Celphones break. Apples rotten. A disciplined runner can get tired and eventually retire. Even a bunch of red and white roses may wither and lose its beauty after a few more days had passed. However, an ugly worm can turn into a stunning butterfly. A blank canvass can turn into an incredible painting. Squeezed grapes that’s been stored for years can turn into a perfect-elegant wine. And rocks can turn into dazzling diamonds…

Haah! There’s still more to this life, no matter how tough it can get. No matter if you’re about to break. God’s grace is evident indeed! It grants us life! How? Grace saved me from hell. Grace sustains me as I live my life in this dying and sinful world. Grace keeps me running and going. But grace upon grace? Well, that’s another thing. As Joni Eareckson Tada says in her book, “Now, that’s breathtaking! His grace upon grace not only lets me live, His grace lets me serve, it lets me worship, it lets me take His name as my own, it called me by name, it grants me fulness of life…”

This is grace indeed — as a new chapter in my life is about to unfold. The problems that darted me these past few months is still unresolved and without a closure. All situations remain the same despite my faithful pleadings and obedience to God. But one thing is for sure, He is doing something for His glory in each unclosed situation. He has His own perfect timing for all of it. Moreover, what He did for the past months (and is still doing) was not what I’ve prayed for (and has been praying for) — He changed me from the inside out… And so I changed my prayer and prayed for what God has wanted me to pray for instead — that He would grant me continually His grace upon grace ‘til I become the person that He wants me to be.

Now, it is very clear to me that I need to make big adjustments and right decisions (by God’s grace) to be able to join God in His work to the fullest. It’s exciting, indeed, though it will also be hard and uncomfortable. But with God, I know I can!

“But forget all that – it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.

For I AM about to do a brand-new thing. See, I hve already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness for my people to come home. I will create rivers for them in the desert!”

Isaiah 43:18,19