A Forgiving Heart

The title is based on this book that i've just JUST finished called "Finding Peace" by Charles Stanley, it has widened my perspective on living a life with peace and complete freedom from regret, anxiety and fear. One of the chapters speaks about restoring peace in relationships, and in particular this part called
"A Forgiving Heart". I guess this bit felt the most relevant, and i felt the holy spirit nudge at my heart a lot. I felt the grudges that i was holding onto, and the holy spirit basically spoke to my heart and said.

Forgive them that have caused you pain.

It highlights this verse from Luke 6:37 "Forgive, and you will be forgiven." this verse really makes me think and realise how much i need to learn how to forgive. why? because if i was to be treated by God the same way? i would like to be forgiven too! and believe me, what ive done to God is worse that what anyone else would have done to me.


"Forgiveness means that we are willing to let go of the pain we feel, and give it to God. We are willing to place every hurt and injustice into the hands of God and trust Him to heal our hearts and deal with those who have wounded us"

i like how i can just "leave it up to God" for him to do what is Just and right. However, the actual process of doing so, is so hard and a struggle but i believe it is a process and with every process, it takes time and patience.

Unforgiveness cannot be justified before God. Scary but true. in our lifetime we will go through tough, rough and unfair times, but we must learn to live life with complete trust in our god and learn to forgive those who fail, disappoint and let us down.

"Forgiveness does not mean that we deny our injuries, dismiss our pain or lay aside all claims to justice. It does mean that we must release that person from our own judgment and let go of any bitterness or feelings of revenge."

The quote above spoke right into me. there were a lot of bitterness in my heart and alot of hurt and basically i just wanted to get back at that person. and i know now that it was really unhealthy. ungodly and it was not helping my walk with God in any way, form or shape!!!

I am happy to say that even though i have sadness in my heart sometimes, i feel no regret about how things are turning out in my life. and believe me, i have been through so much in my life for a person only 24 years of age. My encouragement is that, we stand firm, trust that God knows what hes doing, where he is taking you in your journey of life with Him and surrender control to Him because He knows better. he can see what's ahead. and he has the power to bless you with unending love, joy and peace.

blessings,

b

Jesus is the way the truth and the life :)

Found this cartoon and it basically sums up that without Jesus dying on the cross for us, we are nothing. and we will not be able to walked through life with any hope in getting to heaven. Jesus died on the cross for you and me and it is a blessing that we ought to rejoice and celebrate!

Baby Gregory at 10months!

Ahh, time flies!! I cannot believe how much Baby G has grown~
last time we had a photoshoot sesh at Tina and Alan's place, he was only 5 months!
and look how grown up he is!

still looking VERY VERY cute tho!!!

Congratulations Mimi & James!!!

Over the weekend, i had the priviledge of being invited to a work friend of mine, Mimi's wedding...
It was absolutely beautiful. Luckily the weather held up, it stopped raining and the sun wasnt glaring at us. It was sorta gloomy but good. Good for the photos i mean :)

The location had a brilliant view of the city, it was like a garden wedding. Its called Gunners Barracks in Mosman! and the tea room looked gorgeous! small but really nice inside! and again, good for photos!

So heres to a BIG MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS to the newly weds, and may you both have a lifetime of Love & Joy!!! I cant believe you're both moving down to melbourne, but i believe one day you will both return in sydneyyyy!!!!! (please?) or ill just fly down, hehe! Here are Some from the night: otherwise you can find more on http://www.picasaweb.google.com/ilovesmiles06

Love Love LOVE

The greatest irony of love: Loving the right person at the wrong time or having the wrong person when the time is right; finding out you love someone after that person walks out of your life. 
For some, they think that letting go is one way of expressing how much they love that person. Some are afraid to see the one they love being held by someone else. Most relationships tend to fail not because of the absence of love, but because love is always present. It's just that one was being loved too much, and the other was being loved too little. Most often, we fall in love with the person we think we love, but to only discover that for them we are just for past times. While the one who truly loves us remains either your friend or a stranger.

When you think of your past love; you may view it as a failure; but when you find a new love, you view the past as a teacher. In the game of love, it doesn't really matter who won or who lost. What's important is that you know when to hold on and when to let go. You know that you love someone when you want him or her to be happy, even if their happiness means that you're not apart of it. Everything happens for a reason and for its best. If the person you love doesn't love you back, don't be afraid to love someone else again, for you'll never know unless you give it a try.

You'll never truly love a person, unless you risk for their love; love strives in hurting. If you don't get hurt, then you won't learn how to love. Love doesn't hurt all the time; though the hurting is there to test you, to help you grow. Don't find love, let love find you; that's why it's called falling in love, because you don't need to force yourself to love, you just fall. You cannot finish a book without closing the chapters. If you want to move on, then you have to leave the past as you turn the pages.

Love is not destroyed by a single failure or won by a single caress. But why is it that the greatest irony of love is letting go when you want to hold on, and holding on when you need to let go? You can never find the right person if you can never let it go of the wrong, but at the same time the moment you feel like letting go, you remember why you held on for so long. Sometimes you have to forget what you want and remember what you deserve.
To love is to risk rejection, to live is to risk dying and to hope is to risk failure. But risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing at all. To reach for another is to risk involvement, to expose your feelings is to expose your true self. To love is to risk not being loved in return.

How to define love: Fall but do not stumble. Be constant but not too persistent. Share and never be unfair. Understand and try not to demand. Hurt but never keep the pain.
Love is supposed to be the most wonderful feeling. It should inspire you and give you joy and strength. But sometimes the things that give you joy can also hurt you in the end. Loving people means giving them the freedom; whom they choose to be and where they choose to go. Loving someone means giving them the freedom to find their way, whether it leads towards you or away from you.

Love can be a painful risk. To love means that risk must be taken, no matter how scary or painful, for only then will you experience the fullness of humanity of what we call love. If you're not ready to cry, if you're not ready to take the risk and if you're not ready to feel the pain, then you're not ready to fall in love.

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Exodus 14:14

This bible verse speaks so much into my heart and my struggles in life. i just really need to be still and wait on God, because He will fight for me. he will not leave me on my own to fight my battles. he will never forsake me. what an awesome God!!