Two Thoughts
Thought I:
It’s almost May 21, 2011, and I can’t help but to think… what if this Sat WAS judgement day! Not to say I believe anything that Harold Camping is saying, but it’s worth thinking about. What if it was Judgement day in two days, would I still be online blogging, chatting, facebooking, watching netflicks, hanging out with people? Will I still have the same laziness or would i be in urgency? It’s worth thinking about where we’ll be when it happens. It scares me to think that God would come swiftly & suddenly like a thief in the night. It gives me hope to think that my Salvation from Christ is sound.
Thought II:
About a few months ago, i asked my talented & gracious friend to create a painting that would reflect my relationship with A. Through the past two years (so long!) of dating, I think there’s only one theme that have stood out to me… practicing grace to one another & receiving grace from God. This painting reflected so much of grace & has blessed me so much this past week!
Psalm 12:6
“The words of the LORD are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.”
Quick summary of this painting: experiencing God’s purification in our relationship. Because blue is the hottest part of the flame, it signifies God’s kindness in testing us & burning away all that’s not of Him. The painting has seven layers, representing the completion of His work in us! The gold represents us in the flame, being purified, and the red represents the work of Christ through His blood. It reminds me of Reflections ’10 theme:
“But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.
–Malachi 3:2-3
The ancient process of refining silver required intense heat that reduced metal into liquid form. The workman diligently sat at the pot waiting for the dross to surface and then scraped off. As the refiner continuously removed the layers of impurities, an increasingly clearer image of himself reflected off the surface.
Through much of what i’ve experienced in a dating relationship the past two years, I’ve been able to see God constantly purifying us & challenging us through trials! We’ve both suffered much from each other’s sinfulness & thankful to see that one day, we’ll be purified as gold–so pure that we will be able to reflect God’s glory…
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