Heaven, on Earth.

What exactly IS heaven?

We have Heaven and Earth green tea, Heaven and Earth, are they REALLY that different after all, is Heaven REALLY a place?  or maybe it is just some fantasy of an ideal and perfect world which we imagine and create in our minds, like some say,  Heaven might  just be a philosophical ideal we coin today, Heaven with the rainbow and the pot of gold at the end of it, with its majestic glory of light, where there is no darkness at all, to the scientific minds, this might seem absolutely impossible. To some, these are just ideas or thoughts which we have, when we think of the word HEAVEN, but today as my day of deep thought and thinking came to me, I had an amazing revelation of WHAT  Heaven is, a small bit of it , as I read a random devotion online, found here, GFIG. It was titled, "Just Passing Through" Of course, this is not exhaustive, and I do not claim to know everything about Heaven and Earth, but i would just like to share a tiny bit about what I have come to know about it. :) 

Very often, when we face difficult situations or problems in our life, or maybe your life is not going exactly and ideally as you have planned. We often think this:  "For a few minutes, I had forgotten that this world is not my eternal home, and its troubles and trials are only temporary. You see, when I came to Christ, my citizenship was automatically and eternally changed from earth to heaven."

And indeed, this was what HIT me the most, that when we become christians, OUR WORLD, is not our ETERNAL home, and everything we experience can only last for short periods of time. Though to us, the ones experiencing it, seconds might seem like hours, and days like years, all these in God's eyes are still considered "temporary", and when we begin to have a revelation of God's timeframe, that is when you realise your problems or situations aren't as big and long suffering and hard as they seem, IF we have the Lord with us. Because His citizenship is ETERNAL, and that He is the reason I am Serving, day in day out, week in week out. It is because Serving His people has an ETERNAL value. Long gone have I forgotten about such things that have ETERNAL value in them, and lost sight of our ultimate goal in life, which is ETERNITY.

I Thank God for such impactful words that have spoken straight into my heart, and I hope these words will ignite you as well. :) 

Here's a story shared on the devotion page as well, my reaction was literally :OO

 I read about an American tourist who paid a visit to a renowned Polish rabbi. The tourist was astonished to see that the rabbi's home was just a simple room filled with books, a table and a cot. "Rabbi, where is your furniture?" the tourist asked. The rabbi simply replied, "Where is yours?" The puzzled American asked, "Mine? But I am only a visitor here. I'm only passing through." The rabbi smiled and replied, "So am I."

So, back to my initial question on WHAT exactly is Heaven? I believe that Heaven is a PLACE, a real HOME where God calls us to be with Him, once we are finished with His works on this earth, it is our ETERNITY, where we will spend the rest of our lives', as we will have eternal life in Heaven. And Heaven is the home God Himself, has handcrafted and prepares daily as many souls enter into His eternal kingdom each day. This same God, who created the universe in 6 days, has been creating heaven for over 2000 years, how much more fabulous, majestic and amazing Heaven would be if you can just imagine it right now. This God is indeed the same God that is residing in each and every one of our hearts, who is WITH us, who is FOR us, and will always be. 

If you would like, here are the verses to confirm my idea of Heaven, which are from God's word. For indeed heaven and earth may pass away, but the word of the Lord never changes. :) Thus, indeed these portrayals of heaven are definitely accurate. Acts 1:11

Something to bring everyone forward from their struggles (: 

When I hold the troubles and trials of this world against the backdrop of heaven, peace floods my heart, mind and soul. I just need to remember that this world is not really my home. I am just passing through. How about you?

With Love, 

deborah. 

Me.

Personal Life, hence the title very well explains. 


I am almost turning 18, and that means I'm officially gonna be a Legal mature adult. FWAAH, it just hit me today, as I was day dreaming, this thought hit me so hard that I began thinking about what kind of person I am, right now, and who I want to be, when that day finally comes, 20 April 2013, when I will be 18. 


So this was the outcome, as of now, I need to start taking responsibility of my own actions and choices, and stop pinning the blame on others, for my choice of actions and my attitude or the way I see things. So what if this happened, or that happened, or maybe I think that I'm not as priviledged as most people my age, or maybe I think I'm living a very different lifestyle. So what, that does not give me excuses to live any less happier or more fulfilling. That would be solely my choice, and how I would want to let certain events, things, people. Mould me, shape me and allow me to become who I am today. HUMILITY. If it is my fault, I will humbly and honestly admit it. Sparing a thought for others, to be more sensitive, to people's needs, their feelings of my loved ones, and most importantly, not be an absentee friend, who's only there to enjoy in good times, and disappears in troubles or bad times, but to be someone people can count on, who can trust, with their problems difficulties and maybe even insecurities. This is the debb I want to be. 


I AM a mature adult who can think for myself.  Another, 10 months for me to work towards this! :) Go debb! 

Refreshing

Hello Everyone,

So, I've suddenly remebered that I actually HAD a blog a few days ago, and it took me a FEW days to remember its address, wow, i'm amazing right.. create a blog then forget it's address, heh.

These few weeks have really been amazing :) My holidays have never felt this PACKED! in a long, long time. LOUD! Camp is coming and this year I'm involved in helping out ! :) can't believe that JUST last year, it was the first ever church camp i've EVER been to, and this year I'll be on the other end of it ! Going from one to the other, its exciting, Getting to serve everyone and HYPE everyone up, hahaa. :DD Though it's my first time! and I've never really done something like this before, but pushing me above what I THIiNK I can handle is good, it makes me step up to the plate. Most of all, I know that this was MEANT for me :) and I'm doing the right thing at the right time.

IT IS ONLY 5 DAYS TO LOUD CAMP, GOODNESS, AHHH CHIONG AH CHIONG AH. :P yupp, that's what I will need to do! :) Working doubly hard and smarter and more efficiently as well :)

Hopefully I will not lose my voice, cos LOUD camp is gonna be LAOOUUDD!! extra extra loud!! ahhaha..!! woohoo! :)

God has really been so good in my life, and I can never be more thankful. Just like David slayed goliath, I'm gonna tackle whatever comes with faith, knawing that I have a God IN me, and WITH me, who knows exactly what to do and what is best for me :)

Destiny, calling out to me. Closer God to thee~

Need more rest, I should really take better care of my body indeed, should get 8h minimum to hibernate for 3 days of no sleep! HAHAHAH.

LETS GO USA LETS GO WOH!