Who Other than Jesus Christ?

I promised a lot of you that I will have this post up in the last couple weeks, but since I have been having a crazy journey, I hope you can all understand. 

About a month ago, I was struggling with many things in my life.
The situation is still haunting my sleep away to this day but I have learned to deal with this; to remind myself what the most important thing in my life is.

I have struggled with the sin that is within me just wanting to present itself to the world.
The work of God, rewired, and altered to constantly sin and basking in the attention of own own self not the creator. 
This is the struggle that I faced. 

Hurting others, and hurting myself in the process is nor healthy nor glorifying.

With this constant guilt and pain that I was facing from years of struggling with this sin, I had hit rock bottom. 

God had broken me down.

I no longer felt the need to cover up, and hide in the mask of this self-created image.

It made me feel desperate need for something more. 
Something more powerful than all the judging eyes among the world, something more merciful that all the burdens in the world can be healed.

Who other than Jesus Christ?

God planted this hymn "I Surrender All" in my desperate need.

1. All to Jesus I surrender;
   All to Him I freely give;
   I will ever love and trust Him,
   In His presence daily live.
   • Refrain:
     I surrender all,
     I surrender all;
     All to Thee, my blessed Savior,
     I surrender all.
2. All to Jesus I surrender;
   Humbly at His feet I bow,
   Worldly pleasures all forsaken;
   Take me, Jesus, take me now.
3. All to Jesus I surrender;
   Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
   Let me feel the Holy Spirit,
   Truly know that Thou art mine.
4. All to Jesus I surrender;
   Lord, I give myself to Thee;
   Fill me with Thy love and power;
   Let Thy blessing fall on me.
5. All to Jesus I surrender;
   Now I feel the sacred flame.
   Oh, the joy of full salvation!
   Glory, glory, to His Name!
6. The amazing thing is that the Grace gives us this second chance. I need to know that my salvation has nothing to do with what deeds I do, or what I make out of my life. 
8. I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me
   

   - Galatians 2:20 
9. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight
10. - Ephesians 1:7-8
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       Through Jesus Christ, my saviour, I am redeemed. I am just glad that this redemption is not out of my own good, but the good of Christ. 
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Overcoming Burdens

Struggles are the worst!

I am currently having the time of my life in terms of my struggles and drastic changes of my life.

Do these struggles guide me to be more desperate for God?
Maybe. 
Then should it be the highlight of my life?
.... NO.

My highlight of my life is and should always be my testimony of how He loves us.
Testimony is defined as the "proof or evidence that something exists or is true".

My personal definition is a bit different I think.

I would like to define it as "How God has revealed himself and His never-ending love to me"
David Crowder Band's How He Loves Us is an example of this.
Some may think of this as a very selfish way of thinking.

However, I believe that how His love is revealed is different for everyone.
As long as we see the Grace of God.

His grace in any shape or form, as everything comes from His love (i.e."Hurricane" of Love).

Recently, this song Healer by Hillsong United have come back to my attention.

As many of you may know, this song is wrapped in controversy.
This song is written by a pastor who lead the congregation in worship.
After going to the hospital from a minor car accident, he announced that he was terminally ill with cancer. He wrote the song Healer, which led many people in prayers and unison. This song became very popular as the pastor continually showed physical signs of deterioration from cancer (losing hair, oxygen tank, and etc.). However, all these signs were an act. In fact, the pastor was never diagnosed with anything, especially not cancer. 

Who knows what his intentions were, maybe it was for finacial support, maybe it was for compassion. Many years after his cancer announcement, he confessed in front of the world that all his relation to cancer was a lie. He confessed that his 16-year struggles of pornography addiction was what he really wanted to bury with the lies. 

Many people were against this news and felt betrayed. For a reason too. All the financial, emotional investment for years definitely leave a sense of betrayal. 

Although this may come to a shock , the important thing to note, I believe, is that we are no different. He doesn't become any more of a sinner than we are. We are all sinners and without Jesus Christ and the Grace that He sacrificed His kingdom and His life for our sins, we do not even hold a chance in ... anything.

Struggles may come and go, but Christ has given us a way out. 


No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13


Overcoming burdens may be difficult and may seem impossible, but God always gives us a way out.
Christ Jesus, my Saviour.

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