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Saturday, February 7, 2009 @ 7:04 AM
Hello Central Two, it's Jayna Banana here yet again :)
and I have a cool cool message I'd like to bring to all of you before we start another week.

Firstly! We all live in this world of stress and competition. In almost everything we do we've gotta fight so hard to be the best. Like okay, in our studies, everyone wants to top, right? And for that we've gotta work so hard, fight so hard just so that we'll achieve that top score.
For others too, in sports, we all know, the sweat and energy and everything we put into our sports just so that we can win, bring glory to the school and to our beloved CCA (okay maybe we fight hard for different reasons) But! We all know that in almost everything, we've got to fight and work our butts of just to be the best.

But.

That's not the case with God. We can easily come into his presence. And "come into his presence" isn't such a simple thing as we think! Usually I'd be like yeah yeah, I'm standing before God yay me. But I've come to realise what a great thing it is. Okay here's a simple example:

Lift your eyes and look to the heavens,
Who created all these?
He who brings out the starry host one by one,
and calls them each by name,
because of his great power and mighty strength,
not one of them is missing.
Isaiah 40:26

Isn't that amazing? That the God that created ALL the stars and knows each of their names is the God we serve. (I'm sure I don't have to describe how many stars there are) And this is the God that we're standing in the presence of! Honestly, if I could physically see him, I'd be trembling.

That's the kind of reverence we should have for God each and everytime we step into his presence. But anyway that isn't the point! My point is, in all the things that you have to sweat and work for, God's presence isn't one of them.

Because of his great grace and love, you just get to step into his presence so freely. And immediately you're his beloved child, perfect in his eyes. And we needn't do anything to earn that! :)

Therefore, go into this week with the knowledge that this awe-inspiring and powerful God has got your back :) He has given us something to shout about! Although our weeks may be tiring, remember there is always joy in our God and that's where we should run to :)

And of course do note. We're here for each other too. <3
It's saturday, and I'm already anticipating the next like crazy! Have fun at school, and till then, I'll be missing you all! :)

Jayna.