MAN OF STEEL

In order to know the durability of a steel, a master craftsman test different piece to know their limit and measured their breaking point. Some pieces are twisted until they broke, some are stretched, others are compressed and then labeled with the level of pressure they could withstand. Because of the testing, the master knew exactly how much stress and strain each piece of steel could endure if it was used to build a ship, building or bridge.

God do the same to HIS children. He does not want us to be like fragile glass or porcelain, but HE wants us to be like the toughed steel, able to endure twisting and crushing pressure to utmost without collapse. Yet, to accomplish this, HE must take us into the testing room of suffering. He puts us into HIS crucible of affliction to test the purity of our gold and to separate the dross from the metal.

"It is better to weather the storm with Christ than to sail smooth waters without HIM."

I thank God for everything that happens in my life. Whether good or bad, smooth or rough, whatever it may be ---- they are all parts of HIS plan in me. Everything that happens, He provided and allowed for my growth. May HE grant me a teachable heart so that I will not miss any lesson HE's teaching me. May HE sustain me with the strength that I needed in order to overcome all the test that I will face and encounter.

I know that, I will still pass a lot of rough roads. But, I will be in peace, for I know HE is with me. I will always hold unto HIS love and promises. May I become a good steward and a good servant. I'm excited to hear HIS voice telling me "Well done, good and faithful servant!"

THE GIFT OF EMPTINESS

"Some time later the brook dried up..."

This is the history of my yesterday and a prophecy of my tomorrow. I mus learn the difference between trusting in the GIFT and trusting in the GIVER. The gift may last for a season, but the GIVER is the only eternal love.

God's hard instructions are never His last words to us, for the woe, the waste, and the tears of life belong to its interlude, not its finale.

And whenever, my earthly stream or any other outer resources has dried up, it has been allowed so I may learn that my hopes and help are in GOD, who made heaven and earth.

To quit or not to quit

A young boy was trying to learn to ice-kate. He had fallen so many times that his eyes face was cut, and the blood and tears ran together.

Someone, out of sympathy, skated over to the boy, picked him up, and said, "Sonny, why don't you quit? You are going to kill yourself!"

The boy brushed the tears from his eyes and said,

"Thank you for your concern, sir, but I didn't buy these skates to learn how to quit; I bought them to learn how to skate."


A lesson to learn from a small kid......