Winking Stars

Day 6 and day 7 was grace day and scripture memory day. Day 8 begins with lots of gems. Mainly i could see God's heart towards His people. His love through His anger and tears. Jeremiah 7: 4 The people is trusting in deceptive words. And continue to sin because they believe that they are immune to judgment? I think thats what i received. I learn that i should repent and follow Jesus and not think that by not doing that I will still be God's temple. He means business!

It's amazing how much warnings God gave to the people of Israel through Jeremiah. Jeremiah 5:22-24 shows how powerful, and glorifying God is. That we should worship Him because he is the God of universe. He gave the people chance to turn away from their wicked ways. But they chose not to hear. I pray that i would hear whenever God spoke to me. The people sacrifices and burns incense. But with no turning of hearts, God do not accept. So we cant just do the works. We need a change of hearts. To the heart of God. Psalm 95:8 Dont harden our hearts, even during time of quarrelling and testing.

The Lord called Jeremiah for an important task. Despite a clear instruction and choice of him to go and be a prophet of the nation, he was afraid. Because he feels he is too young. To talk to the nation especially on unpleasant things was terrifying and he didnt know how. God reassured him. He also gave him a tool. Enable his mouth. So here i can see that God will provide the weapon or equipment for battle! On anything He wants us to do. He also said He will see His words to be accomplished through Jeremiah. So i feel here it shows that, in one way or another, God's will will be done. After that God gave clear guidance. He is going to gather the kings together. And here i think thats when Jeremiah are supposed to tell them. God told him the signs that are to happen, and he has to obey and do his part. This is pretty .... Assuring of Him. He will give signs. Reading the words that the Lord has for the people, i can feel he was angry and disappointed yet loving. One verse struck me...

I got a shocked when I was reading Lamentations 5:1-22. Horrified actually. Luckily the Lord did not give up on us. Because then we will not be able to escape the sins that have caused havoc on this Earth. May I know even more deeply on how much this promise from God means to me and all of us. The saving hands that give us this chance to be pulled away from all these horrors. For here I can see that the more sins are, the deeper the grace can be seen extended. Jeremiah 31:34 This strikes me because God promised to be personal with His people. Everyone will know Him. He is not some obscure Person on top anymore. So here you can see His love for all of us. To make the trouble to do this. Even though we do not deserve this personal relationship. For a King to stoop low to us. John 6:53-58 He is offering Himself up as a living sacrifice. For all our sins. I can see of how much He wants to connect to us. May I understand even more of this Truth. Today I felt a bit trapped at h...

Today is my first day of fasting from social media: Facebook and Instagram. The reason why I'm fasting Facebook especially is because it has been affecting me mentally and spiritually. The constant scrolling and feeding my mind with mindless things as well as worrying news isn't doing me any good. Also I tend to compare myself to what others are doing or are achieving and it's not healthy. I am too affected by what people do or how they would view me. It's making me sick. So I know i have to get away from social medias in order to clear out the clutter in my mind to focus on God and His Word. I yearn to draw near to Him in this season of MCO. I want to know more of Him so that my love for Him will grow. I want Him. I don't want to be away anymore because I'm a scared little child and I am truly nothing without God. I am glad Yi Yeen agreed to be my fasting partner because I'm not sure I can do it alone and God said it's better to be in 2 or 3 so here i...

Today I suddenly felt like I'm not in control of anything. I feel like my plan is not going to work. That something is not gonna work. That everything is so shaky there's no sense of peace and security in my heart. And I think it's a good time for me to exercise my trust back again in God. Learn to be more dependent on Him. Seek Him. Felt like a detox too? I think I am craving for companionship now. And it's good that I'm feeling this now because then I'll use this opportunity to pray and seek His companionship. I feel grateful. Something that I read on Daily Bread touched me just now. 1 John 3:20 I"our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts." Whatever our regrets over things we wish we could undo, God draws us near. Jesus smiles at us and says, "Your heart is free." This touched me because I have been feeling guilty that I'm not depending on Him. Not seeking Him. Even in this trip, I tried but always got my atte...