when God doesn't stop the rain..

haih..
this week started off with
SETBACKS!!

1st of all,
yesterday,
i dint get my study bible after all,
it was out of stock..
and now,
i might not get it at all..

why?

well,
me and my sis were suppose to go see
BOLT today..
so, she was driving..
and we didnt even leave the taman..

2 boys on a motor,
drove out of a lorong
without braking,
and into the car..

YES!!
into the car..
smashed up the drivers side door...

datz gonna cost..

actually,
honestly,
i was pretty mad..
at God..

i was thinking..
What la God,
how could You?!
You could have stopped it!!
Why didn't You stop the motor..
why did You allow this?
now Pa, and Ma will have to go thru so much..
and we just serviced the car yesterday..
why dint You intervene

i was kinda angry..
unhappy,
i kinda lashed out at my dad
when he asked me to vacuum the house floor after dat..

but den, i felt something in me
rebuke me..
"How dare you be so rash..
itz God you're talking to,
not your friend!!"

den a softer voice said
"I did intervene..
those boys arent dead right?
it was just a bike, not a bus rite?
itz just a door,
not your arm rite?
I did intervene,
I did not stop it,
but,
I intervened."

and i remembered,
just this morning,
i was telling the youths at LYPG
our timing is not God's timing..
we cant expect Him to do things our way..

and here i was,
rambling and grumbling at God..

i actually titled this blog post :
HUH?!WHAT!!SETBACK!!OMG!!

but i decided to rename it
to when God doesn't stop the rain..

why?
well,
many times,
i have been on my bike,
on the way to church..
and the sky looks black.
and it starts to drizzle..

and i start to pray against the rain..
the more i do,
the heavier it gets,
till,
im ALL wet all over..

i get angry,
i fret..
i get upset and disappointed at God..

i always hear ppl's testimony..
"We prayed, God stopped the rain!"
Hallelujah
"..and we were 3 seconds late, and the car that overtook us
met with the accident, God saved us!"
Amen! Praise the Lord..

you know how discouraging it is,
when everyone around you has
something to testify about..
and you wonder,
why is this not happening to me?
why oni them?

well,
i oni got one verse for you my Christian friends,
Isaiah 55:8-9
8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.

wow..
it really proves something rite?

you see,
God will never put you in
a position where harm will befall you,
NO!
He will always be your strength..


so,
in summary,
even if next time i get drenched in rain,
or i get hit by a car,
or get mugged..
i will lift my head up high,
i will say:
Bless the person who did this to me,
Praise the Lord, all that is within me,
bless His holy name,
for His ways are higher than mine!!

Lord,
You are sovereign,
forgive me for doubting You!

thanks You Jesus,
i love You,
Amen..

GOD IS IN THE HOUSE!!
AND HE IS IN CONTROL!!

i just tot of this song,

Count your blessings

Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your blessings
See what God has done
Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your many blessings
See what God has done

When upon life's billows
You are tempest tossed
When you are discouraged
Thinking all is lost
Count your many blessings
Name them one by one
And it will surprise you
What the Lord has done

Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your blessings
See what God has done
Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your many blessings
See what God has done

Are you ever burdened
With a load of care
Does the cross seem heavy
You are called to bear
Count your many blessings
Every doubt will fly
And you will be singing
As the days go by

Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your blessings
See what God has done
Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your many blessings
See what God has done

When you look at others
With their lands and gold
Think that Christ has promised
You His wealth untold
Count your many blessings
Money cannot buy
Your reward in heaven
Nor your home on high

Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your blessings
See what God has done
Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your many blessings
See what God has done

So, amid the conflict
Whether great or small
Do not be discouraged
God is over all
Count your many blessings
Angels will attend
Help and comfort give you
To your journey's end

Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your blessings
See what God has done
Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your many blessings
See what God has done

- Words by Johnson Oatman, 1897

signing off,
MarcusDS