all by grace

today started off as a regular monday, slow. most of you know how it feels to start work again on monday after a weekend that always feels too short. had a sook patient, otherwise the day went well. somehow i felt so tired, maybe it's the weather, maybe it's the exhaustion from the past three days, i was so drained till i planned to "fall asleep" in the prayer tower (yes, my mind is a dangerous thing full of such naughty thoughts).

yet, as usual, the more tired i am before every prayer tower, the more blessed i feel, the more refreshed i am.

and i was really blessed by Ko Albert's sharing. the Word was from Matthew 25:14-30, the parable of the servants that were trusted varying amount of talents by their Master. a very familiar story. the question that gave a fresh perspective to it is this:

is there joy in your serving the Lord?

crudely put...

do you feel happy doing all this voluntary charity work that sometimes drain more of your energy than your real-life full-time job?

i thank God, i still do :)
i love working my ass off for the Lord just because i love Him.
and it's all by grace.

"but by the grace of God i am what i am,
and His grace to me was not without effect.
no - i worked harder than all of them,
yet not i, but the grace of God that was with me"
(the verse i live by~)

goodnight Godbless
xoxo

allie~