For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. -Jeremiah 29:11

How many of us have found comfort and solace in these words, how many times? Often we seek the desires of our heart, we hope, we yearn, we ask. But many times our longings are not met immediately. And so hopes die, slowly, slowly, they are killed. And these are times when we come back to this verse, this Living Word of God, to resurrect our hopes. For life without hope is not living, but simply existing.

We all ask for different things, and we all receive different things in our lives. Sometimes the person beside u has all that u ever wanted, yet he/she never asked for it, and u look heavenwards and question why.

What is life? Such a complex, profound question. Why do we live, how does every scene of our lives add up together, in an inexplicable tangle of cherished moments? So many moments in our lives we deem wasted, like a day spent at home without doing any constructive work. But who warrants that we measure the significance of our moments by the amount of work we do? We are so oblivious of the true impact of every moment we live, our sight so limited. But God alone knows, He knows that the second u spend smiling at a child, the time spent gazing upon the wonders of nature, the time spent singing, or hugging a loved one, they all matter. And they have more significance than we can ever imagine.

Pastor Deb's words tt day was really an insight unto my soul. She said tt chores are not necessarily bad, though they are necessary. She said, the people who do chores are usually mothers, and tt we are actually growing when we find ourselves performing chores, and even to give thanks for tt privilege. How true it is, noone likes to do laundry all the time, to wash dishes and iron clothes when so many alternatives to spend one's time invites. But it has been a tradition passed through many tunnels of time, tt mothers perform chores for the family, yes and fathers too, in their own way, and noone else can replace the respective roles each occupies. They might not like the mundane nature of their jobs, or the often thankless nature, they might even loathe it, but they do it anyway. What for? They don't have to. It's not illegal to not do chores. But they do it for love. And indeed, the only motivation there can be, to undertake chores day after day, year after year, can only be love. For there is no greater power in the universe.