Let go of the past.

Forgiveness is a choice. We may not be able to wipe away the hurt that someone has caused but we can choose to cast off the bitterness, anger, and feelings of the need to revenge and justice. How? Trust in God, believe in His word, and turn judgment over to Him. Once we let God to take over, we can start to let the negative feelings go.

I love this man, I really do.

Have you heard about the beautiful Savior? He died for you. He went through pain that only we can wonder of, pain that only we can imagine. The pain that He went through for me and you.

They pulled at His beard, slapped His face, spit and kicked and punched and hit.

Like He was not the Son of God. Like He was not their Creator. Like He was not their Savior. Like He was not the Lamb, who takes away the sin of the world.

“Forgive them, Father!” He cried aloud. “For they do not know what they do!”

And He thought of you, He thought of you. And it was worth it, what He was going through, it was worth it, if it means spending eternity with You.

He loves you. Despite every failure, and mistake, and shortcoming. He loves you. He wants you. He yearns for you.

A beautiful Savior He truly is, none compares to our wonderful Lord Jesus Christ.

None, absolutely none.

Falling in love was God's idea.

He was the one who made us capable of experiencing romance feelings. He was the one who gave us the ability to appreciate beauty and experience attraction. And He was the one who invented marriage so that the blazing fire of romantic love could become something even more beautiful, a pulsing, red-hot ember of covenant love in marriage. 


Why did He do it? For the same reason that He made sunsets and mountain ranges and fireflies! Because He's good. Because He wants to give us a million different opportunities to see just how wonderful He is.

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the problem Science has with God. He asked one of his new Christian students to stand.

Professor: You are a Christian, aren’t you, son?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Professor: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Professor: My brother died of cancer, even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn’t. How is God good, then? Hmm?
(Student was silent)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Is Satan good?
Student: No.
Professor: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From.. God.
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.
Professor: So who created evil?
(Student didn’t answer)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immortality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them?
(Student had no answer)
Professor: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son.. have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your God.
Student: No, sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God, for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.
Professor: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, Science says your God doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my Faith.
Professor: Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student: No, sir, there isn’t.
(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events)
Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of Heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There was a pon-drop silence in the Lecture Theatre)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student: You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light… But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and it’s called Darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, You would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes of course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going)
Student: Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?
(The class was in uproar)
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter)
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? .. No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable and Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student: That is it, sir.. exactly! The link between man and God is Faith. That is all that keeps things alive and moving!
(That student was Albert Einstein)

Are you ready for "Romance with purpose"?

So I went to one of my favorite bookstore (Vines and the Branches) to find and buy a devotional book. And I found this book, "Boy meets Girl" by Joshua Harris. It's a book about courtship, it is filled with stories of ordinary people who are choosing to honor God in the real-life details of their love lives, from agonizing questions about the timing of a relationship. 

The book is is in three sections: 

The part one defines the basic principles of courtship. We'll see how when we allow wisdom to guide our intense romantic feelings, our relationship are blessed by patience, purpose and a clear grasp of reality.
The part two jumps into the practical issues of what to do as the season of courtship unfolds. We'll learn how to grow closer, but still guard our hearts in important areas like friendship, communications, fellowship and romance.
The part three helps couples who are getting more serious to move towards marriage in a God-honoring way. We'll see how God's grace can help us face sin from our past. 

I just read Chapter one already and its beautiful. I'm hoping this book can help me how to wait for my own romance with purpose and I'm really hoping that it'll inspire me. So I can share this with my friends who are single too. :)


Xoxo, Abbie