The Disconsolate Garden

New Year

winapina — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:28:56 +0000

I think i am going to make a tumblr for this blog so that i will update it more… Everytime i fall off my daily devotion bandwagon and then slowly get back on it, the Spirit of the Lord encourages me to start posting again.

I need to start posting again, for myself more than anything or anyone elsw.

random musing…

winapina — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:09:04 +0000

all that needs to be said is said
2 Corinthians 12
New Living Translation (NLT)
2 Corinthians 12

Paul’s Vision and His Thorn in the Flesh

This boasting will do no good, but I must go on. I will reluctantly tell about visions and revelations from the Lord. I was caught up to the third heaven fourteen years ago. Whether I was in my body or out of my body, I don’t know—only God knows. Yes, only God knows whether I was in my body or outside my body. But I do know that I was caught up to paradise and heard things so astounding that they cannot be expressed in words, things no human is allowed to tell.
That experience is worth boasting about, but I’m not going to do it. I will boast only about my weaknesses. If I wanted to boast, I would be no fool in doing so, because I would be telling the truth. But I won’t do it, because I don’t want anyone to give me credit beyond what they can see in my life or hear in my message, even though I have received such wonderful revelations from God. So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud.

Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians

You have made me act like a fool—boasting like this. You ought to be writing commendations for me, for I am not at all inferior to these “super apostles,” even though I am nothing at all. When I was with you, I certainly gave you proof that I am an apostle. For I patiently did many signs and wonders and miracles among you. The only thing I failed to do, which I do in the other churches, was to become a financial burden to you. Please forgive me for this wrong!
Now I am coming to you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you. I don’t want what you have—I want you. After all, children don’t provide for their parents. Rather, parents provide for their children. I will gladly spend myself and all I have for you, even though it seems that the more I love you, the less you love me.

Some of you admit I was not a burden to you. But others still think I was sneaky and took advantage of you by trickery. But how? Did any of the men I sent to you take advantage of you? When I urged Titus to visit you and sent our other brother with him, did Titus take advantage of you? No! For we have the same spirit and walk in each other’s steps, doing things the same way.

Perhaps you think we’re saying these things just to defend ourselves. No, we tell you this as Christ’s servants, and with God as our witness. Everything we do, dear friends, is to strengthen you. For I am afraid that when I come I won’t like what I find, and you won’t like my response. I am afraid that I will find quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorderly behavior. Yes, I am afraid that when I come again, God will humble me in your presence. And I will be grieved because many of you have not given up your old sins. You have not repented of your impurity, sexual immorality, and eagerness for lustful pleasure.

praise break

winapina — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:13:28 +0000

this post has nothing to do withanything really…

But God just wokred a little mini-miracle for me and my computer…

So I just thought that I would give him some praise right here on my little blog.

I suggest that when you read this, wherever you are, whatever you are doing, just stop and give God glory and honor and praise for all He has done and all He is going to do.

Because when He comes through with the little things, can you imagine how He will come through on the big things.

Someone say GLORAY!!

that is all

till we meet again

Moving Forward

winapina — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:52:10 +0000

This song was recently brought into my life and I want to introduce it to you.

Lyrics:

Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
I need you Jesus, I need you Lord
Yeah, yeah

Not going back, I’m moving ahead
I’m here to declare to You my past is over
In You all things are made new
Surrendered my life to Christ, I’m moving, moving forward
Oh, yeah

What a moment You have brought me to
Such a freedom, Lord, I have found in You
You’re the Healer who makes all things new
Yeah, yeah, yeah!

I’m not going back, I’m moving ahead
I’m here to declare to You my past is over
In You all things are made new
Surrendered my life to Christ, I’m moving, moving forward
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You have risen with all power in Your hands
You have given me a second chance
Hallelujah, yes! Hallelujah
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Sing now with me, sing
Yeah, yeah, yeah!

I’m not going back, moving ahead
I’m here to declare to You my past is over
In You all things are made new
Surrendered my life to Christ, I’m moving

Not going back, moving ahead
I’m here to declare to You my past is over
In You all things are made new
Surrendered my life to Christ, I’m moving, moving forward
Yeah! Forward, yeah

(Forward)
(Forward)
(Forward)
(Forward)
(Forward)

You make all things new
Yes, You make all things new
And I will follow You forward

Scripture:

So then, if anyone is in Christ, that person is part of the new creation. The old things have gone away, and look, new things have arrived!

2 Corinthians 5:17

Time Management

winapina — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:24:50 +0000

I am writing a post on time management, well, because I have none.

I cannot manage my time. I spend too much time on things that do not matter, and not enough time on things that do.

And boy, have I suffered the consequences.

In my life, church, school, friends, family.

Yet, for 19 years, I have been unable to learn from my mistakes and fix my time management issue. (I am 19 not like really old )

This past summer, however, I did try to look up some techniques on time management. Techniques, that I have yet to encorporate into my life, the past 2-3 weeks of school.

Since those ways did not work, I decided to put myself on blast, proclaiming one of my weaknesses to the world, and going to the Word of God to see what He says about time management. I know that I am not the only person who suffers from this issues. Lots of people suffer from this same predicament. The thing is, though, I do not want to forever be plagued with it. Because I wan to spend eternity with a person I love (Jesus) and I do not want to ruin my chances by not spending enough time with Him now.

But now, to the Word.

Behave yourselves wisely [living prudently and with discretion] in your relations with those of the outside world (the non-Christians), making the very most of the time and seizing (buying up) the opportunity.

Let your speech at all times be gracious (pleasant and winsome), seasoned [as it were] with salt, [so that you may never be at a loss] to know how you ought to answer anyone [who puts a question to you].

Col 4:5-6 AMP

Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people), making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil.

Eph 5:15-16 AMP

“Let me know my end, LORD.
How many days do I have left?
I want to know how brief my time is.”
You’ve made my days so short;
my lifetime is like nothing in your eyes.
Yes, a human life
is nothing but a puff of air!

Ps 39:4-5 CEB

You should know better than to say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to the city. We will do business there for a year and make a lot of money!” What do you know about tomorrow? How can you be so sure about your life? It is nothing more than mist that appears for only a little while before it disappears. You should say, “If the Lord lets us live, we will do these things.”

James 4:13-15

Till we meet again