Journey Sabda

Waiting for something, especially for prayers to be answered, can be excruciatingly painful and frustrating. It can be a breakthrough, stuff, a new job, healing, family, friends, etc.  I know it's tough and has never been easy. It's also tough for me to wait for God to answer those prayers. And even today, I still learn to trust His timing and process.  But I am certain that my Lord Jesus, my Heavenly Father's love has never failed me. In my experience, sometimes God answers my prayers differently than I expected.  Sometimes I don't get those things, but God gave me a better one. Surprisingly and oftentimes, God gives more than I ask for. During the waiting period, I discovered that God shapes, molds, and grows me.During that time, I learned to be patient, to have hope, to keep on trusting, and to have faith in Him. a faith that knows God is trustworthy and knows what is best for me.and the conviction that with God, anything is possible. And after all, His timing is a...

So the ocean and the sky are my metaphors to explain this interesting pattern and the reality of life. As a human, as a Jesus follower, as a man, as a dreamer, and as a lover of art. The sky is your deepest desire, priority, ambition, love, dreams, passion, vision, mission, goals, or even a kind of person that you wanted to live with.The ocean is your capacity, power, strength, vessel, courage, and balance. Sometimes we think our skies are too high for us, when in fact they are not the skies that were meant for us to climb and fly on. On the other hand, they can be reached, but we don't want them at all. The skies can be too heavy to hold and handle, and oftentimes they are beyond our capacity. what we most need is to focus on building, developing, and growing our ocean. Because they are our capacity and strength to receive and handle the sky. We need a stronger, deeper, and wider ocean to find balance with the sky. a better vessel to live on. I feel like swimming by the ocean whil...