Looking Back at 2010

This is probably among the first posts about my personal life. I look back at 2010, for tomorrow is 2011. Happy New Year! 2010 is just full of different experiences from joy to grief, and from academic success, work experiences, relationships, and earning money, to facing failures and disappointments. I see my own success, recognitions, skills, and everything I did and was able to accomplish. All of these are completely nothing and a waste when compared to the greater things.

Just this 2010, I was clearly able to see the seriousness of sin. How sinful I am. How sinful were my desires. What a waste if for my entire life I only pursue the dreams of success, recognition, money, skill, and all these technology and worldliness. Sin dominates and covers. I certainly hate God when I sin, and I certainly wanted God to vanish so not to face His wrath. I certainly wanted God not to exist and my dreams and life to live forever. How foolish I am in the eyes of God, and yet He loves me.

True Desire

It's hard to be a Christian when we are still clinging on to so many things where worldly life dominates our life. Are we trusting too much in our money, our position, our career, our talents, our friends, and our dreams? Are we slaves of our own desires?

We should not only believe Christ is our savior, but we need to have complete faith and trust in Christ. We no longer fear death, suffering, and difficulty because nothing is more satisfying and valuable than to be under Christ. The offer of happiness, health, wealth, belongingness, achievements, and recognitions on earth are completely nothing when compared to Christ. Though many will agree that Christ is definitely above those things, we still fear so much of having to surrender these things.