A Time of Abundance

I have been pretty silent on my blog lately. There were a lot of things going on - good things at that.

Trinkets of Abundance

At work, they bought me an all-in-one printer, scanner, fax, and copier. It was a purchase made out of necessity; they wanted me to do all sorts of stuff, which could be more efficiently done with the use of a scanner, and so they started calling it my scanner because they placed it in my room and for now I had exclusive use of it.

Also, today, I got a new 22-inch widescreen, flat screen monitor. Prior to that, I had the oldest monitor at work and it came to a point when in the afternoon, the monitor would just shut down every 5 seconds - that bad. So they got me a new one. They weren't really intending to get a big monitor, but it turns out they got one for the price of a smaller one over the Thanksgiving holiday.

For me personally, the Lord has blessed me with a new car, so now my girlfriend and I don't have to squeeze our tight schedules together and make sure they fit with the schedule of the other. So it's a big relief; we now have more time for work or study instead of just making sure that we both get a ride home and to wherever.

Financially, I wouldn't say everything is bright and sunny, but knowing that my God is always faithful, as He has been and as He always will be, I know He'd get through each time.

Lessons on Abundance

All in all, what I'd like to say is that I feel really blessed with all these good things going on. And I would just like to share some of the lessons or thoughts I have being at this time in my life:

1. Now, I do feel that I can really make it and establish myself here. I was telling a friend that although we've went through different struggles here, the Lord has always been faithful to bless us here and there, assuring us that He is always there to take care of us. And at this point in time, I feel that He has confirmed that He does want me to be here.

2. I think this even came before all these blessings came through, but although I am far from where I want to be spiritually, I do feel a lot better about my spiritual life right now. Right now, I'm thinking that it's not that my problems went away or what not, but I am thinking that now, I am able to put things into proper perspective. I may encounter all sorts of challenges, but the Lord has proven time and again that He will see me through, and it wouldn't be any different now or in the future. I now see that He is in control of my life and my situation.

3. There have been times that I've thought about my life, and realized that there have been ups and downs. A part of me has this fear that with the good things going on right now, I am afraid that the tides may turn at some point. But again, as hard as I can comprehend it, I just have to trust in the Lord's wisdom and power, and His good, pleasing and perfect will for me.

Sharing the Lord's Abundance

Just today, a co-worker asked me to write Christmas cards for the troops in Iraq. As I thought about what to write, two things just got stuck in my mind:

First, I wanted to share my faith, and so I needed to share them the Lord's goodness to them.

Second, I wanted to wish them all the blessings, for them and for their family.

I do wish everyone the blessings that the Lord has in store for them. The Lord is an abundant God, He gives exceedingly, far greater than we can think or imagine. My prayer is that you be blessed with that He has set aside for you, but also, that we may see the blessing in every circumstance.

What we always say in our church really holds true:

GOD IS GOOD, ALL THE TIME.