Seen and Understood: For the Quiet Ones With Loud Inner Worlds

Trusting God’s Timing and Provision for My Christian Business A few weeks ago, during an altar call at church, something unexpected happened. My pastor asked us to boldly declare a dream to God. I hadn’t planned to pray about this, but in that moment, I found myself declaring it with full confidence:  “Lord, I didn’t plan to dream this. But if this dream really is from You, then please let my brand   Sublime Adoration grow into something meaningful, perhaps something that reflects You. I’d love to be able to live off this one day, not just to support myself, but so I can give my full heart and time to the work You’ve given me. If it’s from You, I know that You’ll make a way. I just want to honour You with it all. Not for my name, but for Yours.”       It wasn’t a rehearsed prayer. It came from somewhere deep. That quiet moment planted a dream in faith, one I want to write down now, before it comes true , so I can remember to give God all the glory when it doe...

  Healing a Hoarder’s Mentality Through Faith and Trust in God Growing up, I was taught that we couldn’t afford good things. We reused everything. Birthday gifts had to be cheap or re-gifted. Nice things were saved for “later”, but sometimes later never came. My mum was (and still is, to some extent) a hoarder. She held onto objects and money tightly, driven by fear that we might not have enough one day. Now that I’m older, I realise I’ve inherited parts of that mindset. I struggle to spend on things that bring me joy. I save the nicest things for “someday.” I fear that if I enjoy too much now, I won’t have enough later. Even when I do have enough. But this isn’t just a practical issue. It’s a spiritual one. ✦ ✦ ✦ The Scarcity Mindset Is a Spiritual Battle Recently, a friend told me about her five-month break between jobs due to mental burnout. She went traveling, spent time resting, but always wrestled with the thought: " What if I run out of money? " And yet, she t...

I never thought I’d write about this. But recently, something happened at work that made me pause and reflect deeply. It all started during a casual lunchtime chat when my colleagues were discussing their latest Toto and 4D purchases. One of them asked me, "Eh, you wanna join us? We’re all chipping in. Who knows, maybe this week we strike big!" I laughed it off at first. “No lah, I don’t buy these things.” But what surprised me most wasn’t just that my colleagues were buying Toto or 4D. It was something I heard not long after that lunch conversation. Apparently, one of my Christian colleagues - someone I’ve always known to avoid gambling - had recently started buying Toto too. I didn’t hear it from her directly; she was pretty quiet about it. But others mentioned that she had “struck a small amount” not long ago. That really caught me off guard. It made me pause and wonder: If someone who once said gambling wasn’t right now feels okay with it - and even won - what does ...