The Eternal Silence..........
Sitting in a park admiring the flowers in bloom,... listening to the birds chattering ..... and or watching passers by ......just enjoying the moment .....can lead one to be caught up in the silence..... the time standing still....the wind blowing gently in the branches......bringing to mind a Scripture verse: ' the wind blows, we hear it and feel it but we don't know where it is coming from and where it is going...'
What about life?..... the mind wanders.......from the point of birth.. no one can envisage how it will unfold......the ups/down.... the joys/pain..... the memories/regrets...... travels across continents ......... carrier/family......retirement........ a lot must have happened in a span of this short life..........suddenly a clock in the distance wakes one up from the drowse into the the reality. ..... becoming aware of the transistory of things..... only God is eternal...in the midst of all things God's ever presence has always been present. One only needs to take time to ponder to get in touch.....and in an awkward place like the park in Spring..... one can be caught up in the eternal silence of God.............

Transfiguration/Transformation
Walking along the bank of the canal, in the middle of Spring, one will notice the thousands of wild flowers in full bloom - yellow, white, pink, blue. .... Last week on one such sunny blue-sky day, I made a meditation walk to the park.  Meditating on the Transfiguration of Jesus before his chosen Apostles on Mt. Tabor, it came to me in a flash that the Transfiguration power of Jesus does not only transfigure our stony hearts to hearts of flesh, from darkness to light, the barren land into fertile land .... etc. but the transfiguration is right before my eyes. The whole countryside is awake from the cold winter and now alive with new life - the thousand wildflowers which just sprung from the ground - send forth your spirit and thou shall renew the face of the earth. My heart shouted ' O Lord your presence is all around us... these flowers which you called forth from the earth for us to enjoy, reveal your glory and your presence'!.... Each flower however tiny has a purpose........yes if these flowers also have a purpose what about me/us. I recalled the Scripture... ' Look at the birds in the sky they do not sow or reap...... learn from the way the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin.....If God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows today.........will he not much more provide for you?..... (Mat. 6:25 - 34) As I continued my walk and pondering on the Word of God, I felt as tiny as the flowers surrounding me -  God is very mindful of me/us;  therefore I/we need not worry but to totally  trust God, allow Him to transfigure me/us more and more so that His purpose will be realized in us  so as to reveal His glory and presence in the world where He has placed us. What a walk - .......
truly God is present in this place..........!

Why Pray....?
Prayer is a lifeline like breathing; when we stop breathing we die  physically, likewise if we stop praying we can unknowingly experience spiritual death.
Prayer gives hope to hang in there and not give up. It gives the chance to totally trust God, for knowing that God loves me no matter what or the circumstance(s) gives me hope. Praying is maintaining a relationship with God who loves me unconditionally. Praying is not optional only when one is in need. To only seek his face when in pain means that when the pain is over then praying is no more necessary. We often treat people as such, if there is nothing to be gained then the relationship is over - for a season or reason -  and so tend to treat God in the same manner

C.S. Lewis puts it this way: 'I pray  because I can't help myself. I pray because I am helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. Prayer doesn't change God, it changes me'

The key to why we pray is the realization that I am desperately in need of God, that I am helpless without Him. I can only do all things because of Him who strengthens me. Therefore remain connected to God through praying in season and out of season, in pain and joy, in health and sickness, in life and in death - which is only a gateway into eternity where our praying will take a different dimension - not be asking for anything but loving, adoring, and worshiping Him for we shall really know Him as He is

It's only a question of time......
Walking away from a doctor's consult may bring you the realization that it's only a question of time.....one more day, a month, a year, or even a decade or two will quickly pass...  so how much time can we buy? for  if with the Lord a thousand years is like a day and a day is like a thousand years  can we  really buy time and why would we want to buy time..........? If the 'wasted' years will come back how will you spend them differently? But since that is not possible, what is the way forward? trying to live each day fully as if it's the last ...? .what can be done differently need to be done now, as tomorrow may be late.... things that need to be said in love should be said now as the 'loved one' may not be there for ever...... unfinished businesses should be attended to... otherwise...... unforgiveness and broken relationships need to be restored now; with self, others and the Lord. Just as the doctor's verdict may come as a surprise... the Lord's coming like a thief in the night need not be a bigger surprise. There is need to attend to priorities, to keep in balance the physical/spiritual, the transient/eternal for we are reminded: 'what does it profit man to gain the whole world at the expense of his soul?'  Nothing lasts forever and nothing remains the same so it's good to keep watch and stay awake for it's only a question time........