Cannot please all men

Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men, Eph...

Knowing how God responds will help me know how to approach my problems

As I grew older, I have slowly come to understand what it means when older people tell me that there will always be problems in life. Never could appreciate if when I was younger. I'm always one who grapples with fear. Fear of getting scolded if I did not do well in my exams. Fear...

Reading, or not reading

I admit that I am not much of a reader, and have always envied those who read a lot, because they are certainly more knowledgeable. Is it too late to start? I hope not! And I hope to start this year! https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/parents-want-well-read-kids-but-are-they-themselves-reading

Forgetfulness

It can be scary how forgetfulness seeps into my life. Forgetfulness of what I did, what happened, when it happened. Is there something to help with my forgetfulness? But what I must not forget is how the Lord had blessed me, how He has kept me, how He has protected me. If I develop dementia...

Obedience

As a parent, I expect my children to obey me - to study hard, to practise the piano, not to be on computer all the time, to be in God's house. Yet, more often than not, they do only 50% of all that I tell them (or maybe even less than 50%), and that frustrates...

Secret of success

Many of us want to be successful and we wonder what is the secret of success of famous people in this world. Just google "secret of success" and many quotes will be available. But what is our definition of success? Earning a good reputation amongst friends, in this world? Earning lots of money? Have an...

Being looked upon

I guess it is easy for those who are "popular" to be looked upon all the time, or to be looked up too. I remember how my friend in my all girls' secondary school, who was the head prefect then, had younger girls who come by to the classroom to sneak peeks of her every...

A relationship

To many people, religion is just a religion, a means of teaching us how to be good, a way of life. And thus religion is something that is good to have but not essential to have. Being religious is something that I was taught to do since young. As a teenager, if I missed church...

What is God’s will for me?

This was always the question in my mind, especially when I come to crossroads in my life, like choosing a career, a life partner, and other big decisions in life. But this question is always so "me"-centric, and I always don't seem to be able to find the answer for this. Yet the will of...

Godliness?

Merriam-Webstar defines "godliness" as the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous. And with this definition implies that the person who is considered godly is perfectly sinless. Well, at least that's the impression I had. Until I learnt from Ps 32:6 For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You In a...