Last weekend, I had a chance to stop by a local creek to do some fishing. Seeing the patchy green grass, peeking-out tree leaves and budding flowers, I felt so “alive”, especially after the past lengthy cold winter. It looks like Spring is finally here.

Have you ever wondered why nature knows when is the time to be “alive” again? It is like there is a secret code being written into them. In a sense, this is somewhat similar to the DNA code scientists found in our body years ago. Looking at that elegant, complex and intricate DNA code, I can’t help but admit that God’s creation is absolutely amazing.

Last Sunday, we were celebrating the resurrection of our Lord Jesus – He came to this world 2000+ years ago to save us from the wage of sin. Because of His resurrection, we have the eternal hope – whoever believes in Him will be resurrected upon His 2^nd coming. It means that we will be able to regain our physical body when our Lord returns.

Some of us may be baffled by the fact that we might be passed away and our physical body could be dissolved well before our Lord returns. In fact, this is one of the questions raised by the brothers and sisters in the Church of Thessalonica – when they saw their love ones died and Christ is still not return yet, their hearts are troubled. Apostle Paul comforted them, “Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 論到睡了的人，我們不願意弟兄們不知道，恐怕你們憂傷，像那些沒有指望的人一樣。我們若信耶穌死而復活了，那已經在耶穌裡睡了的人，神也必將他們與耶穌一同帶來。(1 Thessalonians 4:13-14)”

Apparently, God has a secret code written on each one of us. It can be activated on the day of Christ’s return. For those who have believed in Jesus, they will be coming with Him and staying with Him forever; and for those who didn’t believe in Him, they will be judged and sent to the lake of fire. You may also wonder what the secret code is. This secret code is what apostle Paul indicated – The Spirit of God. And he told us that, ‘The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 你們所受的不是奴僕的心，仍舊害怕；所受的乃是兒子的心，因此我們呼叫：「阿爸！父！」(Romans 8:15)’ 

Now the question to you is “Do you have the “right” secret code – the Spirit of God – being written in you?”  If not, Bible told us that you need to open yourself and ask Jesus to come into your heart, accepting Him as your personal savior. Then, the Spirit of God will enter your heart! May you receive the right secret code as early as possible, because it will enable you to enter into God’s family and enjoy His abundance.

Disclaimer: The sharing is pure from my personal view; therefore, please don’t take it to be absolute. Thanks.

My kids and my wife used to share the same computer before they left for college. Sometimes confusion could rob in. For this reason, they asked me to set up different user accounts in the computer. It seems to work well for a period of time. However, once a while, my kids would claim that their files are missing from the computer.

One day, when I was working on the computer, I saw a directory called “Mom, don’t touch”. I was curious and asked who did that. My daughter then explained to me the reason she did that is to prevent mommy from deleting her files, accidentally. I was impressed by her ingenious act but not quite agree with it – as it implicates faults on her mommy, which may not be true.

The concept of her reserving a directory from being interfered by parents is kind of interesting. Incidentally, we may have a similar experience, as I recalled – we have our hiding place or secrets that we either were unwilling or didn’t want our parents to know, in the name of “privacy”. This kind of practice is similar to my daughter’s “Mom, don’t touch!” The problem is this practice usually leads to many misunderstanding and mistrust. The comment you may often hear is, “Why didn’t you tell me on this, or, why don’t you trust me?” 

In our journey of faith, do we have a similar practice that is keeping God from our secret closets? Have we told God that, “Don’t touch me!”? Probably yes, right? This is very likely coming from our flesh, as we are still under its influence. We resisted God to survey every corner of our life, thinking that it is none of His business and, we know what we are doing. The symptom is like Prophet Isaiah said, “We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way我們都如羊走迷，各人偏行己路 (Isaiah 53:6a)” Isn’t this sounding familiar to you and me?

Yes, it is. The truth is: we are uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of our Creator原來萬物、在那與我們有關係的主眼前、都是赤露敞開的, according to the author of the book of Hebrews. There is nothing hidden from God’s sight! Based on this truth, can we still want to tell God, “Don’t touch me!”? The answer should be “No”, unless we are stubborn and stiff-necked and it does break our God’s heart!

Understanding this, I can say that there is one thing we desperately need the most, and the one thing we most resist – We need God’s touch. When we are willing to let God touch our lives, Bible told us that we will be able to gain His wisdom and power to deal with life difficulties. His touch will then transform our lives into lives that are pleasing to His sight! 

Let’s don’t shut God out, my dear brothers and sisters. Please invite Him into your most secret place. Assuredly, you will enjoy His accompany, as He is Immanuel.

Disclaimer: The sharing is pure from my personal view; therefore, please don’t take it to be absolute. Thanks.

Last week, my wife and I had a chance to spend an afternoon with our college kids who are back for a break. We had a lunch together and then walked along a local walkway for a few miles. While it was a beautiful day with beautiful sunshine, we talked about their school life along the way. It has been a long time since they left for college that we can spend such a quality time together. Time really flies! I couldn’t believe that they grew so fast.

Looking at them, I am grateful that God entrusted them to be our children. This lets me think of our Lord Jesus has said, “And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day差我來者的意思就是：他所賜給我的，叫我一個也不失落，在末日卻叫他復活。(John 6:39)” This indicates that God entrusts us to the Lord and our Lord promised that each one of us will be raised with Him when He returns. What a great promise! This also tells me that I am responsible for taking care of my kids and most importantly, leading them to the Lord.

In today’s i-centered world, it is not easy to move focus from ourselves to God, when common mentality is “mine, mine and mine”. However, when talking about God’s entrustment, we have to realize that everything we have belongs to Him.  This includes our time, talents, wealth, family and our life. Being said that, we are merely temporary owners of God’s possessions. We couldn’t brag or boast anything but God’s grace and mercy.

In the book of Genesis, when Jacob met God the very first time at the place of Bethel, he made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear so that I return safely to my father’s household, then the LORD will be my God and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth. 雅各許願說：「神若與我同在，在我所行的路上保佑我，又給我食物吃、衣服穿，使我平平安安地回到我父親的家，我就必以耶和華為我的神，我所立為柱子的石頭也必做神的殿。凡你所賜給我的，我必將十分之一獻給你。(Genesis 28:20-22)」”. We could see the obvious i-centered mentality of Jacob. This is a representation of our sinful nature – when we don’t know God personally, we are self-centered oriented.

Only after Jacob had worked for Laban for 20+ years, he then realizes that God is truly with him always (Genesis 31:5). He finally acknowledged God’s entrustment of his family and wealth. What a change! Oftentimes, we are so care about what we have at hand and we forget that everything is entrusted by God. Only when we can develop a close relationship with Him then we can be a good trustee of God. May you will hear our Lord say, “You are a good and faithful servant” when He returns.

Disclaimer: The sharing is pure from my personal view; therefore, please don’t take it to be absolute. Thanks.

Last Saturday, we went to pick up our kids at college for their Spring break. It was a cloudy and rainy day and roadway condition was not good. During the night on our way back, rain was heavy and our visibility to the road was very limited. With my whole family in the car and miserable weather outside, at times I was wondering whether we can make it to home safely. We thank God for keeping us safe, without running into difficult situations 🙂 I was again being reminded by our Lord that He is the “Lord of All” – He is a lamp for our feet and a light on our path, regardless of situations.

This lets me think of Andrew Murray, a pastor, teacher and writer, once said, “God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.”  Pastor Murray indicates to us that whoever is willing to surrender his life to God, he would be secure and safe, because God will take care of his life. We can see this is a promise conditioned by our submission. Last Sunday, brother George in his sermon encouraged us to “set our minds on the things above”.  He pointed out that the first step to do this is to realize “What we are”. Because, without knowing who we truly are, we would not be able to know where to set our minds on. Under today’s exploding information and attractions, family demands and workload requirements, we are oftentimes being consumed by busyness without knowing our priority with God is in danger. Therefore, examine “What we are” constantly would allow us to yield our life to God and set our priority in line with God’s will. 

As brother George indicated, we have been raised with Christ and therefore we are dead to this world. Since we were redeemed by Jesus’ precious blood, we belong to Him. The truth is we can set our minds on the things above because He is in us! With this mindset, we can do God’s will courageously, bear fruit in His name and dwell in the fullness of Christ. What a reminder!

My dear brothers and sisters, because of our flesh desires and temptations from the evil one, sometimes we may run into trouble in setting our minds on God’s kingdom. In the midst of this kind of trial times, there may be all sorts of voices are shouting orders telling us what to do, how to adjust our lives. However, we can be sure that our Lord will deliver us from these times, if we remain in Him constantly. As our Lord Jesus has promised us that in this world we will have trouble. But take heart! He has overcome the world (John 16:33)”, why should we fear in walking along with Him? So, my question to you is: Are you willing to “let go yourself” and “let God manage your life”?

Disclaimer: The sharing is pure from my personal view; therefore, please don’t take it to be absolute. Thanks.

I don’t know about you, sometimes I like to “talk to myself” and this usually happens when a thought comes to my head. The thought could be either as trivial as I saw someone or something, or nontrivial as I need to resolve something. No matter what, I marvel God’s creation that enables me to interact with my mind or my “inner being” through the process of “talk-to-myself”.  It makes me to think twice before I do something or refresh my memory once a while. 🙂

You may ask: what do you mean by inner being? Well, this is kind of abstract but, in the epistle of 2 Corinthians, apostle Paul indicated to us that “Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 外體雖然毀壞，內心卻一天新似一天(2 Corinthians 4:16 NKJV)”.  This inward man is “the inner being” that I am referring to.  

In Jesus’ “the parable of the rich fool”, we see an interesting picture of a rich man who talked to his soul – the inner being. The first thought came up to him was ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops’, after yielded an abundant harvest. We can’t say his thought is wrong. The problem is after he talked to his soul and decided, ‘‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” (Luke 12:18-19 NKJV) 我要這麼辦：要把我的倉房拆了，另蓋更大的，在那裡好收藏我一切的糧食和財物，然後要對我的靈魂說：靈魂哪，你有許多財物積存，可作多年的費用，只管安安逸逸地吃喝快樂吧！’  God disapproved and demanded his soul.

So, what is the issue here? The issue can be from three aspects, I think. The first one is the rich man didn’t recognize that it is God’s grace that he can have the abundant harvest. Then, instead of using the surplus grain to aid the poor and the widow, he saved it for himself which highlights his greed. Finally, he thought his wealth can sustain his soul without God. This self sufficient mind and prideful heart become his verdict because in his heart there is no God. That is also the reason why the rich man was called a fool. From here we can learn that we have to honor God the Creator because He is the origin of our soul. And, He sent His son Jesus Christ to die for our soul in order to cleanse us from our sin.

My dear friends, “Do you have a cleansed soul that you can talk to?” This is a good question to ask yourself.  Hope you can talk to God the Creator directly, through your cleansed soul…

Disclaimer: The sharing is pure from my personal view; therefore, please don’t take it to be absolute. Thanks.

Recent headline news has been circling around the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. The jetliner, with 239 people on board, disappeared a week ago, has become one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history – it baffles many industry experts and government officials. The jetliner dropped off from control tower radar within an hour of flight, after left the Kuala Lumpur Airport. As of this week, 57 ships and 48 aircraft from 13 countries were involved in the search, per Malaysian official. Authorities still don’t know where the plane is or what caused it to vanish. Though new theories of the disappearance continue to take shape, its search still shows little progress, nevertheless.

This incident reminds me of the terminology of Missing-In-Action (MIA) and Prisoner-of-War (POW) during the period of war. The jetliner is like the one who is MIA or even like the POW – either being captured by enemy or disappeared from battle fields due to various reasons. The jetliner’s disappearance could either be hijacked or ran into unexpected situations.  The incident also lets me think of the tremendous effort spent by the families and countries in searching for their love ones who were MIAs or POWs during the war. It is a time consuming and challenging effort. Many reports indicate that the affected families suffered from a long-lasting emotional loss caused by the separation.

From spiritual point of view, I see a parallel similarity. Bible told us that we are living in a world that is under the control of the evil one, due to the Fall of Adam and Eve (Genesis 3). In a sense, we are all POWs of the evil one when we were born into this world. Prophet Isaiah indicated to us that “we all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way我們都如羊走迷、各人偏行己路 (Isaiah 53:6)” In other words, we are all like MIAs too! The question is: Do we have someone loves us? Do we have someone cares about us? YES! God is the one who cares about us so much that He is willing to take drastic action to seek us and to rescue us.

Apostle John told us that “for God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. 神愛世人，甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們，叫一切信他的不致滅亡，反得永生。因為神差他的兒子降世，不是要定世人的罪，乃是要叫世人因他得救。(John 3:16-17). It is God who loves us so much that He sent His only begotten son to this sinful world in order to save us, instead of to condemn us. How gracious He is!

After we have been saved, do we follow our Lord Jesus’ commands truthfully? Do we love Him with all our heart, all our soul and all our strength? When we are NOT remaining in Him constantly, we soon would become MIAs or even POWs of the evil one. For apostle Peter reminded us that “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 務要謹守、警醒，因為你們的仇敵魔鬼如同吼叫的獅子，遍地遊行，尋找可吞吃的人。(1 Peter 5:8)”. It is a sober warning for us – Christians – that we have a Great Commission to carry out in this world. We can’t be MIAs or even become POWs again.

May you remain in our Lord DAILY!

Disclaimer: The sharing is pure from my personal view; therefore, please don’t take it to be absolute. Thanks.

Greg Laurie, founder and senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, once said, “Everyone has an opportunity to spend his / her eternity either in heaven or in hell”.  It is an enlightening statement and is quite intriguing to me. It implies that our life is eternal i.e. there exists a life after death. Also, there are two distinct locations where we will spend our “afterlife” there, depending upon our choice at current life. The immediate question is: Is there an “afterlife” exists?

One of the discovery series books titled “10 reasons to believe in life after death” by RBC ministries illustrates that “each of us experiences what King Solomon called “eternity in [our] hearts (Ecclesiastes 3:11).” Apparently, our hearts possess an inescapable longing for something this world cannot satisfy. It was an emptiness of soul that Solomon could not escape. The other reasons given by the book are “The injustice of life”, “Beauty and balance” and “The near death experience”. The author stated that it would be difficult to believe that life is good if we knew there was nothing beyond the grave to compensate for problems of inequality and unfairness. While some people seem destined for happiness, others are born into terrible relationships and circumstances. These three reasons are mainly from the life’s unfairness and suffering experiences and, I believe, we all have our share in experiencing them one way or another. 

After illustrated the reasons experienced by life’s unfairness and suffering, the author gives us other important reasons to believe in there is a life after death, based on the Holy Scripture. They are: “There is an eternal God”, “Christ’s resurrection and promises”, and “The prediction and fulfillment of prophecy from Old Testament”.  These reasoning strongly indicate that we do have a life after death.  An interesting observation is: a 51% of people in a worldwide survey believe that there is an afterlife, while 76% of US people surveyed believe the afterlife, according to pastor Laurie. Apparently, most of the people believe that we have a life after death.

Naturally, “Where are we going after our death?” becomes the next pressing question. Bible told us that we will be staying in a temporary holding place after our death. This can be Hades as described by Jesus’ parable of the Rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) or Paradise as is indicated in 2 Corinthians 12:4, Luke 23:43, and Revelation 2:7. Sometimes people would equate paradise to be heaven and Hades to be hell, but it is not necessary true. However, we do see two distinct destinations for our afterlife.

Now, who decides who should go to which of the two locations and when is it decided? The Bible indicates that God grants us “free will” to make choices – we decide what kind of life we want to live in this world. However, we are also responsible for the result or consequence of our choices. Apostle Paul teaches us that “Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 因為隨從肉體的人，體貼肉體的事；隨從聖靈的人，體貼聖靈的事。體貼肉體的就是死，體貼聖靈的乃是生命、平安。 (Romans 8:5-6)” This means if we live according to the flesh desires, we are bounded to be sent to the Hades. Only through live in accordance with the Spirit, we can then be able spend our eternity in the paradise with God. This being said, when our lifetime in this world is expired, God sends us to one of the two locations based on our choices.

From this understanding, we can deduce that it is critical for us to make the right choice before we are expired from this world. In other words, we should examine our life constantly with the question “Where do I want to spend my eternity?”

Disclaimer: The sharing is pure from my personal view; therefore, please don’t take it to be absolute. Thanks.

Most of us don’t like to wait – we like to see results or outcomes instantly as we are living in a world that worships the immediate. Last week was a waiting week for those who are working in my company. It is a week that we were waiting for our predicament – another round of resource action – to be revealed, according to a prediction from local newspaper and media. As the D-day is getting closer, the thicker and heavier of atmosphere around my working place becomes. As a result, working items have been either put on hold or cancelled in light of the common view of “I don’t know if I will still be here next week, so why bother?” It is a very demoralizing week.

The ordeal was finally over by last Friday. Thank God for His mercy, we escaped from a predicament which is perceived to be destined. Nevertheless, the after shock effect is still rippling around the aisles in my working place. From this incident, I realize once again that our Lord is in control and He is the Lord of all. This reminds me of God’s graceful salvation that delivers me from the destined punishment of death row due to my sin. The fact is in this world, we may be able to escape from predicaments or unpredictable calamity, at times. We, however, can’t escape from the destined punishment of our sin because “the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23a)”.  The only way out, as apostle Paul indicated, is to accept the gift of God which is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. This is “the greatest escape” that God has provided to us.

My dear friends, when our life in this world ends, do you know where are you heading for? This is a serious question that you should ask yourself. The truth is no matter how successful we are in this life, everything will either come to an end or gone at that time, just as Job indicated, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there 我赤身出於母胎，也必赤身歸回 (Job 1:21a)”.  And, the reality is we can not escape from God’s wrath if we don’t realize that His son Jesus Christ is the only and the greatest escape. May you come to your realization some day in the near future!

Disclaimer: The sharing is pure from my personal view; therefore, please don’t take it to be absolute. Thanks.

Went to the cafeteria at my working place for lunch, I ran into my old manager who just came back from an overseas assignment for two years.  

“So you are back! Do you like there?” I asked.

“Yes, that place is great, but I need to be back to the cold, right?” He responded. We laughed… I know what he meant by “back to the cold” – it is a cold winter this year and there is more snow than we would like to have.

“Cold winter” may be welcomed by some of you who like to have fun in the snow or ice. Personally, I am not a cold climate person. I don’t particularly like activities under cold weather except the beautiful scenery during the season.

Talking about seasons, an idea dawned on me. I think our hearts are sometimes like changing season – a fervent heart can be like summer time, a cold heart can be like winter and a lukewarm heart can be like the season of spring or the season of fall. Under this view, a person who is having a “cold heart” would be difficult, if not impossible, for us to embrace him since we can’t feel any warmth of care from him. This reminds me of a story that I read before:

A minister was concerned about the absence of a man who had normally attended services. After a few weeks, he decided to visit him. When the pastor arrived at the man’s home, he found him all alone, sitting in front of a fireplace. The minister pulled up a chair and sat next to him. But after his initial greeting he said nothing more.

The two sat in silence for a few minutes while the minister stared at the flames in the fireplace. Then he took the tongs and carefully picked up one burning ember from the flames and placed it on the hearth. He sat back in his chair, still silent. His host watched in quiet reflection as the ember flickered and faded. Before long it was cold and dead.

The minister glanced at his watch and said he had to leave, but first he picked up the cold ember and placed it back in the fire. Immediately it began to glow again with the light and warmth of the burning coals around it.

As the minister rose to leave, his host stood with him and shook his hand. Then, with a smile on his face, the man said, “Thanks for the sermon, pastor. I’ll see you in church on Sunday.”

The story tells us a danger of backsliding, if we don’t recognize it. The backsliding may due to various reasons and it will become prevalent at the end of this age, as is indicated by our Lord Jesus. He warned us, “At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold 「那時，必有許多人跌倒，也要彼此陷害、彼此恨惡，且有好些假先知起來，迷惑多人。只因不法的事增多，許多人的愛心才漸漸冷淡了。」(Matthew 24:10-12)”. From this warning, we learned that people would grow cold-hearted because of the increase of wickedness. If we look around our current world, we could see the coming of increasing wickedness. Isn’t the end of this age near? As Christ’s followers, I certainly hope that we can stand firm and keep our hearts as fervent as possible to the end. Instead of being back “to” the cold, we should be back “from” the cold. At that time, we will be saved and standing in the house of our Lord!

Disclaimer: The sharing is pure from my personal view; therefore, please don’t take it to be absolute. Thanks.

During the past week, we encountered several surprises. I almost want to scream out, “What is going on?” As the week ended, however, I am glad that everything works out fine. This reminds me of Apostle Paul’s teaching, “all things God works for the good of those who love Him (Romans 8:28)”. 🙂 Here let me share with you two of the surprises.

Last Tuesday night, my friend called us from out of the area, asking us to check upon his house for a NO house heat problem. He was informed by his house-sitter that room temperature in his house is abnormally low. In light of coming sub-zero temperature during the night, we stopped by his house immediately after got the key from the house-sitter. After spent time in researching the problem, I was able to restart the pilot fire in the furnace. However, the furnace still wouldn’t re-start. So, we have to call an emergency furnace service in order to minimize the risk of a potential pipe-burst around his house. It was a long night after the service technician finished and the furnace restarted.

Then, on last Thursday late night, we were supposed to pick up a friend at a local train station. Due to a heavy snow storm blanked the area, my friend’s arrival schedule was delayed and as a result, her arrival time was scheduled well after midnight. When it is time, I backed my car out of my garage. Without noticing the heavy accumulation of snow in my driveway, the car quickly came to a screeching halt and there it went into the snow piles. So, I had to get off my car and began to shovel. Suddenly, we discovered that there is no way José for us to make to the train station since all streets were not even plowed yet. Hence, we have to call our friend up and told her that we couldn’t pick her up and she needed to find an alternative means for transportation. Ugrrrr…

This cold and snowy winter in the Northeast region has been a culprit for problems to many house owners. These two surprises I just mentioned are closely related to this bitter cold winter season too. From them, I learn two lessons. One: it is ideal for me to “be prepared”. Two: I have to know my own limitation before helping others.

One of the key issues for my friend’s no house heat problem is his furnace was not regularly maintained, according to the furnace technician. As a result, a blocked vent switch of the furnace was tripped and needs to be replaced. This teaches us the importance of a proper winterizing preparation. The truth is we may be able to get away with no preventive maintenance during good weather but definitely not in a critical weather like this winter.  When we choose a “cutting corners” approach, we must be prepared to bear its consequence in the future.

Spiritually, there is a similarity too. An attitude of “cutting corners” in the journey of faith may end up losing eternal life because Jesus told us that, “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. 「你們要進窄門。因為引到滅亡，那門是寬的，路是大的，進去的人也多；引到永生，那門是窄的，路是小的，找著的人也少。(Matthew 7:13-14)”

Another lesson I have learned is to know my own limitation. When I was stuck in the snow, I realize that I couldn’t offer any more help to my friend, even though we were so worrying about her safety – the fact is “I am powerless” under that kind of situation. Analogously, if we look at our salvation, it is impossible for us to save anybody from sin because we are all sinners (Romans 3:23). Bible told us that only the Lamb of God – the sinless Jesus Christ – can provide the path of grace.  

Therefore, my dear friends, it is my prayer that you can learn your limitation and be prepared to accept Jesus as your personal savior.

Disclaimer: The sharing is pure from my personal view; therefore, please don’t take it to be absolute. Thanks.