I saw this beautiful art piece, by the creator. An art piece that worth more than grades, more than money, more than human judgement. It is an art piece that breath life. 

For the past 18 years of my life I always expected my future to be smooth sailing and comfortable, to be ordinary, like a stairway up from primary school to secondary school to poly to university, then another flight of stairs up to career, to marriage, to kids, to a new family, and then retirement, right until the final destination of life where I would be able to reminisce and smile at the experiences I have gone through before I say goodbye. But yet as I climbed, my ideal journey of life naturally became a non-fiction novel, where realistically it never really happened the way I want it to be, neither will it be in future. 

In the midst of climbing, is the fatigue and pain that gets heavier and heavier, to a point in life that might even cause us to stop climbing and to stay at where we are, dwelling in the question: what is my purpose of climbing this never ending flight of stairs? 

As I gave my life to Jesus I didn't see it coming, on how trusting unto the Lord in crafting my route of life would defer so much from my ideal way of life because God leads me up to a ride on the roller coaster instead of leaving me on this ordinary flight of stairs. Yet during this roller coaster ride I experienced the kind of feelings that I would never experience when I climb onto flights of stairs. The initial feeling of fear and reluctance, followed by the adrenaline rush, acceleration of heartbeat, thrill and eventually overcoming our fears, opening up our hearts to willingly try out new rides, new thrills, new achievements, new goals. Because when God take control over where I am going, He leads me to a roller coaster journey where He grows me, moulds me and teaches me to become the person He wanted me to become, while guiding me to the eternal destination where I was meant to be. And here for the bonus point: I am not alone. Because God leads me, he takes on my hands, He guides me along the way, and He never leaves me, because He loves me. 

"When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "it is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit" - John 19:30 

"it is finished" has been an impactful 3 words for me, when I finally understood what it means to "finish" when Christ died for us. Being a living sacrifice and offering in cleansing our sins, is the truth that He wants to declare in our lives. That our God wants to reconcile back with His creation, which is us. Because God didn't want us to feel alone, and to wander off track in the direction of life, He has to send his son to come into Earth, to find us and to build the Way so that in Christ, God can lead us home. 

In a mighty King of Heaven and Earth, is a heart of a Father who awaits for His child to return home. And we are His children. Are we, today, willing to believe in this loving Father, that through Jesus, has already stretched out His hands, waiting for us to say "I will follow you"?