Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Suddenly Fatherless [Part 9]: The Faithful Father

Time flies. My brother and I have been fatherless for 10 months. Today is easier to live as fatherless than few months ago, but the "side effect" of being fatherless is getting harder. We no longer have Papa as our protector and provider. We have to learn to protect ourselves and provide our needs. It's not easy at all.

But God has promised to be the Father for the fatherless. And He is faithful!

Thursday, February 20, 2014

There's nothing He can't do for you

My God is so big, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do for you
My God is so big, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do for you

The mountains are His
The valleys are His
The stars are His
Handiwork too
O..o...

My God is so big, so strong and so mighty
There's nothing my God cannot do for you

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Dear Lord, Near Lord

My K3 students have been leading prayers independently this semester. We usually start our prayers by saying, "Dear Lord....". But one of my students is different. Every time he leads the class in prayer, I always hear him says, "Near Lord....". I don't know which one is mistaken: the teacher or the student. But I felt the time was stopped for a while when my ears caught those phrase. "Near Lord...."

My student's misspelling or my mishearing (I don't know) has strongly reminds me that to pray is to get closer to the Lord. It was and is like a dew in the midst of a desert. These past two months, I don't really feel close to the Lord. Somehow, he seems too far. Especially when a lot of jobs are waiting and my life struggles are getting bigger.

Now I feel amazed, knowing that the Lord spoke to me directly and clearly through my student's misspelling (or maybe it just my mishearing?). The Lord is never far away from me. He is near. And He is just as far as a prayer. Whenever I pray, I can be close to him. He is near. He is not far away from me.

The Lord does not promise that everything will always be fine, but He is near. And it is enough for me.