24 hours

I was doing my work yesterday until about 5am this morning.. Have not completed my work but I know I needed the sleep in order to function the next day =)

So before I went to sleep, I started thinking about TIME.

It is common when people say they wish that they have more time. 25 hours a day, perhaps...

God made 24 hours in a day. Why so specific? I believe He knows our limit, He knows how many hours we can work, how many hours we can sleep (and how many hours of sleep is optimal for human), the time we need to eat, shower, have a leisure time, and most importantly, time set aside to be spent with Him.

In fact, the number one time slot that we should put in our daily schedule is our appointment with God.

I have a planner that I ALMOST cannot live without ehe. Even when meeting up with friends I got to write that down in my planner. God should be in my daily schedule. Morning, afternoon or/and night.

We always stretch ourselves to work more and sleep less. Being busy and productive is good, but make sure in the long run, the rest that God intended for you to have is used to be more productive in serving Him as you get older.

He knows why there is 24 hours a day. He pays attention to every need of sleep and time to finish work. He knows we need discipline too. Time management. So 24 hours is not too long, not too short.

All I wanna say is, be thankful for the 24hours in a day given to you. His timing is always perfect!

Giving my all

I was talking to my dad about the pimple near my eye. I have a HUGE pimple near my eye. That's what everyone notices when they see me. huhu. I told my dad I want to make sure the pimple goes away before this weekend so he said, "Try everything la. Oxy, T3 etc.."

I know this is not a very good analogy hahaha. But it made me think about some areas in my life. (although that was not what my dad intended haha). Random.

But just a thought:

When I want to achieve something, do I do everything I can? Or do I hold back something?

When we give God our worship, do we hold back? Just because we do not want to look 'weird'?

In our work and studies, do we give up? Just because we failed time and time again?

In reaching out to friends, do we really pray, build relationship? Or choose whom we think is 'more open minded' just because we are afraid of being judged?

In our giving of offering and time and service, do we give our leftovers?

I think we should take a step back from complaining "Why am I not good enough?" "Why is he more successful than me?" "Why is the world being so unfair?" and look at how far we have gotten and will go when we truly give our all.

Fighting Temptation

I used to enjoy watching my brother play Final Fantasy (dunno which number), as he would describe the characters to me, update me whenever there is level-up or improvement in certain skills. The one thing that I dislike about these kind of games is the part where you have to fight with the "Boss".

At every level the "Boss" is harder to fight. Little damage at every attack, but large damage when the character my brother played got hit.

In life we move one level to the next. It's not fun when we have to fight the same "boss" every round because we will get stronger, and it will be easier then to eliminate the "boss".

I'm in the season where I'm learning to fight my temptations, and overcome my challenges. It is of course irritating whenever it comes; but I know when I defeat them, I will gain my points, have my strength renewed, and move on to the next level.

Keep the fighting spirit up!