the past two weeks have for the most part been a blur,
feels like time stopped really.
I keep thinking about the things which have happened these past few days, and its quite a rough time for me.
Sometimes it really just comes down to the basics and getting in tune with what God's telling me to do: which right now is to just keep moving forward.
Seems as though the more I let go the more He holds on to me.
Amazing.
Two things which got me thinking during this time
1) an animated movie
For anyone who's not watched 'Meet the Robinsons' I do recommend that you do. It really struck a chord in me how the Robinsons' family motto of sorts was "keep moving forward", i guess at a time such as this i just needed that fact put across to me in simple terms and not in the highly philosophized arguments i find myself engaging in alot lately. Oh did i mention the quote comes from Walt Disney?
2) a sermon
For anyone who's been listening during service, the 'friend of God' sermon was definitely hard to forget. What makes David a man after God's own heart? What separated him from Solomon? I guess being a friend of God really does entail being able to go back humbly to Him and asking for forgiveness and that's what I'm reminding myself about now. Fab reminded me of a line from "Be My Escape" that really affirmed what this sermon meant to me:
and most of all thank you Lord for being s'wonderful
Here's the song that's in front of me right now, cant remember how the tune goes but the words are so very true.
Thank You Lord
I thank You Lord, for the trials that come my way
In that way I can grow each day, As I let You lead
And I thank You Lord for the patience those trials bring
In that process of growing, I can learn to care
Chorus:
But it goes against the way I am
To put my human nature down
And let the Spirit take control of all I do
For when those trials come
My human nature shouts the thing to do
And God's soft prompting can be easily ignored.
But I thank You Lord, with each trial I feel inside
That You're there to help lead and guide me away from wrong
For You promised, Lord, that with every testing
That Your way of escaping's easier to bear
Chorus
Yes, I thank You Lord, for the victory that growing brings
In surrender of everything, life is so worthwhile
And I thank You Lord, that when everything's put in place
Out in front I can see Your face
And it's there You belong
-Zhang
