Up and Down of Life

SIN, 27.10.15

Recently, someone gave me one devotional readings named 'Streams in the Desert' by L.B. Cowman. She believed it has blessed her a lot in three years waiting for God's answer. I'm not a book-lover, but when I roughly read few pages, I kinda excited to read it. So yay to the day one of me reading! hahahaa let me share what I got here :D

"But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven, a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning even to the end of the year." - Deuteronomy 11:11-12

As a normal human being, I cannot see what's in the future. I do feel upset and stress when facing difficulties or tired of working or when I look up to people who live their life so free and relax. Sometimes I just want to be them. I think everyone know what I feel.... am I right?

But today's message remind me that what is a life if it's always smooth and level?? I will get bored and still, complaining because life is too flat. Why I have nothing to do? nothing to accomplish? and the list goes on..... ha ha ha. Sooo.... what God promises in this life is actually a land of mountains/ hills and valleys. It won't be flat. We'll face difficulties and challenges as we climb up from the valley to the hill. Yet, it will make us stronger as a person and appreciate our blessings even more. I remember there's one time in San Francisco when I bike a cycle and climb up to get into one place named Point Bonita Lighthouse. From 12pm until around 5pm, I kept telling my friend I wanna give up like maybe hundred times as we kept looking at the map and it felt like we'll never everfind the place we wanna go. Hahahaa.. It's really so tiringggg! My legs numb and yes, every summer is cold in SF. That's true. It's very windy and I can't bear the cold T.T  HOWEVER! we eventually made it! I'm so thankful that my friend never give up hahahaa.. the view is just so beautiful! we reach there just at a nice time, sunset! no words can describe how pretty it is! Once we reach there, we just lay down and enjoy the view! I feel all the hard work paid hahahaa.. even we missed the ferry back after that.... and must cycle again through the foggy Golden Gate bridge at night. We back hotel around 10 pm. It's all worth it...! hahahaa...

OK! so let me continue.. hahahaa.. as I read again, this verse below caught my attention...

"So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today--to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul- then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil. I will provide grass in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied." - Deuteronomy 11:13-15

Here, I am curious why it's only autumn and spring rains. My curiosity leads me to Google. hahahaa.. I searched and quite WOW with what I got. Autumn rain which falls around October is the time when people need the rain to prepare the soil for the seed and keep it moist, to grow and spring up. Meanwhile, spring rain which falls around March or April is the time when it about to harvest. The rain is needed to ripen the corn, to make it yield more and better. Do you get what I get?? I feel it's like a reminder that God knows exactly what we need. He knows the best timing. Like one of my favorite verse from Ecclesiastes 3:11 saying, "He has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end."

Going through so many challenges in life, it might be not easy. But, I believe God leads us on and we need only to trust Him... Have a blessed day ahead! :D

-- listen this new song from Hillsong to start and end the day! :) 
Remember Love. Remember Mercy...  


With Love,
Jess