fade...,

"I am a flower quickly fading, here today and gone tomorrow, a wave tossed in the ocean, a vapour in the wind"

As I type this words, there is a brother out there lying in a hospital bed barely breathing barely moving. For the past few days his life depended on machines and today, the doctors decided to plug it out and right now there are some who are there to see him.

For days I have been pondering, my mom praying for a miracle as well as others as they wait upon the Lord. Now as I type I am prayin that if it is your will then Lord let it be because we know you are in control. And this past few days I've come across this passage and only decided to look on it now...

Psalm 121
[1] I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
[2] My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
[3] He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
[4] Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
[5] The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
[6] The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
[7] The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
[8] The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

I pray for you dear brother that indeed the Lord is your keeper, your shade and even if He takes you away you are indeed in a better place He shall preserve thy soul.... I shall remember your laughter and your constant exhortation of brotherly love and fellowship...God be merciful to His love ones. Cover them in your blood and protect them and strengthen them. Show that you are real

As I reflect on this event, it brings me back to earth to realise how fragile life is. How in an instant our lives can end. How in an instant life can be taken away. Just look around us? So much sufferings and disaster. Here in Singapore we are so privellege that we are blind that our life hangs in a balance. Science may have discovered ways to prolong our lives ....Wellness companies may produce good products that give us good health but neither science nor wellness can prevent us from dying or keeping us alive forever

So wat does this imply on us who still are alive? Do we live life just as frivolously? Both righteous and unrighteous are not spared by death(remembering how the typhoon struck philippines and how both whether you are a beggar all the way to an executive were not spared)....But we who have the gift of life in death we rejoice for we will see Him who is on the throne....Then those still waiting, still running, have not the signs been clear? Then us who still remain do we keep this gift to ourselves and wait for next time?

We can keep asking many questions, but Lord you give and you take away....we are mere creatures in your hands. It is your will. While we yet breath it's just amazing Lord how you keep your promises.

this is what I was struggling with...then again Lord it's your will be done here on earth as it is in heaven. I just pray for those who are left behind to be strong. This feeling is something I've felt not too long ago... :) but Lord to us who are still here use us...use this opportunity to bring a community together and let your Love reign.

I could have gone down today...yet if I didn't I wouldn't have spent this time writing and praying... Lord comfort them the family the children I know you will make a way....
Job 1:21 [21] And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Blessed be the name of the lord