Three years ago...

Three years ago, I had the privilege of speaking at Christopher Dock Mennonite High School. I can't say much has changed since then, other than the fact that I have aged a bit (and perhaps hold a more 'progressed' view on life...) But what still rings true is that this life isn't about 'us'. I'm not going to lie; it is a continuous struggle to come to terms with that - one moment, you are at the bottom, and the next you are on the top of the world. And it sort of goes in a cycle, over and over again - though I hope there is an end to that!

This life, though many of us seek to have some sort of success in this world, is not about any one of us or what we can achieve to be recognised. It is about a bigger picture, about something that is beyond this 'self' that we constantly speak of. It is about the people we come in contact with, the environment/nature and essentially, God - how we can learn to love and appreciate people, the nature and God - the reconciliation in all aspects Jesus Christ gave to this broken world. Sometimes, we encounter stages where we battle about trying to make sense of the reasons in which we struggle and suffer. In these moments, we ought to take a step back and remind ourselves of how God brought us through similar situations in the past. And there is no reason that He won't do the same again. Though we may now be blinded by what is in front of us, we must not turn away and forget all the good things that once came to us when we 'lost' ourselves. It is a blessing in disguise despite it feeling more like a curse than a blessing. 

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.                                                                                          --- Matthew 16:25 (NIV)

To end this post, I will share with you the video of my sermon from that awesome day when I got to share with the students at Christopher Dock about my experience in pursuing God's calling for me - even though my calling has taken a somewhat different shape now (or derailed, who knows?), my heart remains in the same place - honouring God with everything I've got and with everything I do. 

Hope you enjoy watching and, in some ways, be encouraged. 

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

                                                                                                                -- Galatians 2:20 (NIV)