Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ

i always love this song.
"或天旋 或地转
经沧海 历桑田
都不能叫我与你爱隔绝"

okay, the front part of the lyrics i lazy to type. haha
anyway i like this part of the lyrics the most.
and of course the verse, Romans 8:35: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
I could still remember, when i just became a christian, facing family persecutions, it's this verse that sustains me.
and yup, today i read a sermon on this verse.

It says:
"Paul makes this crystal clear in verse 35: "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?" No. But someone might say, "O but what he means is that God will not let these things happen to his bride."

However, this is not the case.

This omnipotent, effective, protecting love does not spare us from calamities in this life, but brings us safe to everlasting joy with God."


And then it was a testimony of a christian woman whose husband died in the 911 event.
she said: "You think you deserve a happy life and get angry when it doesn’t always happen like that. In fact you are a sinner and deserve only death. The fact that God has offered you hope of eternal life is amazing! You should be overwhelmed with joy and gratitude."

and that statement struck me. yah, i've complained at times why do things happen, why God allowed somethings to happen, why is it me, why i can't see the reason behind it.
now i realised, perhaps without God's grace, things may turn out worse, i am not who i am now, i won't be able to enjoy His love, His forgiveness nor His mercy.
i don't have any reason to complain, to be unsatisfied with anything.
Because, now that i think back, He has provided me with so many things when i could only see darkness.
He gave me a group of friends to hangout with, all the sing along sessions, meals, gave me chance to temporary run away from problems and a reason to smile and laugh.
He gave me a few people who are always willing to listen to me, to pray for me, to encourage me.
He gave me a caring family like cyyam who have this good habit to send verses around which gave me power to face difficulties.
Most importantly, He gave me an understanding mother who will always tolerate all my tantrums whenever i'm tired, forgave me even when i said emotional words, and cried with me instead of laughing at me when i cried. haha.

the sermon ended with this conclusion:
"So, together with Lisa Beamer(the woman who lost her husband in the 911 event) and the apostle Paul and Jesus Christ himself, I plead with you, Don’t factor God out of your life, or Jesus Christ who died and rose and reigns and intercedes for all who trust him, that we might have eternal joy with him in the presence of God."

It's time to include God in every area of your life.