Gracious Lord...

I've have been killing time in KUMON (where i work now). The kids are amazing but there are a few that really gets on my nerves. They seem to have a world of their own. They can't concentrate and wouldn't behave themselves. There is one student who would talk to himself and acts as if there was someone else playing with him. The real world seems oblivion to him. I was teaching him yesterday evening and looking at his behaviour, I prayed for patience and I prayed that the boy will be freed.

Giving birth to a child is painful enough and to see them walk in the ways not right with the Lord is even more painful. Parents have a heavy responsibility when they decide to carry the child. And without the grace and love of God, there is no way parents can go through the bumps.
I'm grateful that God shows His grace and mercy to both believers and unbelievers. When I was not protected by the blood of the Lamb, God still provides the air for me to breathe. It was free of charge to all mankind. Isn't God wonderful? His grace has brought life to generations and generations of man. Everything on earth was given free to all living creatures on earth. But we, humans, take things for granted, claiming this is mine and that is mine. When everything doesn't really belong to us. God created everything for us.

Simply put, anything that was free of charge is manipulated to make money. Education, which was once free, is now earning thousands and thousands of dollars (just for a piece of paper). Hospitals and clinics, which once provided free health care to the poor, are now profitting millions and millions of dollars. Without deposit, you are not attended. Humans are making money from their fellow brothers and money seems so important today that people are manipulating people for profits.

The world is becoming perverse, therefore "... put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do." Colossions 3:12-13.

Nothing is going to get better! Leaders are professing for world peace. But peace does not come from the world. You can only grasp the real peace from Jesus Christ because He is the Prince of Peace - Isaiah 9:6. Jesus says in John 14:27, "... My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." This is the real peace that only Christ can offer - the state of being calm, not worried or disturbed in any way.

Hold on to God's Words and promises. Matthew 24:35 says, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away." God's Word is a message to obey, not just to listen to. For if you just listen and don't obey, it is like looking at your face in a mirror but doing nothing to improve your appearance. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like.