Pure Grace

  A: You connected a lot of pipes, you learned so much. Why did you disconnect everything? B: We no longer need those, we have to learn a new. A: But it's not better than what we had. B: We cannot reconnect if our hands are full, empty the vessel to fill a new. A: Why didn't you grab those tubes? Didn't you say you need a new? B: The right fit and length and not just a new. A: Is it not better if we just try each of those? B: No, wrong choice will make you miss it. A: How long will we wait to reconnect and have a new? B: Shhh.. Soon, it'll be revealed and prepare to have a new. A: Should we still use what we learned when we have a new? B: Use it with a new and innovate to make it better.

Whenever I hear these words I’d say, “Of course! That’s what Christians would do but one must do their best, then God will do the rest.” I think many would agree to that. I’m not someone who would wait for a miracle when I can let it happen if I just act in the first place. As confident as I am, when I knew I can do it as easy as a pie. When I was a teenager, we had a 3-day youth camp in our church with series of enjoyable obstacle course on the last part of the program. One of it was so unforgettable that it made my knees shivered and my co-camper even lost her energy to stand or walk after the exercise. What was it? “Mud Walk” You had to hold and grab the rope while being blind folded, keep down and find the way to the exit with your team. The goal was the exit or, we thought so. We were eager, we had much energy, we had confidence; giving up was not part of the option. No retreat; no surrender! Well, exit is just around the corner. And we had already won other obstacles one by one. ...