The Life of a Seed

So i saw that little seed
Which got planted in the ground
By the Master
Who has placed it there for a purpose

He faithfully waters it
Nurtures it
From season to season
Watching over it's growth

Little that the seed know
What is beyond the dark soil
Or what kind of plant
It will eventually become

The seed has it's own imaginations
"Maybe i will become a fruitful tree?"
"A beautiful big tree perhaps?"
"or just a tiny grass?"

But the Master knew better
what the seed will become
what kind of leaves it will have
what sort of fruits it will produce

The seed often asks the Master
When will i grow?
What should i do?
How do I become what You've called me to be

Then I came to realize,
All that the seed needs to do
is obey
The Master is the Creator

He is the planter,
The seed will grow by itself
No amount of effort,
Or worry, will add to its growth

Have faith
There is a time for everything
A time for waiting
A time for breakthru

In the end, on earth
Everything is from God
Everything is for God
til we meet Him again

I choose to believe
that You heard my prayers
You saw my tears
and You understood my situation

You said ask
and I will receive
Knock
and the door shall be open

I'm holding on
to Your promises O Lord
For what You say is the TRUTH
and You never change

You reminded me of Peter
When he walked on water
He started to drown
when he looked to the right and left

Instead You called out to Him
I want to see Your face
For in You my joy is complete
in You i lack nothing

Forgive me Lord
when I try to reason
why this and that
when its all under Your control

You are the author
of my life
You are the captain
of this ship

let Your will be done
My Lord and King
let my stories be used
to glorify Your Name

Yes Lord I'm growing up
But You still hold my hand
Walking steadily forward
Even when I don't have the courage

You lovingly discipline
Your beloved children
Your thoughtful guidance
Ever so patient

Sometimes I don't understand
Why we need to stop
Why we need to give way
Why don't you let us speed ahead

Then I realised
You don't want us to get hurt
Or ran over
Because it's not time yet

You have the aerial view
Of the right timing
Of the right place
Of the right build

To go thru the next mile
There's a time for everything
A time to speed and
A time to stop

A time to refresh
And a time to persevere
Most importantly
You're always with me Father

I believe God is my ability
in my inadequacy
I believe God is my strength
in my weaknesses

I believe God has gone before me
even when I cant see ahead
I believe God has it all planned
and his plans are always good

I believe God is my provider
in the past, present and future
I believe God is always faithful
for He never leaves us nor forsake us

I believe God is perfect love
and in Him there is no fear
I believe God always protects
no weapons shall prosper against me

I believe God is my victory
For He that is in me
is greater than he
that is in the world

I believe God is my everything
without Him I am nothing
I have nothing

House of cards

Endless efforts
Sometimes disturbed nights
Everyone is busy
Building their house of cards

Who can build the highest
Or widest
Or most fanciful
House of cards

Halfway through the fatigue
A brush of wind came
And tumbled a few cards
Our customised house of cards!

Then I realised
No matter how hard we try
To build the house of cards
It won't stand for long

Then one day He knocked
And invited us
To come and live
In the house He built

indeed it comes down to grace
Abundant and enriching
So we don't have to go on
living in the house of cards

Everything is nothing
Unless You're in it Jesus
Everywhere is nowhere
Unless You're there Jesus



Thank you Jesus for Your grace

Thank you Daddy God
For the past years and the years to come
Filled with Your love
And your faithfulness

I know that You
Have sewn the patterns,
Chosen the colours and
The texture of the strings

There are moments
I asked why did you cut
Those strings or
Why did you tie the knots

From below where I see it
It's jumbled and messy
I can't predict or imagine
What You've got in mind

Which colours will come next?
Which way will you sew
Which strings will you use
Beyond my comprehension

But Lord when You flipped the board
And showed me A glimpse of what You've sewn
From Your viewing
It's amazing Lord!

I rest assure
That my life is in Your hands
You're the mastermind
Your plans are always good

Higher than what I can think of
Yet You still answer my foolish questions
Higher than what I can ask or imagine
Yet you faithfully take away my worries

Thank you Jesus
My friend, my King
My hiding place
My God

You are the Source
and I am the branch
without You
I lack

what's there to boast
when everything is given
by the Source
and we are merely branches

The fruits we bear
should not be our pride
it's the Source's
We are the transmitter

so many branches
break away
shrivelled
and dried up

some other branches
are grafted in
they grow stronger
and bear much fruit

don't break away beloved,
He hears your prayers
set out plans for your life
and He says it's good.

If there is one word
to sum up what I've learnt so far
in all the hustle n bustle
"surrender"

Isaiah 49:3-5
3 He said to me, "You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will display my splendor."
4 But I said, "I have labored to no purpose; I have spent my strength in vain and for nothing. Yet what is due me is in the LORD's hand, and my reward is with my God."
5 And now the LORD says— he who formed me in the womb to be his servant to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to himself, for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD and my God has been my strength-