The article from Our Daily Bread spoke to me today. Quoting from the article, " The lesson is: to get everything in the jar, you must always put the big things in first."

I've been feeling pretty overwhelmed recently. Remember the previous post about not having everything i want and looking forward to so many things? Well in fact, i am looking forward to too many things. After schooling for 13 years at least, i have more than enough experience of how my holidays are going to be like. Wasted. This time round, im so sure i will not let it go wasted again. That is why, i have many things in mind. All planned so that i make full use of my holidays. But i realised, that i cant handle so many things at one go. Which is probably why, God decided to slow me down. He decided to knock some sense into me.

" But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
-Matthew 6:33

Indeed, sometimes we bustle around, wearing ourselves down. But at the end of it all, what are we actually bustling about? Isnt it more important that we do everything for God's kingdom's sake? Thank God for reminding us from time to time and for helping us differentiate between the temporal and the eternal. (:

I saw this quote from "Inspirations" on TV Mobile today, " Be thankful you dont have everything you want. Because if you do, what else will there be for you to look forward to?"

Think about it. Isnt it so true? And as i think about my holiday plans, all the things i can do, all the things i want to do.. I feel so excited! So many things to look forward to! I always grumble about the things i dont have, the things i cant do, etc. But today i realise that these are the things that make me look forward to tomorrow. No wonder teachers always make us write down our targets for the year.

Im thankful because God didnt give me everything all at once. He must have wanted me to enjoy the process of working for the things i want, and in the process, teach me lessons He wants me to learn. For once, i know what it means to be contented with what you have and what it means to rejoice in what you do not have. I feel blessed because He knows me so well. He wants the best for me, and He has the best for me. Do you feel the same way too? (:

Still remember the story of the Sleeping Beauty? A wicked fairy casted an enchantment on princess Aurora at the celebration of the princess's birth that she'll prick her finger on a spindle upon adulthood and die. A kind fairy, though unable to reverse the spell, twitched the wicked enchantment such that princess Aurora would fall into a deep sleep instead. Upon the kiss of a prince, she will then wake up from the deep slumber. To protect his beloved daughter, the king ordered all spindles in the kingdom to be destroyed.

Just like the king, all fathers want to protect their daughters. Many of us are like the girl who thinks she's grown up enough to know what she's doing and who wants to try everything, but in fact, does not know the danger and the peril that lurks in that world out there. The daddies, in their attempts to protect their little girls, forbid them to even go near any of these 'dangers'; some daddies, to the extent of being overprotective.

Daddies, i feel, are God's protection for us. A certain authority who sets boundaries for us so that we are kept from the seemingly fresher fields acoss the fence. Thank God for daddies. (:

Just a thought though, would princess Aurora still fall prey to the spindle; would she still prick her finger on the spindle, had she been taught what a spindle looks like and what a spindle actually is?

I've been MIA for a while cos im so afraid of the computer during exam periods. I tell myself," Just half an hour, yvonne. Just half an hour." But it always ends up being at least 2 hours. >.< So what am i doing here now, you ask. I gave in to temptation. Lol.. I cant help it. The wordy comm law textbook is too much for me to bear. Words are swimming in front of my eyes. I need a break. And i went to Our Daily Bread. The devotional for today is so apt for me now! Thank God. Exam periods always feel so overwhelming and tortuous. Not to mention, they make the gluttony in me shine like neon lights. Well anyway, here's the verse from ODB:

"... This is what the Lord says to you," Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God's." "
-2 Chronicles 20:15

And a song from Desperation Band...! (:






When all you have is God, you have all you need.