Saturday, May 31, 2008

pure joy

Pure joy. How many of us get to experience that? Or are actually experiencing it?


It's tempting to get angry or all worked out when things don't go our way. Very often we yield to hopelessness or despair. To cope with that in mind, we dig a cave, throw mud on others or like me, walk around like a zombie.

Little did I realize the effect of my weather casted on my surroundings(although I like to think that i'm invisible sometimes). It has been quite an adventure for the past two years since I graduated. I felt like a gypsy. Cruising. Direction? Unknown. But the good thing was, this gypsy made alot of discovery about herself or see paths unknown to her eyes if she did not start the ride.

One stormy day, a friend showed me sunbeams: a
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him"

She encouraged me: "Have joy, knowing that through all these trials and uncertainties, there is a purpose. God has a greater agenda for u ! Be joyful in knowing (vs apathy for unknown)! Ask God for wisdom when ur stuck or tested. "


We have a choice : Praise the Lord? or kick the wall?

Paul could have a reason to get bitter. He was rewarded with a sentence to jail right after casting the devil out of a girl. Instead, he led a celebration of praise in his cell. The prison doors could not content his joy that it burst open.


pictures taken fr cherating at dawn/sunrise with the guidance of a xifu.

2 comments:

HL said...

nice pics. :)

el'z said...

thank YOU :)