When the MUSIC meets the LYRICS

The LORD has allowed me to enjoy an overflowing amount of comfort, joy and even luxury. But by His faithfulness and grace, He is also polishing and refining my heart from pride and attachment to money, fame and self-righteousness. Truly, I AM NOTHING WITHOUT CHRIST. (John 15:5 - "... apart from Me you can do nothing.") I used to say those words feeling and thinking I know what it means. But upon close checking my own heart and self -- I realized how selfish and prideful I am. How corrupt my own heart is. How deceitful. How I blame, how I envy and how I'm embittered with certain things and circumstances. I felt ashamed. My initial reaction was to deny. I want to justify myself. Then I realized that I prayed for the Holy Spirit to reveal these things to me, and I'm just experiencing another answered prayer. All the more I realized how unworthy I am. It's so hard to face this. But I praise God for His faithfulness. That despite the shame, I feel His loving c...

I was praying for productivity so much these days, that I was consumed with the thought of it and getting frustrated with the thought that I'm not getting the output that I desired. When out of my intentional search, I stumbled into this article: http://www.livingfreeindeed.com/2017/06/27/what-the-proverbs-31-woman-teaches-us-about-productivity/ I was shookt.  Proverbs 31:10-31 has always been a favorite go to verse. I've meditated on it, discussed it with friends and has been so inspired so much by it. When all of a sudden, this article made me re-read it with a totally different perspective. Realization. The Proverbs 31 woman is not Godly because she is productive, but she is productive because she is GODLY. And I had it all wrong. I praise God for this article. I just realized how self-absorbed I was. How blinded I was. How wrong I could possible be. I praise the Lord for the reminder.  All this time. My goals, my intentions, my “productivit...