Wednesday, June 10, 2009
{ 8:40 PM }
Your grace is enoughHeaven reaching down to usYour grace is enough for meGod I see your grace is enoughI'm covered in your loveYour grace is enough for meFor meYes, Lord! I see that Your grace is enough. More than enough, really.
The Resilience Workshop, on the whole, was relatively good. Probably one of the best workshops I've ever attended. The videos they showed us on Mattie, Nick Vujicic, Tony Melendez and the rest were absolutely touching. They reflected how much God has used them and how much He has blessed them despite the fact that they may have deficiencies and handicaps.
Well, I suppose anyone can gather that they are Christians. Christians who praise God no matter what comes their way. I've really really took away a lot from the workshop in this sense. Philippians 4:13 came to my mind, the verse about God using the less able, the young and the weak to shame the strong, about God being able to use anyone if we allow Him to..
It is indeed amazing how God can use them to help people, to just impact the world for Him. Seeing how they hold on to their faith in such times, hold on to their faith despite the fact that they may seem lesser than others on the outside, makes me feel so inferior. Yes, I am able bodied, I am capable of doing so much more physically. Yet I complain about everything that isn't going my way, I lament about what God hasn't given me. When I look at them, they really display amazing faith in Christ. Yes, they may be less than whole on the outside to many of us. Yes, they may not be able to go about doing things like anyone else does. But! They are whole in Christ alone. They are grateful for whatever God has done in their lives. They really count their blessings.
What about us? The rest of us who are normal, normal as can be. We complain, don't we?
God has given me breath everyday to live, four limbs to walk and play. He has given me so much more than I could ever ask for. But I find myself constantly unsatisfied. My hunger for better things never seemed to cease. I obviously haven't thought of how much God has blessed me. Without Him and His amazing grace, I may not even be in this world. What more can I ask for from Him? He has given His life for me on the cross. Nothing else matters anymore! He was willing to sacrifice His life, for all of us. Can there be greater love than this?
I can't really put into words what I feel. It's just welling up in me so much I can't express myself. I've realised how extremely fortunate we are and how we should ALWAYS, ALWAYS praise God. 'Cause He is all we need and He wants the best for us.
I can do all things through Him who gives me strength.
God can use anyone!
Christ died on the cross for us. Greater love? No other.
Forgive, just as the Lord forgave. (This is something I really understood after seeing how the woman who got burnt in an accident survived 60% of burns on her body and yet is able to hug the mother of the person who was responsible for the accident.)
Yeap! I think the workshop wasn't all about resilience to me. It was more than that.
