God of Comfort

"And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort." 2 Corinthians 1:7

Because You are good

Day 2 of the Anaheim Harvest Crusade began at 4pm this Sunday afternoon, thankfully as the sun started to set and the weather got a little cooler. My brother and I decided to attend after a church service in Anaheim which was just 10 minutes away from the Angels Stadium where it took place. It was an awesome experience. Worship was led by the Harvest Band followed by Jeremy Camp and MercyMe. Joining hands with our neighbors, lifting them up and praising one God together in a stadium full of hopeful Christians -both young and old- was an incredible feeling. Just a few song lyrics by these amazing artists who gave up their life to be used by the Lord with their amazing gifts:

"Power in hand speaking the Father's plan

You're sending us out, light in this broken land

We will overcome by the blood of the Lamb

and the word of our testimony, everyone overcome"

Overcome -Jeremy Camp

"I can only imagine what it will be like, when I walk by Your side...

I can only imagine, what my eyes will see, when Your face is before me!

I can only imagine. I can only imagine. 

Surrounded by Your Glory, what will my heart feel?

Will I dance for you, Jesus? Or in awe of You, be still?

Will I stand in your presence, or to my knees will I fall?

Will I sing 'Hallelujah!'? Will I be able to speak at all?"

I Can Only Imagine- MercyMe

This song seriously gets me so excited to meet with Jesus face to face... :o)

The event came to a close as Pastor Greg Laurie spoke about the Nicodemus and his encounter with Jesus Christ, informing all of us the realness of the Gospel message while quoting the famous John 3:16. The Gospel seriously never gets old. It was just an added blessing to watch the field filling up with people eager to experience Jesus Christ for themselves. I think it literally went from a hundred or so people to about over five thousand people (as you can see in the pictures below). Such a beautiful sight. God is good.

And here is today's outfit OOTD: 

INDIA July 2- August 3

            

            This summer, I had been enrolled in a few classes in Paris, France. I was planning on studying abroad. However, I was able to rethink my plans for the summer and actually take some time to pray about God’s plan for me with constant encouragement from my KCM small group. It wasn’t all that easy though. In the beginning, out of the sinfulness of my heart, I was thinking of ways that I would be pleasing God in France to use as an excuse not to think about missions. After a while though, I just learned to ask God. I asked him what He really wanted me to do and that’s when I received a strange conviction to go on missions.

            Missions in India this summer was an amazing experience. I learned what it really means to grow in my relationship with Jesus Christ, I was also able to see the urgency of the Gospel message, but what really made the biggest impact in my heart this summer was the meaning of faith in God.
            For about four days, our team did ministry at St. Paul School in a city called Berikai. After school ended, we got a chance to bus to a couple of the villages nearby. One of the villages we stopped at was called the untouchables group village. This little community is composed of people in the lowest caste system in India. People live in little huts on made on dirt floor. As soon as I walked in, I could sense the lack of hope in the lives of the people. Gathering a crowd in a small corner of the village, we started off by doing a couple songs and skits. After a short while, and with insistent prayer, we started the Obsession skit. The whole time we were performing this skit, I looked up to see an elderly lady that was nodding her head and watching very intently. I wanted to talk to her so I went up to her and gave her a hug and although she didn’t know very much English, I explained that there was a God that loved her very much and that believing in Jesus Christ can get her into Heaven where there is eternal life and pointing at the Bindi red dot on her forehead, I told her that it’s not Hinduism which teaches about many different gods but that there is only one true God. She looked at me and took the Bindi off her forehead and threw it on the ground and asked me to pray for her, giving me the biggest hug. Since that incident, I wondered why God would use someone so weak and foolish like me, but that’s the crazy part- God wants to use weak and foolish people like us to do His great work. We just have to be usable.
            Through the lives of the missionaries in India, I was able to see what it meant to be usable and I learned that it requires complete faith in God. Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as being certain of something we do not see. I find that extremely difficult and there are times when I doubt and struggle but through them all, I’m learning what it takes to lay down my idols and really die to myself and carry out the cross day by day. One of the main things I learned from Missionary Chung’s lifestyle in India is how to live a life with the mindset of “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart” (Job 1:21). We leave this earth with nothing left of this world. As I learn and grow in my faith, I desire to be a woman completely usable for God, submitting everything that I have accumulated in this earth to Him who made me.

Philippians 1:21 “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain”-- that is my prayer.

Through the Looking Glass of Instagram

India 2k12- Rooftop overlooking the city of Bangalore.

Late-night snacking.

A new found love for books and Barnes&Noble.

An infinite time to spend with my bestfriends.

In Him alone

Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not ecpect to receive anything from the Lord. Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do. So don't be misled, my dear brothers and sisters. Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow. He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession. James 1:2-8, 16-18 NLT

God give me wisdom. 

"The more we let God take us over, the more truly ourselves we become- because He made us. He invented us. He invented all the different people that you and I were intended to be... It is when I turn to Christ, when I give up myself to His personality, that I first begin to have a real personality of my own." C.S. Lewis