About Me.
*~Rosaline Tan~*
19+ years old
NP Health Sciences (Nursing)
COS(BT), Youth Impact
Passionates
cutie_pier@hotmail.com
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purple,roses,rum n raisin,truffles,
salmon,apple struddel,scuba diving,
japanese food,furry animals,
babies,dancing,painting,rollerblading
stars,auroras,shopping,skating,
chilling out at night,oceans,nature,
taking photos,cycling,squishing my toes in the soft sand,
baking:)
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Monday, December 31, 2007
no more shame
12:02 am
i dont really know what to post. i only know i want to talk about yesterday's sermon by Ps Chris Long. It was really a pleasant surprise to have him preach on the last saturday of the year.
He's so fatherly.
How do i start...i'm really not sure. I shall just describe how i felt.
When Ps Long talked about shame, i was reminded of the shame i hid from everyone. The Lord forgives, yes, but the knowledge of the sins i've committed still haunted me. This shame that i bore held me back from giving my all, it distracts me from being focused, and it makes me feel like a hypocrite. This shame was a heavy yoke on my back, weighing me down, tiring me out.
I want to be free from it. I've been living under a lie. And now the real truth is revealed.
I CAN be free from it.
The moment i proclaimed "No more shame!", I felt the presence of God descending upon me like a blanket. He was so gentle, and so warm. It was as if the Holy Spirit was washing away all my filth from my body, inside and out. I couldnt stop trembling and tears flowed freely from my eyes. For the first time in a very long time, i felt so clean, so pure. He had touched me and took away my shame, like unpure gold refined in the fire.
And then i heard His voice telling me over and over again,
"My dear child, you are beautiful."
I started to weep then...so great is His love and grace...Who am i indeed,a sinner, to be noticed by God and called beautiful. But so great is His love and grace, for He has washed me clean and removed my shame when He died upon the cross.
For the first time, i was leaping,dancing AND crying at the same time during the fast praise song. What a joy to end 2007 this way.
"Then maidens will dance and be glad, young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning into gladness;
I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow. " -Jeremiah 31:13
Dance all ye people! Young and Old as well!!!
