You know something else that was and is on my mind was and is microwaves... random yea.. lol well anyways I was reheating some food in the common room today and I was thinking, imagine if the microwave wasnt here and it didnt exist.. I wouldnt be able to have noodles for lunch :(
Anyways I somehow linked it to God.. yeah funny huh? ahaa, well anyways I linked it like this...
So as teenagers 17, 18 we didn't really know a life without microwaves, well at least we can't remember, and so we take the fact that we can heat up food in 30 seconds for granted, I mean think about how you would've had to warm up milk or warm up a hot chocolate in the past.. it would take much longer then whipping it in the microwave for a minute.. So in this way God sent Jesus down on earth and removed the sin away from our lives and whenever we want we can instantly contact God and talk to him. We never knew a life where we couldn't do that Jesus died on the cross before we were born. But imagine back in the day before Jesus died on the cross, before jesus was born, people had to give sacrifices and all sorts to make themselves pure before the Lord.
You see that's why we mustn't take the grace Jesus has offered us for granted. After Jesus died on the cross the way of worship was changed, and we can only read about that we will never have to experience that.
May we never take God's sacrificial love for granted but live in the fullness of life God has given us!!
Monday, March 21, 2011
Our God
Our God is greater, Our God is stronger, God you are higher than any other, Our God is healer, Awesome in power, Our God, Our God.
Sometimes life stops us in our paths, crap happens, people do things to hurt you, people say stuff that break you into pieces, sometimes you do and say things which later on you think about and totally regret. Sometimes those times, pull us away from God, sometimes they bring us back again. Sometimes all we need is a talk with God or a friend to get us back in the spirit, and sometimes its forever longing. This list goes on about the 'times' we have.
What 'time' are you in?? Do you seek God in all 'times'?
Lately things have been getting rough, and to admit its so easy to put a happy bubbly crazy face on when you're around people but what happens when you're alone, what happens when its just you by yourself, when its just you and God?
A lot of the time I find when I'm upset, angry, tired, frustrated or negative I'll call up a best friend and start unloading on them, but really I should be calling to God first. And I think every time I've done that I've felt a better peace inside of me. So why don't I do that all of the time?
Well as a human being we all have different personalities and different ways of dealing with different situations. For me, I am a people person, I bounce of others, I find happiness in the company of others, and so when I am sad I often turn to others. So its easy for me to call up my friend and ask for a listening ear or a helping hand, its so easy to give them a call. But isn't it easier to call upon God?
For some, you may know that its so easy to talk to God just like that, and for others like me we struggle even though we know God is right there.
God, sometimes we get caught up it day to day life, things get us down, but let us not forget that you are there, watching over us, sitting, standing next to us, and we can call upon you whenever we want and you will answer, we don't need to pull out a phone and text or call you for your help, all we really even have to do is talk to you through the spirit.
Amen.
Sometimes life stops us in our paths, crap happens, people do things to hurt you, people say stuff that break you into pieces, sometimes you do and say things which later on you think about and totally regret. Sometimes those times, pull us away from God, sometimes they bring us back again. Sometimes all we need is a talk with God or a friend to get us back in the spirit, and sometimes its forever longing. This list goes on about the 'times' we have.
What 'time' are you in?? Do you seek God in all 'times'?
Lately things have been getting rough, and to admit its so easy to put a happy bubbly crazy face on when you're around people but what happens when you're alone, what happens when its just you by yourself, when its just you and God?
A lot of the time I find when I'm upset, angry, tired, frustrated or negative I'll call up a best friend and start unloading on them, but really I should be calling to God first. And I think every time I've done that I've felt a better peace inside of me. So why don't I do that all of the time?
Well as a human being we all have different personalities and different ways of dealing with different situations. For me, I am a people person, I bounce of others, I find happiness in the company of others, and so when I am sad I often turn to others. So its easy for me to call up my friend and ask for a listening ear or a helping hand, its so easy to give them a call. But isn't it easier to call upon God?
For some, you may know that its so easy to talk to God just like that, and for others like me we struggle even though we know God is right there.
God, sometimes we get caught up it day to day life, things get us down, but let us not forget that you are there, watching over us, sitting, standing next to us, and we can call upon you whenever we want and you will answer, we don't need to pull out a phone and text or call you for your help, all we really even have to do is talk to you through the spirit.
Amen.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
A good will or a hidden purpose?
Let your spirit make me new, and I will fall at your feet, and I will fall at your feet, and worship you here.
Where ever we are in our day we can stop and just talk to God he is always beside us in our every day lives, he is walking with us wherever we go.
In him and through him we can do great things. With the Holy Spirit we are urged to do and act on certain thoughts and actions which may begin as a thought but grow to be so much more.
Just the other day I was going through some athletics day pictures from school athletics and I saw one of me and one of the teacher/teachers, quite a funny shot!! And I decided just as a nice gesture to send it to her as these were pictures from a personal camera so they weren't anywhere for the rest of the school to see. So I decided to send it just out of pure joy the picture displays.
I got an email back about 2 hours later but didn't actually read it till about 11pm that night. Summing it up it briefly said
'Thank you for sending me the pictures, I've been having a tough day and it was good to be reminded of the students I love and why I have the best job in the world'
And I must say that touched my heart.
To think by simply emailing someone and receiving an email in return with that kind of depth touches me, and I guess in that way I touched her by sending her the email. I guess in that way God does look after us, in such a simple way as this. God will return you the favor when you least expect it, and when he knows you need it most. That evening I too was having it tough and to get that email just softened a part of me, God used what I did as a nice gesture expecting nothing in return to become something so great for myself.
Do something for someone today and expect nothing back, you may never get a thank you back for doing that good deed but do it because you get joy out of it. If you have the mind set of 'oh I'm going to do this because God is going to reward me, that is giving your action an ungodly purpose' God sees right into the deepest part of your heart, (no not your arteries in your heart) but your soul, your every thought and feeling. He knows, so do an act of love just out of love, just because you can, the greatest gift and reward has already been given to us from God, sending his son down to die as a sacrifice.
What is the purpose of your actions today?
Where ever we are in our day we can stop and just talk to God he is always beside us in our every day lives, he is walking with us wherever we go.
In him and through him we can do great things. With the Holy Spirit we are urged to do and act on certain thoughts and actions which may begin as a thought but grow to be so much more.
Just the other day I was going through some athletics day pictures from school athletics and I saw one of me and one of the teacher/teachers, quite a funny shot!! And I decided just as a nice gesture to send it to her as these were pictures from a personal camera so they weren't anywhere for the rest of the school to see. So I decided to send it just out of pure joy the picture displays.
I got an email back about 2 hours later but didn't actually read it till about 11pm that night. Summing it up it briefly said
'Thank you for sending me the pictures, I've been having a tough day and it was good to be reminded of the students I love and why I have the best job in the world'
And I must say that touched my heart.
To think by simply emailing someone and receiving an email in return with that kind of depth touches me, and I guess in that way I touched her by sending her the email. I guess in that way God does look after us, in such a simple way as this. God will return you the favor when you least expect it, and when he knows you need it most. That evening I too was having it tough and to get that email just softened a part of me, God used what I did as a nice gesture expecting nothing in return to become something so great for myself.
Do something for someone today and expect nothing back, you may never get a thank you back for doing that good deed but do it because you get joy out of it. If you have the mind set of 'oh I'm going to do this because God is going to reward me, that is giving your action an ungodly purpose' God sees right into the deepest part of your heart, (no not your arteries in your heart) but your soul, your every thought and feeling. He knows, so do an act of love just out of love, just because you can, the greatest gift and reward has already been given to us from God, sending his son down to die as a sacrifice.
What is the purpose of your actions today?
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
to quick to conclusions...
so today I got dropped off around tunstall square and so i took a bus to get home, got off at jackson court and decided to go to the newsagents to get a small diary planner thing which i can keep in my pocket. So got into the newsagents and then got the diary and waited to pay for it. While I was waiting the guy behind the counter serving this other woman seemed a bit 'dangerous' you could say the word is.. not really but you know those kind of people who you look at and listen to and they just seem a bit eeeek. like the kind of people you want to stay away from. Anyways he was talking to the lady infront of me about smoking, so she was buying some sort of light cigarette coz she was trying to quit and he was like talking to her about cigarette's and wishing her good luck in quitting as she left. I immediately thought 'if you're wishing her good luck then dont sell the stupid cigarette's to her.. duhh!!! thats just stupid'
So anyways put the diary down on the counter and paid for it, just as I was walking away he was like, 'Donvale Christian College... blue jumper you must be in year 12?' I responded with a 'yes, how did you know?'
He told me his daughter who was in year 8 went to donvale, I asked him what her name was he said 'Nicole Mercandel' the surname sounded familiar in my head but I said, sorry not sure who she is. He then went on and said 'I used to have another child that went there but he died the other year, Mark Mercandel' That immediately shocked me and my heart stopped for one second, and i was like.. WHAT!!?? in my head and I just was like 'Oh, im so sorry for your loss' He then went on and said see I have a picture here, and he showed me a picture of Mark on the counter of the newsagents.
We continued in small talk for a little bit before I left. I left with my heart feeling guilty of judging a man who had lost everything, his own son. It made me think everyday we judge people who are God's sons and daughter. I make the mistake every day and im definitely guilty, but I know and am trying to change that :)
So anyways put the diary down on the counter and paid for it, just as I was walking away he was like, 'Donvale Christian College... blue jumper you must be in year 12?' I responded with a 'yes, how did you know?'
He told me his daughter who was in year 8 went to donvale, I asked him what her name was he said 'Nicole Mercandel' the surname sounded familiar in my head but I said, sorry not sure who she is. He then went on and said 'I used to have another child that went there but he died the other year, Mark Mercandel' That immediately shocked me and my heart stopped for one second, and i was like.. WHAT!!?? in my head and I just was like 'Oh, im so sorry for your loss' He then went on and said see I have a picture here, and he showed me a picture of Mark on the counter of the newsagents.
We continued in small talk for a little bit before I left. I left with my heart feeling guilty of judging a man who had lost everything, his own son. It made me think everyday we judge people who are God's sons and daughter. I make the mistake every day and im definitely guilty, but I know and am trying to change that :)
Justin Bieber & God's calling
Many people criticise him because he started singing when he was like 12 and his voice hadn't broken, and yes I admit I did and do from time to time tease him. I mean I don't know who he is and what he's like so what I say is probably not true. I don't know him on a personal level so what I say don't take into account. Okay yes, I admit, his voice when he was younger was annoying and girlyish.. and sometimes still is, but I have to also admit, his songs are pretty catchy, and some meaningful, one in particular called 'Pray'
I close my eyes and pray
I close my eyes and I can see a better day
I close my eyes and pray
For the broken-hearted.
I pray for the life not started
I pray for all the ones not breathing.
I pray for all the souls in need.
I pray. Can you give em one today.
I just cant sleep tonight
Can someone tell how to make a change?
This part of his song is quite touching I must admit, it's true though, how can we sleep in our comfy bed on a cold day with the heater on or on a cool day with the air con running when there are people on the other side of the world dieing because they don't get enough water or food.
I mean I take things for granted all the time, being able to see the doctor and all and getting water and food. But lets not get it wrong, it doesnt mean when you're sick you shouldnt see a doctor because there are poorer people who cant afford it and we all have to fair and equal. If you're sick, go to the doctors, if you're unwell buy cough medicine, but the simplest of things we can do for those we cannot reach is pray, if God hints us to give to a charity organisation then do so, follow what God is calling you to do. Keep those less fortunate in mind dont forget them as they too are one of God's precious children.
We all have a part and calling to the world and God calls us to serve and worship him and he will tell us in the specific ways he wants us to serve. So the other night I was on the way to a BBQ with a friend who i dont talk to heaps but shes a couple years older than me and we grew up together.. anyways, as I do with a lot of people now a days, we were talking about the future, what i want to do after year 12. And i was telling her about the different options and in particular I was talking to her about the possibility of God calling me to be a childrens/youth pastor. I was telling her it wasnt something I was holding onto, but just a possibility that had been suggested by people and confirmed with one or 2 others. I was saying that if God wanted me to head into that direction he would make it 100% clear.
So my friend and I kept talking about that and we got onto what God calls us to do, specifically speaking. And she told me this story;
There was man, who was a pastor during his life and he had died and went into heaven and he was infront of God, God said so you were called to be an accountant, the man replied and said but i was a pastor you know i served you in this way. God then said, I called you to be an accountant but instead you were a pastor, i am not saying you did the wrong thing, but you did not listen to me and so I gave your job to someone else to do the job for me.
God calls us to certain things, he gives us a choice to listen to him or go our own way, and so I guess with me having an idea of career choices such as, psychologist, chiro, PE teacher, youth worker, primary school teacher, counsellor and a couple more careers, I need to be open to what God wants me to do. Yes I may have the strive to really really want to become a PE teacher or youth pastor, but I have to be careful, what I think or feel is right is actually what GOD has instore for me. Yes, go follow and pursue your dreams, but are you ready for what God has instore for you? Are you ready to follow God whole heartedly, change your life around all for just him??
I am!! are you??
- tabb.
I close my eyes and pray
I close my eyes and I can see a better day
I close my eyes and pray
For the broken-hearted.
I pray for the life not started
I pray for all the ones not breathing.
I pray for all the souls in need.
I pray. Can you give em one today.
I just cant sleep tonight
Can someone tell how to make a change?
This part of his song is quite touching I must admit, it's true though, how can we sleep in our comfy bed on a cold day with the heater on or on a cool day with the air con running when there are people on the other side of the world dieing because they don't get enough water or food.
I mean I take things for granted all the time, being able to see the doctor and all and getting water and food. But lets not get it wrong, it doesnt mean when you're sick you shouldnt see a doctor because there are poorer people who cant afford it and we all have to fair and equal. If you're sick, go to the doctors, if you're unwell buy cough medicine, but the simplest of things we can do for those we cannot reach is pray, if God hints us to give to a charity organisation then do so, follow what God is calling you to do. Keep those less fortunate in mind dont forget them as they too are one of God's precious children.
We all have a part and calling to the world and God calls us to serve and worship him and he will tell us in the specific ways he wants us to serve. So the other night I was on the way to a BBQ with a friend who i dont talk to heaps but shes a couple years older than me and we grew up together.. anyways, as I do with a lot of people now a days, we were talking about the future, what i want to do after year 12. And i was telling her about the different options and in particular I was talking to her about the possibility of God calling me to be a childrens/youth pastor. I was telling her it wasnt something I was holding onto, but just a possibility that had been suggested by people and confirmed with one or 2 others. I was saying that if God wanted me to head into that direction he would make it 100% clear.
So my friend and I kept talking about that and we got onto what God calls us to do, specifically speaking. And she told me this story;
There was man, who was a pastor during his life and he had died and went into heaven and he was infront of God, God said so you were called to be an accountant, the man replied and said but i was a pastor you know i served you in this way. God then said, I called you to be an accountant but instead you were a pastor, i am not saying you did the wrong thing, but you did not listen to me and so I gave your job to someone else to do the job for me.
God calls us to certain things, he gives us a choice to listen to him or go our own way, and so I guess with me having an idea of career choices such as, psychologist, chiro, PE teacher, youth worker, primary school teacher, counsellor and a couple more careers, I need to be open to what God wants me to do. Yes I may have the strive to really really want to become a PE teacher or youth pastor, but I have to be careful, what I think or feel is right is actually what GOD has instore for me. Yes, go follow and pursue your dreams, but are you ready for what God has instore for you? Are you ready to follow God whole heartedly, change your life around all for just him??
I am!! are you??
- tabb.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
i promise..
You know something I read, was about promises, we make promises every day in life and you know that ‘our character is forged by the promises we make and keep’ some times in life we make promises we can’t keep, but the promises we make define who we are. If we can’t keep promises then why make them. That’s something I’m working on, following through with my promises!!
Promises are made to be kept.. not broken. A very common promise which no a days is being made and easily broken is the well known...
'I promise to take this man as my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer...'
every day weddings occur, everyday divorces are signed.. sad when you think about.. including the fact there are people out there getting married overnight and not realising they were married till a while after because they were too drunk to take notice. It is purely ridiculous I must say.
So think carefully about the promises you make.
- tabbs.
Promises are made to be kept.. not broken. A very common promise which no a days is being made and easily broken is the well known...
'I promise to take this man as my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer...'
every day weddings occur, everyday divorces are signed.. sad when you think about.. including the fact there are people out there getting married overnight and not realising they were married till a while after because they were too drunk to take notice. It is purely ridiculous I must say.
So think carefully about the promises you make.
- tabbs.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
the book and its cover.
sooooo a new day.. gone not so good.
back hurts like crazy.. and this morning i woke up and could barely put my socks on properly. it just cains and cains..
so anyways 7:30 start had my psychology test.. eh it was okay,. i could barely study last night due to my back being sore.. so got to school 7:30 (yuck to that) then i had homeroom lalalalala and then maths, i lasted about 30-40 minutes in maths before i had to go up to the nurse, got a heat pack and just laid up there... i was suppose to be there for lik 30 minutes max but ended up there till 10:30..recess.. oops.. i guess i'll just catch up on maths during the long weekend.. and i guess there wont be as many distractions ahaha..
sooooooo... period 3 and 4 was like nothing PE.. did not do anything at all ahah. then had a free.. played ZOOMBINIS hehehehehhehe :) google it if you have no idea what it is lol. so anywayss.. lunch was good.. for some reason migoreng made me go spastic and im sitting here in the 6th period.. not listening to what the teacher has to say.. but instead typing this.. its not like if i was listening that anything would go through into my head LOL.
People always say.. don't judge a book by its cover..
yeahh well you know its way easier said than done.. truueee fact there.. we are always always quick to judge and yes, i am very guilty of that i do it all the time.. even when i dont say it aloud.. the thoughts go through my heaad
'yuck what is she wearing' 'who does she think she is' etc and etc.
i dont mean to its just i think that.. but we can always work on that.. work on cleaning our minds for God. I mean im sure we've all been judged before. Funny that this topic I'm talking about coz in the english book we're studying this term twelve angry men it talks about prejudices and you know judgementalism and stuff.. i just did a whole oral sac on that ahaaha.
we cloud our views with prejudgemental thoughts our personal prejudices get in the way of all sorts!!! It's bad I know but if we pray for help and guidance anything and i mean ANYTHING can be done through God. I hate reading.. yes i admit that.. never really been into books at all.. and when im in a book store or something if a book doesnt look appealing to me then i wont pick it up and give it a second look.. but like my mum always tells me.. you never know what you're going to find..
just a thought.
- tabb.
back hurts like crazy.. and this morning i woke up and could barely put my socks on properly. it just cains and cains..
so anyways 7:30 start had my psychology test.. eh it was okay,. i could barely study last night due to my back being sore.. so got to school 7:30 (yuck to that) then i had homeroom lalalalala and then maths, i lasted about 30-40 minutes in maths before i had to go up to the nurse, got a heat pack and just laid up there... i was suppose to be there for lik 30 minutes max but ended up there till 10:30..recess.. oops.. i guess i'll just catch up on maths during the long weekend.. and i guess there wont be as many distractions ahaha..
sooooooo... period 3 and 4 was like nothing PE.. did not do anything at all ahah. then had a free.. played ZOOMBINIS hehehehehhehe :) google it if you have no idea what it is lol. so anywayss.. lunch was good.. for some reason migoreng made me go spastic and im sitting here in the 6th period.. not listening to what the teacher has to say.. but instead typing this.. its not like if i was listening that anything would go through into my head LOL.
People always say.. don't judge a book by its cover..
yeahh well you know its way easier said than done.. truueee fact there.. we are always always quick to judge and yes, i am very guilty of that i do it all the time.. even when i dont say it aloud.. the thoughts go through my heaad
'yuck what is she wearing' 'who does she think she is' etc and etc.
i dont mean to its just i think that.. but we can always work on that.. work on cleaning our minds for God. I mean im sure we've all been judged before. Funny that this topic I'm talking about coz in the english book we're studying this term twelve angry men it talks about prejudices and you know judgementalism and stuff.. i just did a whole oral sac on that ahaaha.
we cloud our views with prejudgemental thoughts our personal prejudices get in the way of all sorts!!! It's bad I know but if we pray for help and guidance anything and i mean ANYTHING can be done through God. I hate reading.. yes i admit that.. never really been into books at all.. and when im in a book store or something if a book doesnt look appealing to me then i wont pick it up and give it a second look.. but like my mum always tells me.. you never know what you're going to find..
just a thought.
- tabb.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
okay...
well maybe I fail at posting all the time..
trust me I do try ahahaa.
anywaysss.. uhmmmmmmmm i duno i had something to type or say but now I cant remember. oh well. my devotion today was really good :):)
i purely enjoyed it and totally clicked with life!! :)
so pretty much I can be really impatient sometimes, but depending on the situation of course, at times im peaceful and i could wait forever but there are just something which i am so incredibly impatient about.. and goodness I really cut myself up about it sometimes.
You know people pray sometimes for years and years and years and decades even and they have the patience to wait and God has a plan and when he reveals his plan all the waiting was worth it, but sometimes God doesn't reveal his plan so obviously.
'I need to trust that God knows the correct times for things to happen and, although I am impatient, I need to have faith that He knows what time is best for me.'
That's the quote of today.
Something else is I think God works in miraculous ways, little signs and hints he drops to you about things in life, its pretty cool, its like he's leaving you little post it notes around the house for you like your mum, dad, sibling or spouse would.
Its quite cute when you think of it in that way hahaa.
Well anyways today was an interesting day, so got to school, eye puffed from my sty and then chucked the few books I had in my locker, had psych and all we talked about was sleep.. and oh my goodness it was putting me to sleep, not much of a story to tell. recess however was fun fun fun, hence it was mels bday we had a cake a yummy choclate cake which kirralee kindly baked :):) was shared nicely in the room ahha.
Uhm next up was health, i really really dont like health, but todays classes was better than normal lol.. coz we looked at vitamins and stuff which is quite interesting, like looking at what helps your body be at its best.
So then after class got my stuff and was ready to go, coz i finished school early.. uhm i was talking to miranda today just before i left and i just teared, things so deep to me. its funny yet annoying how im so emotional... oh wells. just all in a day. got home had a tasty pie nom nom nom ahahaa.. then studied and still studying with a couple of breaks now and then.
<3 - my heart races every day, it pounds faster and faster, i'll never truly understand the real language of love, but I can only try and try, and if God is in the middle of it all, the friendship can on blossom and blossom
so i duno, God was in my day today :)
Got to love God :)
trust me I do try ahahaa.
anywaysss.. uhmmmmmmmm i duno i had something to type or say but now I cant remember. oh well. my devotion today was really good :):)
i purely enjoyed it and totally clicked with life!! :)
so pretty much I can be really impatient sometimes, but depending on the situation of course, at times im peaceful and i could wait forever but there are just something which i am so incredibly impatient about.. and goodness I really cut myself up about it sometimes.
You know people pray sometimes for years and years and years and decades even and they have the patience to wait and God has a plan and when he reveals his plan all the waiting was worth it, but sometimes God doesn't reveal his plan so obviously.
'I need to trust that God knows the correct times for things to happen and, although I am impatient, I need to have faith that He knows what time is best for me.'
That's the quote of today.
Something else is I think God works in miraculous ways, little signs and hints he drops to you about things in life, its pretty cool, its like he's leaving you little post it notes around the house for you like your mum, dad, sibling or spouse would.
Its quite cute when you think of it in that way hahaa.
Well anyways today was an interesting day, so got to school, eye puffed from my sty and then chucked the few books I had in my locker, had psych and all we talked about was sleep.. and oh my goodness it was putting me to sleep, not much of a story to tell. recess however was fun fun fun, hence it was mels bday we had a cake a yummy choclate cake which kirralee kindly baked :):) was shared nicely in the room ahha.
Uhm next up was health, i really really dont like health, but todays classes was better than normal lol.. coz we looked at vitamins and stuff which is quite interesting, like looking at what helps your body be at its best.
So then after class got my stuff and was ready to go, coz i finished school early.. uhm i was talking to miranda today just before i left and i just teared, things so deep to me. its funny yet annoying how im so emotional... oh wells. just all in a day. got home had a tasty pie nom nom nom ahahaa.. then studied and still studying with a couple of breaks now and then.
<3 - my heart races every day, it pounds faster and faster, i'll never truly understand the real language of love, but I can only try and try, and if God is in the middle of it all, the friendship can on blossom and blossom
so i duno, God was in my day today :)
Got to love God :)
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