Thank God for a friend who still remembers me

Yesterday late night, I received an SMS from a friend that really troubled me. What I need to thank God is that this person remembers me whenever there is problem in life. This friend will share with me either through SMS or in person. What this friend of mine is doing now is very worrying. This person is walking on dangerous ground. Does money really can solve the problem that this person have now? Is this person really happy now? I doubt so! I treasure this friend a lot.

What is important is that we have to focus on Christ in this last days. I hope that this person will see it soon and know the Lord's Will. In a way, I am also disappointed with myself because after so many attempts to help this person to walk to right path, this person choose to make the wrong step. What I pray is that this friend of mine will quickly turn back and cling on to the Lord. As I shared in prayer meeting in church yesterday, the more you 'see' the world, the more you are troubled by the affairs of this world, the more you will 'see' less of Christ. In the end, you might not even see Christ! You will be drawn away by the world's philosophy, standards and the cares of the world. You will love the world because it is so enticing. You can see, feel and touch the world's things. However for the things of eternal, you cannot see, feel and touch it now. No wonder most of the people in this world will choose the world! They cannot see God, some even denied that God ever exist! The Lord will tell you what he had told his disciples in Mark 8:18 "Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?"

The struggles that we are facing now is not forever. Whether it be financial, relationship or health problems, they are all temporal. Are we able to have the faith and trust in God that He is the Jehova-jireh ( God will provide)? If we kept on getting bitter about our past and wallowing in self-pity, refusing to put the past behind and move on, we cannot be a happy person. God had helped this friend of mine in the past, I believed that God will help my friend again. I prayed that I will continue to show care and concern, and to help my friend to focus on Christ.