This is the best thanksgiving I've ever had. Not because I have any success in my life (actually now is the lowest time in my life), not because I got to communicate with brothers and sisters and got encouragement from them (actually I spent my thanksgiving without any brother and sister around me), not because I went out with my best friends outside the church (actually I felt tired afterward), but because of a phone call from a dear friend. However, this is not even a phone call of good news, but is a 2-hour long complaining call about a lot of bad things happened in her life. Hold on, I have full compassion for her and empathy for the tough time she has been through. But through analyzing with her, I found out how luck I have been:
1. When I went through my emotional low time of all, I met God my Lord. And He has already been there and put hope in front of me and led me through the tough time with all the little joys and hopes, so that I didn't crush. Because unlike my friend, I am a person who never complained my life to another person, even my closest friend or family. So if without the Lord, I would almost definitely be depressed or demon possessed.
2. The Lord has shed light to me and let me see how weak I am so I know I need Him. So when bad things happened, I knew I couldn't turn to myself but should turn to Him for help and He always put comfort and relief in my heart. And He always builds me up as He promised. So even though my flesh is still the old weak me, I know I can do things because the one now is working is not me, but Him. So I've built my confidence in Him rather than in me.
3. Through the work of the Lord, my environment has been changed, but heart has been changed and I don't feel depressed anymore even I am still has a hammer in front of me all the time. But I believe that's Lord's way of making me alerted and to remember Him because I am such a forgetful person.
4. Continue with my human natural of forgetfulness, I almost forgot all the things the Lord has done for me. Sometimes I even asked myself: has anything changed since I became a Christian? See, I am still in trouble, I am still a lazy loser, nothing has changed since I became a Christian. But tonight, through this phone call, I see everything has changed. Without the Lord, I would be in deeper depression than my friend because at least she is able to complain. Without the Lord, I wouldn't find any peace in my heart just as my friend now (she hasn't opened her heart to the Lord yet, I pray to the Lord for her). Without the Lord, I wouldn't have so much confidence to face my life because as a human being I am weaker than my friend and she is losing her confidence because her confidence is in herself and she was defeated by the cruel reality of life.
5. Tonight what I am thankful the most is the reminder the Lord has send to me to show how lucky I am to be picked by Him as His children and how everything in my life has changed through Him.
Sum up with a prayer: Lord, I truly thank You for everything you have done in my life because now I see what a difference you have made. I will continue my life with more confidence because YOU ARE HERE, You are the living God. May You receive all the praise and thanks because You truly deserve them. Thank you Lord, in Jesus' name I pray.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
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