Blessed are we!

My baby cousin Jillian. She's so adorable.

I met Xiaohui for dinner tonight, and we talked about God, sin, homosexuality, marriage, adultery, divorce, and New Orleans. Christians are as equally susceptible to the temptations of the devil as anyone else, and the worrying thing is that... we do not seem to be able to flee from temptation any more effectively than non-believers. We make the same mistakes, and we let those same mistakes conquer us. How our Lord weeps with a broken heart. Xiaohui's pastor believes that divorce is biblically unacceptable, in any circumstance. We must continually forgive, as Jesus did. How is that possible for the frail human soul? What about the husband who's involved in domestic violence? Is his wife meant to stick by him and risk her own life? Or the unrepentant husband who has an affair? Where is God's justice there?

And then she tells me the story of her grandma. Her grandpa had left China for Singapore just after they'd had their first kid, and did not return for 13 years. For all those years, through WWII, she faithfully cared for his kid and his family. He had a mistress in between, but finally brought his wife over to Singapore after 13 years. She never did complain, neither filed for divorce on the basis of desertion, nor found another husband.

Why were women so capable of forgiveness in the past, and not today? What has happened to us?

We are blessed, and we do not realise it. We are sinners and we NEED God's grace.

The burden of life and responsibilities, grievances, a dependent brother, a faraway loved one. As I reflect upon these, the Lord repeats His words to me : have FAITH, pray, ask, and I will answer, I will give. You must surrender your faith to me.

Thanks Dale, your words have been a great encouragement. :)

Praise the Lord!