A tree by the rivers of waters

But his delight is in the law of the Lord,

And in His law meditates day and night.

He shall be like a tree

Planted by the rivers of water,

That bring forth its fruit in its season,

Whose leaf also shall not wither;

And whatever he does shall prosper.

Psalms 1:2-3

Recently I watched a testimony of some celebrities who hit a scandal few years back. He said his life hit the bottom of when the scandal left a big negative impact in his life and marriage. When at the bottom, he was introduced to Christ. He accepted Christ but he said his life didn't changed immediately and the good impact didn't came all at once but it came little by little. Changes happened one by one and began turn into good.

One of his struggled was each time the negative thoughts will come to him and what he does was simple. He recite bible verse each time those thoughts came. He said if I meditate once and it can't be remove, I will continue to meditate until it went off. He was a new Christian and the verse he know by heart was very little but it didn't stop him to recite because he believe there is power in God's words. How about you?

Each time something happened he will pray and meditate on God's words. In this way, he life began to changed by his marriage being saved. From time to time problem didn't stop but he said he will know pray together with his wife and God save not only their marriage but his family.

No one born and already know to how to walk or run. Each step that we take is a learning process and is not easy. There is no different for us too when we meditate God's words. He struggled at first and he took each opportunity to memorize the some verse that he know. In his walk, sleep or even bathe time, he is memorizing. 

After two years, he succeed in making a new movie and his life is back on track but is different from the past because he is a tree that planted by the rivers of waters. God say that we will prosper if we meditate His words day and night. Everyone has its own struggle but are you willing to persist on and to be a tree planted by the rivers of waters.

Prayer:

O Lord, I want to meditate your words day and night. A lot of times, I have struggles in meditating and memorizing but in those I need your strength more than ever. Give me strength, strength that comes from you. Thank you, Lord for your words. Amen.

Love never fail

Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

1 Corinthians 13:8

Does love really never fails? Yes because someone has demonstrate this unfailing love us long time and the best part is that is still available to us till today. God has demonstrate this unfailing love to us when He sent Jesus to die for us. He sent His Son that He love the most to die for us so that we could experience this unfailing love. This also make us His most love sons and daughter.

In life, there are so many things that can fail us yet we at times trust them again and again. When it comes to love someone, we find it hard to do. We will give a thousand reason when we ask to love someone that not loveable but aren't we also not loveable when Christ die for us. We sent Him to the cross and die yet His unfailing love continue to pour for us.

Today we should ask ourselves a question. Are we willing to make room for this love? Is not that we are not able but a lot of times is that we are unwilling. Christ make room so that when the world tell us that we are not loveable, He still love us and He never fail to do so. Is not an easy step as we know but isn't God is there to help and guide us. What could be even better than we are learning to love unfailingly from the first person who gave us unfailing love.

Start to make room and take one step at a time to learn this unfailing love but things won't stay the same.

Prayer:

Thank you, Lord for your unfailing love. It was your great love for us that today we experience love that never fail. Help us to make room for those are not loveable and give us strength and courage to do so. Amen.

Begin your morning right

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift my soul.

Psalms 143:8

How do you usually begin your morning? As for me, I wake up find myself still kind of blur and can't focus on the task that I wish to do. Despite our brain can't quite focus yet we wake up each morning hoping that something good will happen as we are going through the day. What good things are you hoping for? A promotion or perhaps someone to love you more?

I went through the 15 years of my life hoping that something good will happen and I just past my each morning blurry  and each day passed by same like yesterday. Changes happened around 3 months ago when I begin to pray and read God's word in the morning.

People say is hard to read the bible and pray in the morning because we are so sleep and can't remain focus especially our surrounding is so silent. But if you were to talk to your love one, will you be attentive? or perhaps you fall asleep? Of course you will listen to every word that comes out from her mouth and talk to her.

That applies the same with God. Begin your morning by telling Him, how much you love Him and you know that He loves you so much. Isn't it very sweet to have someone tell you in the early morning that He loves you. What make your morning even better is that you can ask your love one to walk with or guide you through your day. You can ask God to do that and trust me; your day will be different.

Although it won't be smooth sailing but at least you can rejoice in those hard times because knowing that your Abba Father is going through with you. Start your morning right with God today and you will see a different for the rest of your days.

Prayer:

Abba Father, I come before you on this morning, I just wish to tell you that I love you and I know you love me too. I pray that you show which way I should go as I going through the rest of my day. Knowing that You are with me, I will be able to smile even when I face hard times. Amen