I was blessed to pencil in my first event for the New Year 2022 with a confirmation class (of 8th graders) at Saint Luke’s Catholic Church.
We started with the question, “Dear God, what do you think or feel about me?”
Sometimes, it is difficult to drown out the distractions, fears, worries and lies that consume our minds to hear the gentle and loving voice of God that comes from our hearts.
But when we do take a moment to be still, we get to hear God’s heart for us…
you are my child
be not afraid
come what may, i am with you
you are young and have a long life ahead
learn to love
it’s okay
follow your dreams
spread joy, kindness and goodness.
In this broken world, there is pain and hardships, but we have a Creator who loves us so much that He would never leave us nor forsake us and will always be with us. He is the God who makes miracles possible, who created the universe and created US — we are His miracles too.
By being alive and living our lives, we are His living miracles. There is a whole kaleidoscope of colours you get to see in life once you realise that you are a miracle and you are so loved.
And anything that comes against you in your lives is not from God, but those obstacles are there for you to overcome WITH Him, and not alone because He loves us.
Psalm 139:13-16 (NLT)
“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘣.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹!
𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴—𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵.
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯,
𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘣.
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯.
𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥.”
extraordinary rather than ordinary 