Wow!! I am so thankful, so grateful. In fact, I have never felt this kind of peace before. Yesterday, I was walking down the road from the bank to my apartment. They are not too far away from each other. So, when I was walking, I realized how far I already was, so I prayed! I was praying while I was walking. I was like talking to myself like crazy. I prayed to God to forgive all my sins and washed them away. I prayed for God to give me the extra strength to cope with all my days, to stand straight once again. Most importantly, I prayed so that God would show me that He really loves me and that to make me realize that He is real, He is there, He is near...

And You know what...this morning..well, yesterday night, I was supposed to finish my english assignment which was due today. But I overslept and this morning I was like a crazy girl running around my apt , trying to solve the problem. I had no idea how to finish them all in one hour before the class starts, and if I didnt submit the assignment, my grade would surely be not so good. So, I decided to be honest to the teacher and this was when the miracle happened. WheN I called the teacher to give me extra time, she said "you know what, you don't even have to bother it. I am not going to class today, I have to cancel the class. SOme idiots just blocked my way so I can't come to school. I called the tow-away trusck to come but they say they can't come until 1 hour later, while the class starts in 1 more hour." AMAZING, isn't it!! =D

God is good. He gave me extra time and extra strength to finish all my school work, to be healthy, to eat, to have a shelter to sleep, to have good parents, to have encouraging friends. All these blessings that I took for granted show me that God is real, that God is there..God is near..

I am really thankful that Bondman is here to comment on my growth and walk in Jesus. I like his comment on my last entry in his blog.

" Lissa, don't worry about the comments on your site. As long as we've got some way of keeping up I'm happy.

Yup, life sure can be hard like you said! We can feel lonely, and we can have too many things to do, and it's like everything is getting on top of us.

But you know that God is always with you, and He always lives IN you. And He will always help - we just have to trust Him.

You seem to be very honest and very good at confessing your failings and sin to the Lord. Better than most people I would say! So make sure that you KNOW, with absolute certainty, that they are all FORGIVEN!!

The Bible says God's forgotten our sins. And they're put into the depths of the sea. And they're separated from us as far as the east is from the west (which is a long way) *smile*

Then we MUST remember Romans 8:1 "There is therefore NO CONDEMNATION for those of us who are in Christ Jesus". No condemnation means NO GUILT. Our enemy wants us to feel guilty. But God says in this verse, "Don't feel guilty!" So DON'T!!

So what do we do? We CONFESS our sin, as 1 John 1:9 says, and HE FORGIVES THEM! If God's forgiven you - then you're forgiven! WOW!! What's to feel guilty about? NOTHING!!!

What next? Two things: 1. Say thankyou as in 1 Thess 5:18. "In everything give thanks, for this is God's will for you." Notice that it's everything - makes no difference whether we call the thing 'good' or 'bad', we still should be thankful. 2. Then we get on with life! We've forgiven. No guilt. And so we are FREE. Isn't that fantastic!

Maybe you already do all of this. Any bits you're not doing then try to start learning to, hey."

It encourages me a lot and reminds me a lot about all the things I've known before but yet never come to real life. Thanks Bondman, Thanks Jesus.

Thank You, Lord, for giving me such a wonderful day today!! Well, I don't wanna stop here. Please give me extra strength again Lord, You know I can never do this by myself. I can never do this without Your strength. My mind might be tangling around sometimes, My action might not reveal Your image, but forgive me O Lord...This is not just a word...This is my heart Lord...Once again,,,thank You my Father!!