Matters of the heart

Have you ever wondered what are the issues that matter to God?

Sometimes for myself, I tend to look a lot at myself, my needs my wants.
I blame the people around me for the problems I go through,
I whine and complain that I hate my life and that I wanna escape in some abyss so that I dont have to face the reality of work, stress, conflicts and the human factor which affects me so badly in whatever i'm doing.

In my line of work, doing what I do, i often question my role and the decision which I help my patients make. Although i recognise that most of the time, I have little or no say in the life of the teenages which I meet, I still struggle with the young lives which I see being destroyed by the world and the evils which we often take for granted of. Having spent most of my teenage years in a church setting, I've come to realise that life is not just about the sunday service, or the happy people whom we meet in our journey of a Christian.

I've realised that life is about meeting the needs of the needy, the cries of the lonely and to spread a little love to those who lack. In my line of work, I see so many young lives being thrashed by the passing wind of time, by the influence of the media, by the degradation of society. If only God would use me to touch their lives, to bring His love, His Word, His touch.

I pray that even as we go about in our daily walk, be it working or studying, that we'll not forget the needs of others. To look beyond us. And to see what really matters to God's heart.

God, Open my eyes to see.
What I am supposed to see.
And let not it be colored by my own wants.
But may it be filled with the leading of Your Spirit.
Amen.