We all already know that making a new resoliton is easier than we realize it. One of the reasons is we don’t have belief in ourselves.

How many of us who don’t have belief in ourselves???

I’m a kind of person who believe in myself and have experienced it many times in my life. Believing in myself gives me a hope and acts to pursue what I’ve believed in. You know what happens next? A MIRACLE!!!

First of all, we should have convidence in ourselves, think positively, forget our (bad) past, expand our gifts/talents, build friendship with good and supported people, and this is what almost people forget that we should walk with God, let Him guide your life and be happy and thankful for what you have now.

I think this video is good for you to get inspired and don’t forget: BELIEVE IN YOURSLEF!!!

Fida Abbott

I Met A Psychic Person

Yesterday when I was working, a woman passed by. I greeted her as I did to all customers and she replied me. One thing that made me feel little bit different when seeing her eyes. I felt she seemed find something interesting in me. Anyway, I kept working and she just left. But several seconds later, she came back and met me. She asked something that I could not hear it clearly because of her dialect. It was between: “Do you work here?” or “Are you from here?” So, I just answered,”Yes, I work here. Can I help you something?”
And answered her, “Oh, no,” then she confessed something about me proudly with her impressive expression, “I just want to say that you have a good energy, you have a good aura.”
I was little shock getting unespected compliment by a stranger. I talked to myself, What the heck of this kind of woman told me about myself, even we never met before. I thought she could read what I was thinking, then she looked for something from her pocket and gave me her name card. She said again,”Do you know Psychic Readings?”
“No. I’m not familiar about that,” replied me, then I read her name card.
“Oh . . . I can take your energy and read it.” Then she lifted her both hands, trying to describe about my own face. “You have a really good aura. I see something good coming on your way.” Then she smiled at me.
“Wow! Thank you.” I could not say anything. I was very surprised but in my heart I could answer her that she was right. I just knew that day I got approval becoming a full time associate at my work and the new schedule would start on January 1, next month — that was my first Christmas present and as a present for my New Year. And what else? . . . Oh yeah, next year, my book would also be published in my own country . . . what else??? . . . I didn’t know. Something good coming on the way??? Wow . . . Thanks God!!! Amen!!!
“Yeah.” She stared at me with her impressive eyes. I felt like she wanted me to believe her that what she had just said was right.
I could not say anything except to thank her.
“Keep that card. If one day you need me, you can call me anytime. Have a good night.”
“Have a good night, too and thank you.”
She left and I was busy again with my own thought. I was thinking perhaps it could be a trick of her to find a new customer and/or she also said something true about me.

What I had experienced last night, it gave an idea to write something in this post. Probably that was like the shepherds feel when an angle came to them in the middle of the night and sent a good news about baby Jesus who had been born (And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. (10) And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all the people. (11) For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. (12) And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”–Luke 2:9-12). They believed what the angle said and did like he had said. They went to see the baby Jesus.

Well, I believe what she said to me because it was my faith that God would bless me in the upcoming years.

Thank you, God for sending me a good message through a psychic person. Good or not, I believe everything has your own purpose to make me better and better every year and become blessing to other people. Amen!

My sister in law sent a video yesterday and I thought it was suitable for the theme I would like to write for my second post of Christmas Reflection. So, here I give you a link if you’re interested to watch that video and below I attach it with its lyric.

What we have learned from this event? Togetherness in singing and the joy they had in the time when they sang that song. It reminded me when I was still in Indonesia. With my Vocal Group, several weeks before Christmas, we were busy practicing to prepare for the Christmas songs we would sing at some places. We got invitations from companies, churches and organizations that celebrated Christmas. Our service was free–no charge–even we spent our own money for transportation. Some of them sometimes gave us an envelope filled with some amount of money that we never asked for. We never counted the energy, time and money we had spent but the joy of giving into the song and togetherness among us were so sweet and impressive.

What we had done was one of the kinds of giving. Giving doesn’t mean to be something that we can touch and see. Giving in singing is something that we can listen and sometimes it can touch our heart and bring us closer to our CREATOR.

That was one of the things I liked when Christmas came: the joy of singing together. I believe this video below will bring you the Joy of Having Messiah who has saved our life. Come on, we sing together! Praise to the Lord who has given us His own son to save the world. Hallelujah Hallejuah Hallelujah!!! . . .

On Saturday, October 30, 2010, the Opera Company of Philadelphia brought together over 650 choristers from 28 participating organizations to perform one of the Knight Foundation’s “Random Acts of Culture” at Macy’s in Center City Philadelphia. Accompanied by the Wanamaker Organ - the world’s largest pipe organ - the OCP Chorus and throngs of singers from the community infiltrated the store as shoppers, and burst into a pop-up rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s “Messiah” at 12 noon, to the delight of surprised shoppers. This event is one of 1,000 “Random Acts of Culture” to be funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation over the next three years.

allelujah (Aleluya)

Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah

For the lord God omnipotent reigneth
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
For the lord God omnipotent reigneth
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
For the lord God omnipotent reigneth
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah

Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
(For the lord God omnipotent reigneth)
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah

For the lord God omnipotent reigneth
(Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah)
Hallelujah

The kingdom of this world;
is become
the kingdom of our Lord,
and of His Christ
and of His Christ

And He shall reign for ever and ever
And he shall reign forever and ever
And he shall reign forever and ever
And he shall reign forever and ever

King of kings forever and ever hallelujah hallelujah
and lord of lords forever and ever hallelujah hallelujah
King of kings forever and ever hallelujah hallelujah
and lord of lords forever and ever hallelujah hallelujah
King of kings forever and ever hallelujah hallelujah
and lord of lords
King of kings and lord of lords

And he shall reign
And he shall reign
And he shall reign
He shall reign
And he shall reign forever and ever

King of kings forever and ever
and lord of lords hallelujah hallelujah
And he shall reign forever and ever

King of kings and lord of lords
King of kings and lord of lords
And he shall reign forever and ever

Forever and ever and ever and ever
(King of kings and lord of lords)

Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
Hallelujah

By the way, what’s the most special thing to celebrate Christmas for you???

That question makes me thinking. When I was still in Indonesia and when I was still a child, I felt everyday was a feast day. My Grandma was so busy since two weeks before Christmas. She made cookies and many other kinds of cakes and foods. Hmmm . . . The night before Christmas, we used to go to church for Christmas Eve service. If not, then in the Christmas morning, we went to church. Since Christmas morning until a week of New Year, her house was full with many guests from neighbors, friends and family/relatives. We all ate what my Grandma had cooked. We also went to other family members to celebrate Christmas, too. There were no Christmas presents. I just got one Christmas present from Sunday school teacher. That was all.

When I was in the teenage age and the youth age, my Grandma was not as strong as before. She got stroke and only her right hand and her right foot were active doing everything, so my aunts, my brother and I who represented her in preparing everything for Christmas. We also didn’t prepare many kinds of foods as my Grandma ever did before. I mean there were still many kinds of foods but it wasn’t like a feast. And guess what . . . our guests came less, either. Sad. Yes. That’s life!! When somebody was in the glorious condition, many people came but when it wasn’t, who would come???

We can learn from my own story above, that was why Jesus came to the world in the very simple condition, even it wasn’t suitable enough for His Mom to deliver Him as a baby. Do you know why? Because the people who will come to HIM, they have respect in their life to accept HIM as the King of the Kings and the Savior of their life.

Have you accept HIM in your heart???
Remember, HE will come just for every person who is willing open his/her heart for HIM and HE would fill him/her with the water of life.

So what’s my answer for that question above?
It was food and guests, but wait . . . I think I still have more. But I will continue my sharing in the next post, so please, stay tuned. Thank you for your patience. ***

Several years living in US and finally I had my first baby in 2004. Three years later I was glad finding a private christian pre-school. With a small tuition fee they offered, we both dealed to bring our daughter to that school. In two years I saw many improvement in my daughter’s christianity life. She prayed and remembered many bible verses as I knew they used to pray before starting the class. That was awesome for 3-4 years old child doing it. She had good manner and never mentioned the unpropriate words.

Last year when we brought her to a public school (Kindergrten class), in several months I saw something different on her. She begun mentioning an unpropriate words and I asked where those words came from. She was quiet–didn’t answer my question–and never mentioned those words again after my husband and I warned her. But who knew, she went to school and studied with around +20 students and with only 1 teacher. And then I signed to involve in her class as a volunteer, teaching for the kid’s writing class. From there, I finally knew how the situation of her class–very different with a private (christian) school she ever went.

In christmas last year, she told me that one of her friends didn’t know about Jesus at all but his family celebrated Christmas even he was excited that Christmas would come soon. What a sad situation!!! I thought probably every teacher in their school also never told them what Christmas was about and they just celebrated the Christmas without trying to teach them whom the person they were celebrating for.

Thanks God! Since the first time she went to school (three years old) my eyes kept on her and never forgot to always ask her saying prayer before going to school or other places and before going to sleep or having dinner/lunch together with whole family members. This seems small things but I believe it will give big influence in her life for the future. If in the school she doesn’t get any religion atmosphere, then church and family will play the role of this case. I thank God knowing I came from a strong christian family in Indonesia (and got religion lesson from ES to college as a main lesson) and from there I can teach my children to always remember every blessing they get from HIM with a small action—praying. It doesn’t mean I like to pray or not, but praying should be an atmosphere in every christian life and family.

Please, share your thought here by writing a comment in this post.

Thank you and GBU!!!

Sesudah sarapan pagi dengan blueberry pancake yang saya buat sendiri, bersiap-siaplah kami berdua untuk berangkat. Putri saya sangat senang dan saya sendiri pun turut senang melihatnya. Rencana pun saya susun dengan tujuan pertama adalah fotokopi untuk keperluan book signing bulan depan di perspustakaan lokal, kemudian langsung berbelanja. Saya katakan juga kepadanya bahwa setibanya dari berbelanja, akan saya ajak ke perpustakaan lokal untuk mengembalikan buku-buku yang dipinjam sekaligus menyerahkan beberapa flyer book signing ke direktur perpustakaan.

Di tengah jalan, di perempatan lampu merah sekitar 200 meter dari rumah, tiba-tiba mobil yang saya tumpangi mendadak mogok. Saya hidupkan kembali dan berjalan lagi tetapi mogok lagi semenit kemudian, begitu selanjutnya beberapa kali terulang hingga akhirnya saya putuskan untuk kembali pulang. Saat memutuskan akan memutar mobil menuju rumah, mesin mobil mogok terus beberapa kali hingga saya khawatir tidak akan sampai ke rumah dengan segera. Handphone pun tertinggal di rumah sehingga saya pun tak dapat menelepon untuk memberitahukannya kepada suami. Saya katakan kepada putri saya bahwa pagi itu rencana untuk berbelanja saya batalkan yang membuatnya menjadi kecewa.

Dengan menarik napas panjang, saya berharap mesin mobil akan segera hidup kembali. Dengan hanya mengalami dua kali mogok selama perjalanan pulang, sampailah kami berdua di rumah dengan selamat. Tanpa menutupi hati yang kesal, saya ceritakan keadaan mobil tersebut yang memang bukan milik kami. Mobil tersebut adalah sebuah mobil pinjaman dari seseorang yang sedang memperbaiki mobil suami saya. Sedangkan mobil saya sendiri sudah terjual dengan harga yang murah meriah karena kerusakan parah yang memakan biaya lebih banyak untuk memperbaikinya daripada harga mobil itu sendiri. Maka dengan penuh keikhlasan hati, saya harus merelakan mobil tersebut terjual dengan harga yang sangat rendah.

Rencana semula yang tersusun rapi pudar dan putri bungsu saya menjadi sedih. Melihat keadaan tersebut, suami saya pun memutuskan untuk mengambil mobilnya yang memang sudah selesai diperbaiki dan sebelumnya ia berencana untuk mengambilnya hari Minggu, keesokan harinya. Dengan penuh harap, saya berpikir rencana semula akan terwujud sepulang suami mengambil mobilnya.

Ternyata saya kembali menyesal. Suami pulang dengan membawa kabar bahwa rem mobil masih belum bekerja dengan sempurna sehingga ia sangat khawatir apabila saya yang akan mengendarainya sendiri, bahkan ia berkata akan mengantar saya ke tempat kerja minggu depan selama ia belum mendapatkan mobil penggantinya. Hal itu mengartikan bahwa ia harus mengantarkan saya berbelanja dan ia menyanggupinya setelah ia beristirahat siang.

Sinar matahari sangat terik di musim panas hingga sampai pukul tujuh malam. Kalau di Indonesia saat itu matahari sudah menenggelamkan dirinya tetapi tidak di musim panas di Amerika. Matahari masih bersinar dengan megahnya, menyengat kulit seperti layaknya antara pukul sebelas hingga pukul dua siang. Saya berpikir pasti suami saya akan membatalkan niatnya mengantar berbelanja dan ternyata memang benar perkiraan saya. Hati saya bertambah kesal tapi kemudian saya ingat bahwa esok adalah hari Minggu, maka saya bertanya apakah ia akan mengantarkan saya berbelanja setelah sepulang gereja. Ia pun berkata bahwa itulah rencananya, bahkan ia pun akan pergi ke gereja bersama kami berdua.

Di lantai atas kegundahan hati saya masih terasa. Dalam hati saya berkata mengapa masih saja menjadi gundah, bukankah suami sudah bersedia akan menemani berbelanja, bahkan akan pergi bersama ke gereja, sebuah keinginan lama saya akan terwujud setelah ia lama absent dikarenakan pekerjaannya. Mengapa saya tidak bersyukur?

Tiba-tiba hati saya ingin online dan mengingatkan bahwa sudah lama saya tidak memposting lembaran-lembaran pelajaran Sekolah Minggu putri bungsu saya di blognya. Saat itulah tanpa menunda-nunda, saya ambil sebuah lembaran pelajaran Sekolah Minggu yang tertumpuk di atas meja beberapa bulan lalu. Ternyata hati saya sangat terhibur dengan tulisan-tulisan yang tercantum di atas lembaran-lembaran tersebut. Sambil menuliskannya kembali di blog, saya membaca ulang. Memang benar ternyata tulisan-tulisan yang baik memberikan obat mujarab untuk hati, hingga akhirnya saya sendiri menuliskannya di sini.

Tak lama putri bungsu saya datang dengan membawa sekotak makanan, menunjukkannya kepada saya bahwa ia mendapatkannya dari ayahnya. Sepuluh menit kemudian, suami pun datang dengan membawa sepiring makanan yang baru saja dia beli tanpa sepengetahuan saya. Rupanya secara diam-diam ia ingin memberikan sebuah kejutan saat mengetahui kegundahan hati saya. Apakah selanjutnya saya masih tetap bergundah hati? Tentu tidak. Hati saya berubah menjadi senang. Senang oleh karena esok hari suami akan pergi ke gereja bersama, senang oleh karena saya akan diantar suami berbelanja—kegiatan yang sudah lama tidak dilakukan bersama sejak saya mulai bekerja, senang oleh karena saya membaca sesuatu yang memberikan rasa suka cita dan kekuatan hati, senang oleh karena saya dapat menuliskan sesuatu untuk dibagikan kepada sesama setelah lama absent oleh karena kesibukan menyelesaikan penulisan novel, senang oleh karena saat merasa lapar, suami datang dan membawakan sebuah piring berisi makanan. (*)

Tulisan ini telah ditayangkan juga di HOKI.

Pada saat itu, saya memikirkan tentang rasa khawatir. Waktu itu saya berpikir, adalah wajar jika saya mengkhawatirkan sikap saya yang belum seperti yang semestinya. Maka kemudian saya sempat menuliskan: “Mestinya kita khawatir jika rasa malas untuk bersaat-teduh tiba-tiba menyergap, atau rasa kantuk lebih berkuasa saat itu. (Bagaimana bisa merealisasikan niat baca alkitab setahun?)” Tapi pada akhirnya saya edit, karena takut akan menimbulkan salah arti.

Setelah saya ingat-ingat, saya seperti mendapatkan 2 versi kekhawatiran. Pertama adalah kekhawatiran akan pemeliharaan, suply kebutuhan kita dari Bapa di surga. Versi pertama inilah yang membuat saya pertama kali berpikir, “Tidak semestinya kita khawatir!” karena dalam hal ini kita diminta untuk tidak mengkhawatirkan apapun. Memang, di dunia ini apa saja mungkin terjadi termasuk yang tidak kita inginkan. Tapi cobaan tidak diberikan melebihi kesanggupan kita, kan? Terjebak dalam kondisi seperti kelaparan, kehausan dan kekurangan, Tuhan sering menginginkan kesadaran kita sebagai anak untuk meminta dengan percaya.

Sementara yang kedua, kekhawatiran akan sikap diri, karena hidup di dunia ini sebetulnya kita sedang berjuang. Berjuang terhadap kelemahan kita. Berjuang terhadap keinginan duniawi. Ego sendiri. Seperti contoh tadi salahsatunya: kemalasan. Jujur saja, buka facebook atau twitter pagi-pagi lebih menggoda daripada buka alkitab. Iya, kan? Namun bukan berarti, lantas Tuhan memaklumi sikap malas kita itu untuk hal-hal sepenting merenungkan firman Tuhan. Setuju?

Pada waktu memikirkan itu yang terbayang di benak saya adalah perumpamaan tentang kesepuluh gadis yang mengambil pelitanya dan pergi menyongsong mempelai laki-laki. Yang lima orang bersikap bijaksana dengan membawa persediaan minyak, sisanya tidak membawa minyak untuk persediaan. Matius 25:1-13 Jika kita menyimak ayat bacaan tersebut, tentu yang dikehendaki Tuhan adalah, kita menjadi seperti gadis yang bijaksana, yang mempersiapkan diri dengan minyak dalam buli-buli.

Lalu sayapun membayangkan, sikap saya belum seperti gadis yang bijaksana. Masih sering malas. Galak. Tidak sopan terhadap orang-tua. Kurang mengasihi saudara saya sendiri. Dalam hal inilah saya tergugah. Ada perasaan khawatir. Saya tahu Tuhan menghendaki saya untuk rajin merenungkan dan menuruti firman. Tapi saya juga tahu, semua itu tidak semudah membalik telapak tangan. Saya butuh proses. Sementara dalam berproses kita dituntut untuk mau dan selalu sadar. Mungkin minyak persediaan saya berupa iman, kemauan yang gigih dan cinta kasih terhadap Tuhan dan sesama.

Dalam blog, saya memang tidak jadi menuliskannya dengan khawatir. Saya menggantikannya dengan tersadar. Alasannya karena saya khawatir akan diartikan lain. Tapi jujur saya kadang-kadang masih suka menggugah diri, atau mengingatkan diri, dengan rasa khawatir atau takut menjadi gadis yang bodoh. Saya takut kecolongan, tidak berbuah. Saya pikir, selagi masih ada waktu. Dan kita tidak tahu berapa lama lagi waktunya, kan? Tapi kekhawatiran itu ada jika saya tersadar, bahwa saya sedang tidak melanjutkan proses. Keselamatan memang gratis, namun saya harus membuktikan iman kepada diri saya sendiri dan semua dengan perbuatan. Tentu ada perbedaan antara yang memilih untuk cuek saja dan berusaha buat naik kelas.

Lebih baik saya jadi seperti Zakheus yang sadar dan berubah ketika Yesus datang ke rumahnya, daripada saya jadi seperti pohon ara yang tidak berbuah itu.

I am a thinker-type person.
I love to analyse things, understand and uncomplicate any complicated matters and misteries.
Focus ..  is part of my traits.

But what will happen if suddenly I am not able to think anymore?

Before I begin, let me share little bits of my situation.

God is the center of my life. My daily life revolves around Him.
I prepare myself to face the future by learning a lot of things, either lingo, psychology books, even parenting books. Thank God for all of the sources.

Not only that, I, by God’s grace, am setting my heart right, by starting to pray for others.

To put simply, I start to do the greatest commandments..

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
- Matthew 22:36 (NIV)

I feel adequate. I enjoy extreme joy. I just.. WOW! cant express this burning spirit into words.

The crazy thing starts

But suddenly.. my ability to focus was taken away.. up til now. (3 days)

I am not able to perceive the “whats going on” around me.
I am not able to play music instruments with joy.
I am not able to answer questions correctly.
I am not even able to love.

My friend talked to me on my way home.. and my answer was just “umm.. yeah”.
I couldnt even understand what he’s talking about.

It strucks me so hard that I become sullen.
I am just like a zombie walking around the neighborhood.
My mind is blank.
And as the result, my heart is also blank.

I tried forcing myself to think and focus on what makes this happen.. but since I couldnt focus, things just went crazy in my head.
I forced myself to pray for others, to praise, to worship.
And it was just futile.

The solution comes

In the middle of my struggle, I heard a tiny voice inside me warning that I was about to lose my joy.

Oh no no no… that wont happen.

I said to myself, “I am not going to let myself losing my joy over this!“

At that moment, I begun to understand the why part.

1. satan dislikes it …
he just dislikes it baaadly.
he hates it
he wants to destroy it

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; …
- John 10:10a (NIV)

what does “it” here refer to?

it is when we begun to love one and another
it is when we begun to pray for one and another
it is when we begun to share the joy

it is when you begun to pray for others
it is when you begun to spread the Good News about God!

That’s it!

The funny thing is .. I begun to realize that when I was busy with the “wondering-why” party, I didnt have time to think about God’s grace.

Oh yeah.. that’s true.

the evil one will use everything to change your focus from God to anything else.

Little by little he will enter your life and destroy it from within.. if you give him even a tiny chance.

Hence, Keep focusing yourself on God and only God.

2. This might be a test of our faith
Remember Job?
Bring me the best prosecutor in this planet to find any wrongdoings of Job, and he wont find any.

God was (and is) proud of Job.
He even bragged Job to satan.

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”
- Job 1:8 (NIV)

But as we all know, Job’s joyful life was gradually taken away by satan.
From the richest man in the world, to the most pitiful one.
No more possession, no more family, his wife left him, and he was badly sick.

It was so bad that the only thing he had was just his own skin and bone.

But despite of all that had happened, this is what Job declared

I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth.
- Job 19:25 (NIV)

YES!
Even though I might lose my ability to focus,
Even though I might lose my ability to love,
Even though I might lose everything in my life
I do not need to know what is currently happening,
For I KNOW and I KNOW and I KNOW that my Redeemer lives!

And that is enough for me! O yeah!

The world might crumble into dust, but one Name shall PREVAIL!
The Mighty One.. GOD.. will be standing still.

For He is my fortress where I hide.. where else I can hide apart from Him?

The message for you

Never get discouraged when you are in turbulence.

As one God’s servant said “New level, new devil”

When you step up into a new level in your life, new temptations will come.

But remember this.. the devil might come to snatch away your abilities, skills, the person that you love, your community, your job, your possessions, but God wont stand still! In fact, He was and is already in your life.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
- John 10:10 (NIV)

Dont fall back.
Keep moving forward.
Know that you have the Greatest Force of the universe in you (I’m not talking about any galactic war movie, but God)

And of course “Give God your problems and He will give you your solution”

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
- Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV)

Praise the Lord! Forever and ever!

God bless you.

Yours sincerely,
DeepBlue

DeepBlue is a person who is now, by God’s grace, regaining his ability to focus slowly but sure.

Although this might sound simple, but these questions have been a hindrance in the growth of many Christians.

Allow me to listing my own:

• What if the car that I am going to buy is a ‘petrol-depleter’?
• What if this project does not go according to the plan?
• What if she thinks that I am a boring person?
• What if I running up the wrong stairs in my career?
• What if I get an accident?
• What if the food that I get sick because of that food from my friend?
• What if somebody steal my notebook?
• What if the decision that I make is completely wrong?
• What if I dont have time to do everything?
• What if my future is not as good as I want it to be?
• What if people talking behind my back?
• What if God forsakes me? (yes, even this sometimes)
• What if I get robbed on my way home?
• What if they make fun of me when I’m trying to introduce myself to them?
• What if my life stucks at this situation?
• What if my kids are rebellious and wont accept God?
• What if this…
• What if that…

Feeling at the same boat?
Do some questions resonate with what you have in mind?

I have been living as a Worry-wart for 27 years.
This drives me nuts!

To be honest.. I’m tired of this.
My best friend always states, “Too much analyze makes you paralyzed”

I am losing my joy because of something that does not exist.
again.. I repeat
I am losing my joy because of something that does NOT exist.

I lost some relationships because of being such a foolish worry-wart.
I waste my time worrying, instead of enjoying the blessing.
I waste many opportunities that flash by because of having fear in taking the wrong decision.

In Matthew 19, Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” (NIV)

You know how children live?
They live without much worrying.
They completely enjoying life.
They dont think about the “What if” series.
They play games.
They have fun with their little friends.
They smile and LOL (Laugh out loud) with their vivacious faces.
They dont question God’s authority.
They dont confront God’s will.
They are just living their own life.

Simple mind.
Simple thought.
God is good.
He is my Father, and my Provider.
He loves me. Period.

Oh how fun is THAT?!

As a living human, it’s as normal as breathing that we have fear.
But once the fear becomes your identity, then it is no longer normal.

2 Timothy 1:7: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (NKJV)

You see..
Fear is not a part of the characters of Love.
Fear is not included in the Kingdom of Heaven (with the exception, Fear of the Lord)
God does not save your life so you can worry, have anxiety, and fear to your heart content.

no No and NO!

Instead, God wants you to live abundantly.
Yes, there are problems in live, but there is also the Greatest One behind you.

Lately, I read this verse and cant stop reading it again and again.
It is like this, “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall rest under the shadow of the Almighty” (Psalm 91:1)

Shall what?

Yes, shall REST under the shadow of the Almighty.

So STOP worrying and live your life to the max in Him!

Q: But I cant help it.. I cant stop embracing the “What if” series in my life?
A: Ok. Then let this be the last “What if” in your life.. ask yourself this, “What if I stop asking the ‘What if’ questions and submit all my worries, anxiety and fear completely to God?“

Try that now, and I am sure you will start enjoying your life under the shadow of the Almighty.

God bless you.

Yours sincerely,
DeepBlue

DeepBlue is a person who now stops being such a worry-wart.