Live the present, not the past

Philippians 3:13-14

.............. Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

I press on toward the goal to win the prize

for which God has called me.

There are many regrets in our lives. Who can stand and say he doesn't have any? As we go on our lives, the regrets, fears and quams build up.
There are so many good things in front of us, yet we are blinded by the past. We dare not move forward because we are held back by fears.
We talk as if we know what to do, but in reality, we don't. We hesitate and wait for others to move first. Our fears has overcome the desire to be a new self the next moment.
No, I want to be a new me .............. forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize

for which God has called me.

Change and Learn To Live

Matthew 6:19-21

Do not store up for yourself treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy and thieves do not break in and steal.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

We knew how life is. There are so much to live for yet, not much time to do so. Most of the time, we ran blindly towards all the directions...... Thinking the treasures were to be found there.

Yet, when we found the real treasure, we never appreciated the effort we spent in doing so. Instead, we spent more time trying to amass other 'treasures' thinking, by doing so, our souls will be richer and calmer.

Finally, we stopped and looked around, as we thought we had enough ..... we have nothing at all.

Isn't it time to start changing our attitudes and start living?

A Second Chance

John 1-8 tells of what Jesus did when he was asked to judge a woman commited a sin.

JESUS said "If any of you without is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her."

This left me thinking ......

The Chinese will say, if you died as a sinner, then after eighteen years, you'll be reborn another good man.

But, why wait eigtheen years? We have an instant redemption here .......

John 8:11 " .............. 'Then neither do I condemn you,' Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."

What a great promise!