Over the last couple of years I've experienced moments of intense joy and also times of heart-felt sorrow. It was in those instances that I took out my pen and scribbled my feelings onto a little notepad. They're now literary gems I've come to treasure. May these words lift up your spirits as you sojourn along life's mountains and valleys.
Kisses from God
God's tender caress is often found in the thunders of life and the hurricanes of the heart... But it's not only in the turmoil that we find Him, but also in the peace that endures throughout....
2nd October 03
The sun may rise and the sun may set... The flowers bloom and the flowers fade... A new life is born and yet another ceases to be... And through it all His love endures forever...
19th January 04 (inspired by Psalm 136)
Matters of the Heart
Often it's not how we react to people that matters... Rather it's the attitude of our hearts and how we choose to react to others... A happy heart makes the face cheerful, a cheerful look brings joy to the heart. May we light up the lives of one another everywhere we go...
18th October 03 (inspired from the Book of Proverbs)
The heart of missions is a heart of love. He who goes into the world but who has no love pales in comparison to he who stays at home but who aches with a heart of love.
3rd May 04
When all's been said and done, the heart of a servant is manifested in a heart of love. One cannot say he or she loves another person without first serving the person. Conversely, the one who serves others without love can only be likened to an empty vessel - cold and unfeeling...
14th May 04
Loving God is not about how much you do or how much you sacrifice, but about knowing Him and yearning to pursue the desires of His heart.
1st June 04
It's not our exterior actions or words that are the most important; rather it's the internal disposition of our hearts that matters most....
17th June 04
How much quiet time I spend each day is not an accurate measure of the quality of my spiritual walk. What's more important is how much I love God and how much I love His people.
3rd March 04
A Life worth Living
Battles are fought both in the head and in the heart. A victory in one realm is not the same as a success in the other. Wars are therefore only won when both head and heart herald the trumpeting call of a warrior's triumph...
25th October 03
Death is not the worst thing that can happen to a person... What's worse is dying without making the most of life and not treasuring each day as though it is one's last...
31st October 03
I would rather die while still living instead of live but be dead to all...
19th February 04
A healing wound takes time to recover despite the rawness and the pain. Only when the healing is complete can the rawness and pain be totally gone.
13th March 04
Our inner life is often masked by our outer actions. Yet the greatest changes take place inside us and what's outside is only a masquerade performed for a staged audience. A true test of character is when what's inside us is conveyed authentic and untainted to the outside world.
3rd July 04
Most of our time is spent doing things that no one will remember one year down the road. But the precious time we spend with those who need us most will likely be remembered more than fourscore years to come...
29th January 05
"But the Greatest of these is Love"
The tears that we shed are precious in God's eyes... Always safeguard them in our hearts and treasure them as we would the most precious of jewels...
23rd December 03
Waiting is not the worst thing that can happen to a person. What's worse is not waiting and later realising you should have waited.
22nd March 04
True love doesn't only look to the here and the now. It also looks past the yesterday and beyond the tomorrow.
6th April 04
True love is the most intense emotion one can ever feel. But it surpasses even emotions and feelings. It is a connection of souls between one person and another. And no one who has ever experienced true love can deny it existed because of the deep bonds forged when one spirit merges with another.
5th October 04
These
words were penned by Mark Lim Shan-Loong.
Words from the Heart
