Are you convinced?

Are you convinced?

I really like this. Sylvest's :)
everyday i pray for my sister.
everyday i pray for my brother.

and most of the time, they don't realise that i love them and that i do pray for them.maybe because of miscommunication. its either my fault, or maybe theirs.
but the truth is, i wan God to protect them, bless them, and that they will come to know God.

but when times get hard, when we quarrel, when my brother taunts the loving God that saved me from so so many things,
do i despair?

when my sister rejects Christ, and His love. when my sister refuses to pray for my mom when she is sick.
when my sister turns her heart away from God who changed our family and gave us joy.

when my brother continues in sin even when i pray for him everyday.
when they do not see my effort of trying to meet them for dinners, trying to talk to them,

do i give up?
do i say,"God, YOU are not answering my prayers!"
no i do not. because in all things, i am convinced, i truly am, that my God is a God of impossibilities.

am i praying blindly? nope.

i believe in my mind, He is powerful. He is mighty. i believe. i really do.
and i act it out. i pray and pray. i continue to pray and i do not give up.
giving up would mean that my God is not powerful enough. giving up would only show what an impatient person i am.

i love my sister and brother so much to give up praying. i am able to love them because Jesus Christ loved me first, and died for me.
i was not borned to really love them.

so i perservere, knowing that one day, God will bring them to worship Him.
nothing is too great for my God.
for since the foundations of the earth, God has loved my brother and sister, and i believe in that.
i pray in hope. i pray in faith. pray for me too, that they will come to know God.

Luke 17:6He replied, "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you.

Hebrews 10:36You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.

James 5:11As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

Romans 12:12Listen to this passage
12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
follow me, and pray continually for your struggles and unsaved families!

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