Lina's Blog – April 2012 Archive (2)

As I was growing up I had the notion that Priests, Pastors and religious bodies were special and were more Christlike, without faults.  During His time on earth Christ carefully chose His Apostles after spending some time praying to His father over His choice. Each of His chosen apostles had their own faults; one betrayed Him and His favourite denied Him three times when He needed Him most.  Over the years I have built up confidence in the religious, seeing the responsibilities and trials…

This past three weeks have been very challenging for me.  I have been overwhelmed with my work and seemed to be choking in it. Instead of depending on God, my time with Him was practically reduced to nothing.  With Him aside, I was faced with the toughest challenges I have ever experienced.  In all this chaos, I kept saying to myself, 'God is in control', whereas  I had placed Him second in all the chaos around me.  Although I called for His help every now and then, I, at the same time…