Reminder From Above. :')

Church! 

Another great sermon. The gospel today was the one about Simon Peter and him fishing. Simon and the other men, they were working hard and fishing as usual through the night but they didn't catch anything. They were exhausted in the morning when they got to shore. They met Jesus and Jesus asked Simon to go back out to sea and cast the net again. He said that they had not caught anything the whole night, but because Jesus asked him to do so, he will trust in Jesus and do it. The priest said that, in life, we don't know what God's plan for us is. We don't know where He's leading us or what will happen to us. But we have to trust. This is our faith. We don't know everything, we don't possess the knowledge. That is why we need faith. Just have to trust that God is guiding us, if we choose to follow Him. 

The priest then talked about Simon's imperfections. The priest said that the reason he believes in the bible is because of how true it is, how it relates to the nature of human beings. That it's not painting a rainbow of beautiful things to gather followers. He said that, like Simon, we all are imperfect. God knows that. Simon was the one who built up his faith, only to turn around the moment he was questions and betrayed Jesus, and then to turn around again and become a preacher. After so many doubts and struggles, he emerges to become a "fisher of men", preaching the word to many people. We are like that. We are not perfect. There are many flaws in us, and we will continue to sin and sin again. But all God wants from us is that we try. That we try to follow Him and His word. :) 

The last thing I noted from the sermon is the priest's last sentence. He said that "through God, we cannot and will not fail". It was then that I realised, once again, how I've been so so so worried and anxious about the upcoming wave of tests and exams. I've been so stressed about the fact that they all come together just like a wave of zombies in Plants vs. Zombies, that I really felt that I was drowning. Once when I was studying in the library I actually found myself thinking, for the first time, that my course is really hard. T.T I realised that I've been so worried about all this, not for the first time, I forgot to look up to God and pray. I used to say all the time, "Look Up". And I meant that as in look up and remember to surrender your worries and troubles to God, and acknowledge that God has the power and grace to guide you. I always forget that!! I always forget to bring my troubles to God and ask for His help. That His will may be done, whatever happens, let it be as God thinks best. So when the priest said those words, I was struck as I rmbred how silly I was to bear all those worries by myself, when I can raise it all up to God, and we can bear it tgth. :) 

So now, I'm trying not to worry too much. I will just keep working steadily, acknowledging that God is guiding me. :) 

Mon 01:54 11/2/13 

Remember to breathe yo!