rediscovering eden
Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the bright and morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours
Who Am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
and watch me rise again
Who Am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
whom shall i fear
whom shall i fear
i am yours
dailies
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
-6:19 AM
Let the morining bring me word of your unfailing love, O Lord, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
Psalm 143: 8
This post is specially dedicated to my dearies in my sec2 cell and my cell members who have been stressed lately. This is for you gals.. Love you all. *big hugs*
So i was doing my devotion on the bus coming back from school yesterday. I was reading on the book of Ekekiel the past week and yesterday's reading was Ekekiel 37: 1-14, The Valley of Dry Bones. I'm always very inspired by this passage of how dry, useless bones were transformed to flesh and full human form by the breath of God. It always never fail to remind me that my God is a powerful God and there's nothing that can stop Him. But yesterday it was more than the miracle that God made. It was about me. It was about the people around me whom I loved and not known the power of God.
The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, "Son of Man, can these bones live?"I said, "O Soverign Lord, you alone know." - Ekekiel 37: 1-3Those bones in Ekekiel are like the lives of those around me whom have not either accepted Christ, friends who have lost their 'life' and special people on my heart whom have wandered away. I have been hurt, demoralised and trust me the pain of seeing people you love, disciples you have taught going astray and being hurt is painful. Sometimes being human you doubt that anything is going to happen. Should Jesus ask me today, " Sheena, can these bones live, can these people whom you thought will never 'live' because there's just no life and they are dead. Do you think they can become alive again?"
We all know the correct or model answer, definitely anyone trying to win heaven points would say Yes oh Lord without hesitation. But i asked myself what would i say to God? I questioned the faith I had in God. The faith in believing that these dry bones can live. Now you see i dont doubt He exists, no questions asked on that part. But to answer that question of whether those bones live could is different. I dont want to answer a question without believing that it would surely happen. For faith is more than just saying yes i agree in words but yes i agree wholeheartedly, i truly see your point and i will act upon it.
As i asked myself this question yesterday, what came upon me was an assurance and a hope that definitely He will bring life to the bones i know in my life. But being human, i asked God to teach me to overcome such faith-less thinking and to enable me to believe that these bones can be made alive! Show me that these bones can be alive! Make them alive! And make it such that i will see them alive in my lifetime! I know it will be made alive. And i want to activate all Heaven's resources to enable them to be alive. through prayer definitely! Go God! Go Go Go!!!
to my dearies who are reading this right now. I know most of you are struggling in your own walk. Life thesedays somehow have too many dry bones around us and it may seem hopeless, tiring and somewhat unmotivating as well. But dear gals should Jesus ask you today, "Can these bones live?" what would you say to Him? If i believe the dry bones around me can live, and trust me the dry bones around me are definitely a hard nut to crack, i dont believe yours wont. :) I love you all....
