The Need to Belong

"God setteth the solitary in families.." Psalm 68:6

In a downtown area one day, an unshaven ex-con walked up to me and said, "Miss, you look friendly", and with that he began to tell me the sad story of his life.

When he finished, he asked plaintively, "will you do something for me? "
"Yes, if i can, " i replied..
"Well, miss," the man began, "not a soul in the world cares if i live or die. So would you mind just thinking of me for a couple of weeks?
If i could think someone, somewhere was thinking about me as a human being, why~ it would be worth so much to me.."

Millions of people feel like this poor, lonely man. They long to feel loved, to really belong,to know that someone does really cares whether they live or die. But there is good news~through faith in Jesus, we literally become His children. And with this comes that good feeling of belonging..

Talk daily to Him..Share your joys and sorrows with Him. He in turn will share His peace, His love with you..And you know that you truly belong..


Psalms 121 (120):

I lift my eyes to the mountains~
from where shall come my help?
My help comes from the Lord,
maker of heaven and earth..

The Lord is your guardian, the Lord is at your side and you in His shade;
Sunstroke will not be for you by day,
nor the spell of the moon by night.
The Lord guards you from every evil;
He will protect your life.
The Lord watches over your coming
and going
both now and forever..

Alone with Christ

Saturday, 22 May 2010



What a great ending to this one grueling week at work.Every day of heart ached and stress finally comes to the end..fuh..!! i don't care of what is coming the next few days (easylah.. to say for now..hehehe) hmmm...God is there already, no need to worry,lah..

sometimes very funny, what really drives and motivates me, i myself unable to explain.Probably the satisfaction that comes whenever i thought of the end results.As long as everybody is happy, and the associate's are happy, consider job well done!! patt..patt welldone to everybody!!..

But deep down in my heart, a voice keep on telling me: "take one step at a time..."
I have a very bad habit of trying to do everything at once..but at the end, there is always a loose end to one or two of the things..macam kata orang.."yang dikejar tak dapat..yang dikendong berciciran..." haiya...semua mau tangkap muat..
enough about work..memang neverending storybook..
The best thing is to remember that God would not give you, something that is too much than you can handle..

Praise the Lord..
Tonite is the ninth nite of the Novena to the Holy Spirit..too bad i only managed to attend 2 nights..and tonite is the last night before Pentecost tommorow.
while i was waiting for my friend outside the church after the novena, Aunty Joyce came out of the church..in her very usual warm smiley and motherly approached me..

We said hi to each other, seeing nobody else was with her, automatically i asked, " are you alone,aunty??'
She smiled at me and answered," yes i am alone.With Jesus.."
My heart was suddenly touched by her answer..for the first time, as if God was telling me.."Edna, when you feel alone, please remember of this day as an opportunity for you to be alone with me.."
so instead of whining when there is no one to talk to, or whenever you are at the loose end please remember that it is a God's call to be alone with Him..

It's been ages since i have been living away from home..since after SPM, and now that i am working, still away from home.And it is easy to feel lonely..very easily..if not because of the presence of friends..and God's presence as well, in which i always took for granted...

Isn't it beautiful, and mysterious how God works in us, through the people around us??