Likhi’s thoughts

  WOMEN OF THE BIBLE:    SARAI (SARAH) “Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised” (‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11:11‬). When I think of Sarah, I try to imagine how she really was. The Bible describes her as “very fair to look upon'' meaning very beautiful. Her beauty wasn’t only from the outside but also from the inside. She was humble, selfless, virtuous, obedient but she was also impatient. “A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken” (‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭15:13). She had a very strong faith but also doubts. Very similar to almost all of us. Because of Sarah’s beauty, Abraham was scared that someone would kill him and take his wife. I guess we forget sometimes that God is always protecting us, and we try to do the job for Him. When we do the job for God nothing comes out right. The Bible tells us God will fight fo...

  DO GOOD “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin” (James‬ ‭4:17‬). Have you been across where you saw something that needed to be done? Anything from picking up, cleaning, helping? Or something like sharing the gospel, caring for someone, showing affection, anything you may think of… doesn’t it feel good when you do it and it gets accomplished? Doing good brings a special blessing to the heart. God loves it when we do good and He blesses us. “But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased” (Hebrews‬ ‭13:16‬).  I sometimes have tried to ignore things because I am so tired. I do not want to do it because I either think no one else cares or everyone sees it but waits for mom to do it. It kind of gets upsetting when we have that thought that "someone else will do it".  In the end, I still try to do what was ignored by someone else.  I think we all have been in this situation where we are t...

  WOMEN OF THE BIBLE:  EVE “And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living” (Genesis‬ ‭3:20‬). Do you know that we are good at convincing, blaming and hiding? As sinners, I believe we all have those abilities, and it does not matter if you are male or female. We are persuasive, in other words liars. We make people believe that something is true even if it is not, sometimes we do it for our benefit. If something does not come out the way, we want; we blame someone else. If we do something wrong, we hide. Even little children do that. When I read about Eve, how she was persuaded and tricked by the serpent to go against God. Everything changed by her mistake. It is easy to blame her for all the bad that happens around us. If she would have chosen to obey God; run away from the devil, and if she would have not introduced Adam to the sin we would be without sin: "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so, death pass...

“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you”       (John‬ ‭15:7‬). I remember when I was a little girl. I saw on tv a doll that closed her eyes when you laid her down, my eyes got so wide as I became mesmerized. I wanted that doll! I asked my parents if they could buy it for me but they said maybe, so I waited and waited. It is not fun to wait when you really want something! But I kept on waiting. One day my dad told me he was going to buy it for me and I was so excited but what I really wanted to know is when I was actually getting it. I was getting impatient and losing my hope. The only thing I could do was keep on waiting. Finally, one day after school my dad asked me to go downtown with him. We took the bus and we walked and I’m sure we had a conversation. The only thing I remember when we arrived at the store was all the toys and everything was stacked nicely. It was like heaven! My dad asked the clerk to sh...