Don't Stop ...

Thus says the Lord:
For, as the rain and the snow come down from the sky and do not return before having watered the earth, fertilising it and making it germinate to provide seed for the sower and food to eat,
so it is with the word that goes from my mouth: it will not return to me unfulfilled or before having carried out my good pleasure and having achieved what it was sent to do.
Isaiah 55:10-11

*Germinate means to sprout or produce buds; or to cause to grow (taken from wiktionary.com ) 

My parents made it a point for me & my siblings to read the Word daily since my teenage years. It wasn't easy at first as I then found no point in doing so, I found it a drag and a troublesome chore! We basically had no choice then, as they went to the extent of having a short bible study after dinner everyday. We would take turns to read the daily readings & each given a chance to share their thoughts.

Subsequently it became habitual for me to read the Word daily. It went on even after we stopped having the after-dinner bible study sessions. I can't recall when it started but I started to find comfort in reading the Word. Now I am thankful & grateful that my parents did what they did ^^

Well, there would still be times when I feel lazy, or just don't feel like it, or when I feel that it's boring & when I don't understand...(we're humans...it's bound to happen ^^) it is a good time to go back to Isaiah 55:10-11. If we continue to press on in faith, surely we will one day reap what we have sown? Even a parched land will bear sprouts when rained down continuously.

Oh, and usually sprouts don't shoot up immediately ;) We have to be patient (patience is wayyyy underrated, if u ask me) Patience means to keep a good atitude while waiting (as I recall mentioned in the book- Battlefield of the Mind, by Joyce Meyer).

Not easy? I agree. I am guilty of being an impatient person myself especially when I'm in a bad mood haha... But that doesn't stop me from trying. Patience, I believe is a matter of choice, & thankfully...can be gained by experience & practice (see how elderly people are generally more patient).

It all comes down to this - In all circumstances, seek God, pray. Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and the door will be opened to you.

God bless :)