are the star of every page.  As my eyes scroll down the page,  you are the ache of every pain.  Everytime I see your name,  the wound in my heart breaks.   This journal reminds me of your beauty and my pain . 

How do we actually see sin? As Christians, we are told that sin is bad for us and that we should avoid it. We know that God, our father hates sin “For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; no evil dwells with You” ( Psalm 5:4 ). But how do we, as children of God see sin ourselves? I feel like, for many of us, we see sin as just a bad friend that our parents tell us not to hang out or play with. But in our heart, we still want this friend, we want pleasure and gratification that he provides. Often, we sneak out of the house in the middle of the night to go hang out with him. And when we get caught, we tell our parents that it won’t happen again, and we hide our bad friend in the closet of our bedroom until the next time we want to play with him. For many of us, we don’t hate sin enough. We enjoy the pleasure and gratification it provides; so, we keep sin around and close by. We think that we can master sin, we can tame it and bend it...

I love rain. I love the rain when I am at home. It is a calming feeling when you know you're safe within your own bedroom when the rain pours outside. Its like I'm in my own little cocoon. Where I feel comfortable and secure. God is our cacoon when there is chaos around us. God is shielding us. How great is that! Be free and confident in life. God is keeping you safe.

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the topic of personal development. I think the desire for self-improvement is a good thing and we should always strive to be the best we can in life. How can we improve ourselves? One of the essential ingredients is work ethic. Without dedication and commitment to your goals, it will never be met. It is important to plan out a direction in what you want to improve and how you want to achieve it. And then commit yourselves to it until you reach your goal. It will be hard, and failures will most likely occur. But remember to get back up and keep going. Getting up is one of the hardest parts of achieving a goal. But it is also the most vital part, find the strength and keep moving forward. Now, there is one aspect of personal improvement that is integral to everything I've discussed so far. And that aspect is God. We can continuously strive for personal improvement but without God, our desires will never be fulfilled...