Reflections of a beloved son

When the world and sin imprison us, God comes to free us. May we relish, embrace, and live fully the freedom of the children of God. This freedom transcends this hashtag # pandemic quarantine. May our humble gratitude give witness to God's amazing work of love and mercy to all especially during these times. Thank you hashtag # Jesus ! hashtag # gratitude hashtag # divinemercy hashtag # discipleship hashtag # grace

When tragedies happen the question " Where is God "  is not an uncommon one that comes up. "Where is God in all this?"  With the recent worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus, one may ask the same question, especially when we hear day after day the reporting of the increasing number of deaths. "Where is God?" When tragedy struck America on September 11, 2001, the country came together. We stood united.  In 2003 when SARS broke out we were worried about my family in Hong Kong.  People were dying.  Then I remember the artists and songwriters put up a concert "1:99 Concert."  It was a fundraising concert.  The people came together.  A year later in 2004, a crippling tsunami and earthquake struck Indonesia and other parts of South Asia.  Seeing the report in Times was heartbreaking - the countless number of bodies on the sand after the water had subsided.  In February 2008 when a devastating earthquake hit Sichaun, China, the world came...

The Lord makes a covenant with Abram and changes his name to Abraham.  He promises him many descendants and that even kings will come from his family line.  To man it seems crazy and unreal.  But to the man of faith, it is not. Abram underwent a transformation from not completely believing to becoming our "Father in Faith."  The Lord reiterates and emphasizes again and again to Abraham that He will be true to His covenant and that Abraham and his descendants will be His People and He will be their God.  God never takes back His word.  Our world today seems crazy and unsettling.  But that is because we are looking through the lens of man.  We must put on the lens of faith, the lens of a man or woman that has been transformed.  Like Abram who received a new name, we too have a new name.  No longer are we called "forsaken" or "desolate," but we are called the "beloved of the Father."  God calls us by name, the name that brings with i...

The world is in the midst of a battle.  The Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic has taken over the world.  It started in a small part of a country and then it spread.  People who may have contracted it did not know they were infected and then they travel and meet family and friends, and by doing so, those they met may have been infected. This silent agent brought our world to a standstill.  Countries closed their borders.  School are closed.  Stores are closed.  Churches are closed.  Public masses and services are cancelled.  This microscopic agent wreaked havoc on the world.  But it does not have the last word. At the surface, the battle that we are in the midst of is a physical one.  People are getting sick. People are dying.  But we are simultaneously fighting a spiritual battle.  People are turning on each other.  One race discriminates against another.  People turn inward and put their own needs above others....