An email to my cell mates

Hey everyone,

How's it going?

I was just planning my 2010 plan and guess what? There's simply, I realize, too much to do, see, hear, try, taste, smell and touch. There's be singing, acting, traveling, internships, mentoring, leading, following, moving, competitions... If you're thinking, wow Anna, I wanna be you. Let me just say, there's a price to everything.

In the past weeks, I've been struggling to surrender my life to God. You see, God wants to be the Lord of my everything, if not, He's just not Lord at all. With all the things going around, I can just hear the Holy Spirit grieving at how I sometimes push him into the margins of my life. (I bet some of you do too!)

It's not that God wants you to be ONLY involve in church stuff, it's not that he wants you to be holy-schmoly, no hint of a secular life. To some of us, he has put us in certain academic, professional, or social circles for a reason. AND let me hear from you what reason it is?? Yes, it's to glorify Him! Light is after all seen brightest in the darkest of places.

The truth is.. Ever since Adam and Eve fell into sin, life sucks. Yes, life sucks because of sin. Life sucks because it makes us feel stuck at where we are. Hate your job? Life sucks. Hate your school life? Life sucks. Just wanna crawl into a hole? Yes, life does suck. BUT being a Christian is not abt denying life sucks! It's about proclaiming that despite THAT, we have Jesus who overcomes the world. That although life sucks, He is now our new Life and in Him, life is actually beautiful. Most of all, while life sucks, we can find true love in Him. And, hey, I think that's more than enough for me.

(If you've read so far, thanks!)

So now what? Try putting away your work and draw close to God. Pray and let it be an honest prayer. Worship and mean it. While you chew on these thoughts, the next section contains information about this week's cell!

Love, Anna