Gives and Takes Away

Thank you, Lord, for giving me so much these past two weeks. You have given much beyond my expectations. Though there were times of weaknesses and doubts, but you have sent your Spirit to comfort and encourage me.

As You reminded me at Starbucks yesterday, the joy in the 'Great Pursue' (Gen 29), where as I remain in love with You tests in patience will seem like days. Sorry Lord for my lack of faith. Give me the strength to fight for what You have priomised.

Amazingly, I am completely at peace as I depart from Hong Kong:

Mark 10:29"I tell you the truth," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life.

You have given so much, now, at least for the next few weeks, you have asked to take away. Lord, thank You for equipping my heart. I thought it would be difficult to walk through the departure gate today, but you have offered peace and promised a joy that is a hundred folds more than what You have given in these past weeks.

Thank You, Lord. Take whatever You want from me.