Chapter 1: Perspectives

This is interesting....
“A mother enters her daughter’s bedroom and sees a letter over the bed. With the worst premonition, she reads it, with trembling hands:
It is with great regret and sorrow that I’m telling you that I eloped with my new boyfriend. I found real passion and he is so nice, with all his piercings and tattoos and his big motorcycle. But it’s not only that mom, I’m pregnant and Ahmed said that we would be very happy in his trailer in the woods. He wants to have many more children with me and that’s one of my dreams. I’ve learned that marijuana doesn’t hurt anyone and we’ll be growing it for us and his friends, who are providing us with all the cocaine and ecstasies we may want. In the meantime, we’ll pray for the science to find the AIDS cure, for Ahmed to get better, he deserves it. Don’t worry Mom, I’m 15 years old now and I know how to take care of myself. Some day I’ll visit for you to know your grandchildren. Your daughter, Judith.

PS: Mom, it’s not true. I’m at the neighbor’s house. I just wanted to show you that there are worst things in life than the school’s report card that’s in my desk’s drawer…I love you!”

I started this morning's devotion with c1 of the book "Perspectives. A spiritual life guide for twenty somethings" by Colin Creel. i'm halfway thru my twenties. so fast and there are many many ppl whom i know who are in their 20s. it's an interesting phase of life...just as other phases are but i'm in this one now. it's the time where adult life kinda starts. somewhat for ppl like me who have gone thru sec sch-jc-uni. then you're thrown into a world of your own choices...no more which school to go. so...

just as prov 16:9 says.."In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps."
so..Life isn't always what you expect it to be.
I planned some...but most of the time i don't really know where i would want to go. meeting Ww wasn't what i planned either. (how can you plan such stuff?haa..) and we didn't really meet either...we just somehow got to know each other better over a short course of time. not that i didn't know him already. but i didn't plan that i wanted to meet my future husband then...God did...very interestingly.
and Ww pointed out that long before i had wanted to do ID...and i'm back at it. yeah. anyway i went to aki sch because there's no other sch offering degree courses that has ID, aki was closest. but it turned out i had a 1 yr extra because halfway thru i decided i wanted something else. i came out of sch and still wanted something else. God is hilarious...and i'm back at what i thought i wanted in the beginning.

i like what the author mentioned about the "where's Waldo" analogy to help us refocus our gaze..."You know he's in the picture, but sometimes he is easier to find than others. The more time spent staring at Where's Waldo pictures, the easier it is to find Him because you know what he looks like. In the same way, the clearer the picture you have of Christ, the easier it will be to find him in the midst of all the confusion. Fixate your eyes on Christ, and everything else will fall by the wayside.
Life isn't always what you expect it to be, but stay obedient, cling to His promises, and it can be even better."

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6