Friday, August 17, 2007

I see Grace...

Beloved, Child of most high God, pardon me for my slow reply. Just want you to know, every line you left on my blog, I see grace, I felt love of Abba in Heaven & thank you for all the prayers for me & my family. Deeply appreciated...

Work is heavy. Encounter many challenges for the month, just like David versus Goliath. Facing the Giants. My router burnt out, thus I lost internet connection & my desktop computer had some software conflicts & had to be formatted. Data recovery is a nightmare...

All in all of the fiasco, I kept telling myself "the battle is the Lord's" I shall just rest in Him. My sister should be better, I hardly get to see her as I worked till late, when I'm home she had rested for the night. Mum didn't mention about her medical condition, I just trust the Lord for her healing! Amen?! As God is good!

A close friend of mine 'sold me' out of a business deal recently. I was so angry with him as our years of friendship was traded for financial gains. Every man for himself. Get all you can, & can all you get. Survival of the fittest? I prayed about it & ask Jesus how could such happen to me? Me! Child of most high God!

He led me to Eccles 7:9 [TEV] "It is foolish to harbor a grudge". An eye for an eye becomes a neck for a neck & a job for a job & a reputation for a reputation. "Godwyn, When does it stop?" Vengeance fixes our attention at life's ugliest moments. Score-settling freezes our stare at cruel events in our past. Is this where we want to look? Will rehearsing & reliving our hurts make us a better person? By no means. It will destroy us...

Revenge removes Jesus from the equation. Vigilantes displace & replace Jesus. "I'm not sure you can handle this one, Jesus. You may punish him too little or too slowly. I'll take this matter into my hands, thank you" Ever have such thoughts? I admit I do at times. No one had a clearer sense of right & wrong than the perfect Son of God, Jesus!

Give grace. Forgiveness is not foolish. Forgiveness is, at its core, choosing to see our offender with different eyes. To forgive is to move on...Jesus lived the life we could not live & took the punishment we could not take to offer the hope we cannot resist. His sacrifice begs us this question: If he so loved us, can we not love each other? Having been forgiven, can we not forgive? Having feasted at the table of grace, can we not share a few crumbs? "My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this, we certainly ought to love each other" Rom 12:21 [MSG]

Inspired By:

Max Lucado

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

hi bro! nice to see you again. i've written something about forgiveness a few days back. hard to forgive but that's a command from God. we just have to ask Him to give us grace to do so because we definitely can't on our own.

blessings...

Godwyn Lim said...

Hi Sister PIA!

Amen! We need His grace. Thank you for dropping by constantly, sorry I haven't been blogging much.

Going to surf your blog now to read about forgiveness!

We are so Bless, the Lord is guiding our life as He is the Truth & the Way...

Have a Bless Week Ahead!

audrey` said...

Hi Brother Godwyn

Vengence belongs to Him.
Take care =)

jel said...

Hey Brother!

Glad to see ya around ! thanks for stopping by!


you do your family proud!

take care of ya self !

blessings to U and your family!

Kitty Cheng said...

Hi brother Godwyn, I see His grace through you! Forgiveness is so essential. God will deal with it.

Lori said...

Thank you for your sweet prayer on my blog for me and my family. Aaron leaves for the Navy in about an hour.

Blessings,

Lori

audrey` said...

Kitty said it best, Godwyn =)
God will handle it...

An Ordinary Christian said...

LOVE your PASSION and faithfulness!

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Live, Love, Laugh said...

Amen and Amen! Again I am blessed by your post and just by having you for a brother in Christ. It is exciting to know we have such a big family and we all love the Father so much!! Thanks again for sharing!

Anonymous said...

is ya well????????



jel

Godwyn Lim said...

Sister Audrey,

Thank you for your kind reminder:-) I just took some time to blog, been very busy with work!

Visit my post "Now" when you are free! Just did an entry to share about how the Goodness of Jesus free me from bondages of fear!

Meantime Have a Bless weekend!

Godwyn Lim said...

Sister Janice,

I always love to visit your blog with those awesome visuals you took with the illustration of Jesus love for us!

*Hug*

Godwyn Lim said...

Sister Kitty,

Amen! Thank you for your kind encouragement through HIS words:-)

Grace to Grace...

May the Good Lord Bless you! Thanks for visiting!

Godwyn Lim said...

Sister Lori,

Pleasure is mine, Aaron surely is in the good hands of the Lord!


When God is for us, who can be against us:-) Amen?!

Have a good weekend ahead!

Godwyn Lim said...

Sister PIA,

The Award Belongs to my best friend, His name is Jesus:-)! It's all about Him not me...

Godwyn means: Friend of God!

Shalom!

Godwyn Lim said...

Sister,

Thank you for your kind words: "PASSION" comes from relationship with Jesus! He is my all & everything...just like the Movie "The Passion of Christ" that I tear so much...with His great passion...

Faithfulness! In flesh, it is not easy & I am learning...One thing I know: "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday & today & forever." Hebrews 4:8 [NASB]

Have a good Bless week ahead!