Thoughts during Communion

Why is everyone so serious when receiving communion? I understand they are trying to show respect, but we are not attending a funeral. Our God is a Living God! If you are reminded of God's Love - of what He has done for you, shouldn't you be filled with joy? Fill with love?

Renew Hopes

"...Forgetting what is behind and straining forward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God have called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."
-Phil 3:13b-14

Posted here will be excerpts of my personal journal. Hopefully this will be a way to help me become more transparent to others around me and to God. Whoever stumble across these pages, hope you will pray for me.

So where should I start? After a year filled with heartaches, pains, diappointments, broken promises, and life changing lessons, I was looking forward to a year of renew hopes, new dreams, and new challenges.

Forgetting behind... straining forward.

How do I strain forward? Only by His grace. The worst of the storm have passed, the rainbow is around the corner. Have faith, Joel. It is funny how God have given and taken what I have today. Even I can say last year was the worst year of my life, rock bottom, but I can also say it was my best. It did get me to where I am today. Do I want anything more? Not at all.

FAITH, that what it has been and continue to be, a lesson of faith. He has taken away the security of a job, the comfort of a worldly love, and the rotten nature of my pride. Then He replaced it with my family, friends, and a heart to learn to trust Him. Father, sorry for the past 7 years, trying to tackle this world on my own. I never realized in the meantime You were preparing something so much greater for me. Thanks You, Lord.

Press torward the goal to win the prize...