Thursday, November 25, 2010

To those discouraged..


As much as you feel like it, don't give up!

To those who are in the midst of taking exams:
Try your best to study, though you may feel like it won't make any difference, it actually will.
Maybe what you read may be coming out in exam, who knows!
If nothing of what you read came out, then heads up!
At least you know that you tried.
I was fighting with this too and thank God, He brought people to wake me up to my senses.
I do still have my down moments, but this time, i know there is another choice other than just lying flat on the ground, doing nothing.
You can stand up instead.
So, don't fear disappointment, and let it to deter you from doing what you should.
Regret over what you've not done is even worse.
Don't give up! :)


To those who are thinking that life is meaningless:
Don't be depressed!
There are indeed more to life.
It may seem that the situation you are in right now is too overwhelming,
and that you are just too tired to carry on in this life,
just don't give up!
Even in psalms, King David went through pretty a lot of hard surfaces.
But he chose to cry out to God and praise His Name every time he was at wits end.
So, look to Him when everything fails for He will never fail you.
He never fails.
He will carry you through.
Just cry out to Him, even if you don't really know Him, He knows you.
God knows you and, i'm not saying this as a cliche, 
He really does love you.


To those who are thinking to give up on God because they are too screwed up:
Read this story first.
            There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.
             Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
             When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ So he got up and went to his father.
             But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.
             The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
             But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.
[Luke 15:11-24]
Everyone fails before.
It's just the matter of whether he or she chooses to return home or to run even further.
Don't give up on God,
because He never give up on you!
Never let guilt to hide your face from Him.
Indeed, that's what Satan wants you to do.
But God never wants you to do that.
Come near to Him when you feel like you can never face Him again.
Return to Him, prodigal sons and daughters.
Ask for His forgiveness and 
return to His embrace.
He is waiting.

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