GracePerfected

     Life is crazy! We go through ups and downs. We get lost in the busyness of school, work, weekends at church, weekends away, and everything else that fills up our everyday lives. In the midst of all the madness we go through in life, we may also have to face some seasons of waiting, some messy situations, or some pauses in our lives when absolutely nothing is happening. During these times there may be moments when we are drowned in the misery of loneliness. And it's usually when we need someone the most that our closest friends or family seem nowhere to be found. This is not the best place in life to be, and yet it's probably a period of time we all go through at some point. How do we go through such difficult times? How do we face moments like this?       I'm not an expert, nor do I have a list of how to deal with loneliness, or how to get through tough times. But something that always helped me was the reminder that even in my loneliest and most chaotic times God

Since I have come back from India, it has been a tough journey for me. To stay with your spouse for two and half months and then to come back alone to a cold reality was very rough for me. It’s been a roller coaster ride since then. We were expecting to be with each other soon, but our journey took some unexpected turns which could have taken him longer to get here. I was very upset and frustrated with everything that was happening. Since we didn't expect this to happen we had already booked the ticket for him to come here. All these things made me more upset and honestly speaking, I tried everything else but talking to God. Finally, at the end of the day like a defeated soldier I came to God’s presence, literally having no words to speak. I was just crying and pouring out my heart in His presence. Then, God inspired me to read about the story of Gideon (Judges 6&7). The moment I started reading the story of Gideon the Spirit of God started ministering to me. The story of Gi

     As I’ve been going through Scripture this week, this phrase has come up over and over again. Be it God asking kings or prophets what they needed from Him, over and over again, God keeps asking this question. But why?       This past month has been such a trying month. Never in my life have I questioned my calling more or dealt with as many personal issues, be it my health, or whatever else. With everything I looked at, I felt like everything around me was falling apart. I questioned that I was where God wanted me to be in my serving Him. I doubted whatever future plans He has set for me. My health took a pretty scary roll downwards, and it began to feel like the relationships I had with the people around me were all falling to shambles. In the midst of these questions, His voice rang out loud and clear, continually asking me,  What do you want?      My God isn’t a god like others who sit quietly and choose not to respond when those who believe in Him cry out. My God is th

Genesis 19: 17  "And as they brought them out, one said "Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away" Genesis 19: 26 "But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt."       As I was struggling to figure out what to write on the blog these last couple of days, I unexpectedly came across a certain picture. The picture was of a stone near the Dead Sea, which locals claim is Lot's wife (the tallest stone in the picture below).       The fact that people claim this stone as Lot's wife made me think about the story in Genesis of God destroying Sodom, and how the angels warned Lot that neither he nor his family were to look back or stop anywhere. If you read through the story on your own time, you might also agree with me on the fact that God had A LOT of patience with Lot. I mean, even angelic beings came to him to warn him to flee for HIS L