been quite some time. rather high time i penned something down.

combined cell on sat was great. really made me ponder and question the way i live my life. while we were worshipping and basking in His presence, God asked me about the things that i rely on. the people that i put my trust to support and keep me afloat. where do i get my source of strength joy satisfaction and peace?

then i realised that the reason why we slip into disappointment, its really because we allow ourselves into it. we give these things the power to disappoint us.

many times we delight and take joy when someone praises and compliments, and we are encouraged we are revitalised to continue another mile. we are happy when events turn out well, when you do well for a paper, when people around seem to really care about you; and you delight and take joy in these things, you're given that extra push to carry on.

but satan is the prince of temporal things. and when we place our trust in these momentary things and events, and rely on these things for strength for joy for love, these things will eventually fail and disappoint. at certain junctions in life, we will face obstacles of failure of rejection of despondence. and if we make these temporal things our portion, the sudden lurch of disappointment would really sometimes be too much to bear.

but when we let Christ be our portion, to be our refuge, to be our strength, to be that eternal source of joy and delight; if we delight in the things of the Lord, He does not let down. for in Him, there is no fear of rejection, of disappointment, of despise.

there is nothing wrong in rejoicing for the good things in the world. in fact, rejoice all the time in it. but let Christ be that anchor, that main tap, that core in life. so much so that in a relative sense, we do not put our hope in the world, but in Christ.

i choose, to stand for my generation!!