I am 6 years old Christian!

 Today 21, October is my spiritual birthday.
6 years ago, I made a biggest decision I have ever made in my life to give my life to Christ.  I prayed with Paul&Stacy Cassidy who were the Lighthouse director back then and Mayumi Sorrels who is one of my Japanese sisters in Christ I met at the Lighthouse.  I was sitting exactly same place where I am sitting right now (Main living room at the Lighthouse, Yokosuka in Japan).  I remember that day and that moment just like it was yesterday.

 It has been 6 years.  I cannot imagine how my life would have been if I still did not know Him as my savior.  It is so true what some Christian friends told me. "Your daily life would not be perfect or better even you become a Christian".  There is always some trials & challenges in my daily life just as the life I had before I became a Christian.  So what is the difference?  Now I have a place to go when I feel lonely, when I am tired, when I cry... I have a best friend whom I can share everything with, I can laugh together, I can go anywhere together..... His name is Jesus. He gives me peace & joy I had never experienced before. Sometimes I can't feel He is right there with me or I can't see He is listening to me.  But I KNOW He is ALWAYS there with me and ALWAYS listening to me.  How do I know that?  I know that by remembering what He has done for me.  I believe that by faith. There was one time when I was angry with God.  But I have never wanted to run away from Him.  As I have tasted His great love, I will never want to run away from Him.  As David said in Psalm 63:3,"Because Your love is better than life, my lips will glorify You."  I don't know any more how I can live without His love.

 I was reading a book of Luke this morning.  Luke 4:47 is a great one to describe my love to God.
Luke 7:47 "Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—for she loved much." 

 I don't deserve to receive anything God gives me.  But because of His great love, He gives me so many blessings. 

 I am only 6 years old Christian.  There are still so many things to learn. I know that for sure.  So many trials & challenges are waiting for me.  I know that too.  But I also know that my Savior, my Lord, my Father, my Best friend, Jesus is always with me. No matter where I go, He is going to be there and no matter what I do, He still loves me.  

 God has sent many many people into my life. I read some pastor said, "God send people to our lives to allow us to learn something and also to love".  I know that I could not be here without God but also I could not be here with out all people God has sent to my life.  So I want to thank you to all my friends & family as well!  



"Blessings"

We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love is way too much to give us lesser things

'Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt your goodness, we doubt your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe

When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know that pain reminds this heart
That this is not our home

What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy
What if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are your mercies in disguise