TOTD, Nov.23-25

Waiting Well

One day a pastor picked us up at a crowded airport. It was extremely busy. The escalators had lines, and the restaurants had lines. It seemed as if everywhere we turned we were waiting. I could see that the pastor was getting a bit frustrated with the whole thing. Suddenly he turned to me and said, " I guess you can see that I don't wait well."

Anytime we haven't learned to wait well the results are obvious, not only in the way we behave emotionally but also in our physical bodies. Waiting is a large part of life, and if waiting always bring frustration, it creates stress that eventually takes a toll on the physical body and can cause sickness. This particular pastor who did not "wait well" was very sick at the time with physical weakness that his doctor said had been produced by years of stress.

Take a new attitude toward waiting, and it will not be so difficult for you.

But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing.
--- James 1:4

My own reflection on this Thought:
* We all need to wait for something in this life. And if we can't avoid this waiting thing, the Thought above suggests us to take a new attitude toward waiting. We need to wait well. I can see that most of us are impatient. We want things to be done instantly. That's why we need to be more patient. Wait patiently until He fulfill His Wonderful Plans for us. (-fon-)

God Is on Your Side

God is on your side, and if He is for you, it really does not matter who is against you. The giants may be big, but God is bigger. You may have weaknesses, but God has strength. You may have sin in your life, but God has grace. You may fail, but God remains faithful!

What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us?[Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?].
--- Romans 8:31

My own reflection on this Thought:
* In some moments of our life, we might feel that God seems so distant. If He seems so distant, are you sure that He's on your side?
Yes, without a doubt, He is. He is on our side.
He is faithful. He's there all the time. We might not feel His Presence, but He stays with us faithfully. We need to be reminded over and over again about His Faithfulness. He will never forget us. Be sure of that! (-fon-)

Step Out in Faith

I want to encourage you not to be afraid to step out. Even if you make a mistake, it won't be the end of the world. Don't spend all of your life looking back wishing you had tried different things or done things differently.

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.
--- 2 Timothy 1:7

My own reflection on this Thought:
* Maybe some of you remember " The Quantum Leap". A serial that allowed the person to go back to the past and do things differently to save a person. But unfortunately, we live in a real world, where there's no such chance as " Quantum Leap". All we need to do is just to accept everything as it is. And also to believe in Him with all our faith that He has planned everything perfectly.(-fon-)