it will not return to Me void

during a bible study, Michelle emotionally shared how she came to know Jesus. in her college years (sometime during the Gulf War), she had a professor who kept on lecturing about the signs of the end times, the second coming of the Messiah, the rapture. and the importance of having a relationship with Christ. she thought the concept was bizarre!

after graduating, she went about her own way, exploring the world as she knows it.

little did she know that the Words she heard from her prof has been deeply ingrained in her soul and spirit that she literally lost appetite for the things of this world in search for something more meaningful.

there was a God-shaped hole in her heart that needed to be filled.

finally, she found Him. after ten long years of wandering aimlessly.

so shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. -isaiah 55:11

God brought to my mind our office staff. for almost a decade now, Pastor Eugene has been leading them in bible study; but it breaks my heart to see little has chagned. their lives are still the same. they still walk in their old ways under darkness. it's as if his efforts are... futile.

but hey, who am i to judge?

if God says so, it'll come to pass.

The Lord does not delay and is not slow about what He promises according to some people's conception of slowness, but He is lolong-suffering, not desiring that any should perish, but that all should turn to repentance. - 2 peter 3:9