Suicidal thought attacked my mind after having an argument with my grandma. I don't like to be misunderstood and words just cannot vindicate my actions. No matter how many times i explained to my grandma, she just won't listen. I hate the feeling of not being forgiven. As I was sitting in the second hall, I found a knife on the marble table. I attempted to kill myself at that time but something was pulling me off. I knew it must be the Spirit at work. However, the feeling of anger and frustration was boiling within me and I have no where to release it. Finally, I broke down in tears inside my room and screamed on top of my voice with my mouth covered by pillow. I really thank God that Winson and my dad came in just at the right time.
After taking much time to cool down myself, the Word of God dawned on me which is Isaiah 53 (Note the verse which I have highlighted below). Although Jesus knew no sin but yet people crucified Him on the cross. When He was tried, He didn't say anything to defend Himself but He was as tame as the lamb which has been prophesied by the prophet Isaiah. He taught me not to take revenge but to taking the extra miles. An eye for an eye adage is never in the teaching of Jesus. No matter how people demean, humiliate or misunderstand me, as long as my action and conscience are right before God, I shall silence myself just like Jesus because only He alone justifies my action. May He give me strength to endure all the hard words that are going to come out from my grandma's mouth. Thank you, Jesus.
Isaiah 53
1 Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he took up our infirmities
and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before her shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
And who can speak of his descendants?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was stricken.
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it was the LORD's will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.
11 After the suffering of his soul,
he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
1 comments:
I think ur blog more facts.. hahaha.. mine is more like my life in NTU currently.. :P anyway, life in Sg ah? A few words..
Stressful and no time! :(
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