July 14 Playing Fool！－James 4：4-12

Someone said humiliation can be a good thing if it leads to humility, but I felt that embarrassing is just as bad as humiliation. I was bad at remembering names. Remembering one occasion some 45 years ago when I visited a friend whom I knew for some time, and I was totally blank I could not recall his name when some tenant opened the door for me. They asked whom I was looking for, I was so embarrassed and I said the tall guy who was a student from U of T. Finally my friend came to the door and I remembered his name a little while later. It was a horrifying experience. Would God cannot excuse this flaw and He would not accept me as His children, not a bit. Because He knows me a lot better than myself and he would humble me and provide me with more grace and better memory to deal with more things later in my life. He makes me humble before Him and gives me more confidence than before and more look up to Him because He knows my weakness and makes me stronger.

He showers the humble with grace. God Himself said, “These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and remorseful in spirit, and who tremble at my word” (Isaiah 66:2). As we humble ourselves before Him, He lifts us up. My weakness and shame can bring me before God for His shaping. When I fall, I have fallen into His hands.

February 28, 2021 New Every Morning – Lamentations 3：19-26

In certain stages of our lives, we experienced some severe forms of affliction and tormenting. It was beyond our control with one’s finances and human abilities. We could not imagine how bleak in the future and the situation was hopeless. At that moment, we cried out...

February 27, 2021 No Longer Yourself – Galatians 2：14-21

Before I was baptized to become a Christian, it was hard to believe what in the bible said and then I began to walk with God. All these were incredible and I wouldn’t believe I could do as the bible demands. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has...

February 26, 2021 Facing Fear – Psalms 56：3-11

When someone made up some story of false accusation or slander against us, how would you handle this kind of situation. It is quite common in a political campaign or an election. This really made our life upside down and distressful. The only solution is to clarify...

February 25, 2021 To Be Human – Philippians 4：6-8

There is an old Chinese adage: A real man sheds blood but not tears. That implies if one cries to show that he is weak. So when we were young as a boy, we tried not to cry for any reasons. But when I grew older I learned from books saying that crying was a sign to...

February 24, 2021 Never Alone – Ecclesiastes 4：8-12

Loneliness is an all-time high afflicted disease of all ages, social or economic status. Particularly in our digital era and pandemic plague, there are alarming rates of increasing loneliness in our society. And in the long term, the symptoms will become depression....