Christmas Wishes, Christmas Wishes....

I never took my friends seriously when they lit up the birthday candles for me and told me to make birthday wishes. ...Asif blowing out candles can make a difference to me! LOL
I have been in this mindset of being content with everything God has given me for very long, that everytime when people want me to make wishes, I never think about them properly.
But really my life can't be perfect, can it be?
Of course I know everything I need, God will provide when His timing comes, but prayers are still important so we also can know how much we long for God's mercy.
The time before Christmas is a time of longing, longing for Jesus' coming to bring us salvation and freedom, to free us from the bondage of sin, to remove sin in the world...
As we celebrate His birth, I will just put down some of the things I long for as I am waiting for His coming:
may I continue to follow His light and guidance closely;
may I suffer more, not because of my own weaknesses and sins, but for the sake of wholeheartedly serving Him;
when adversity comes, may I deal with it in geniune patience, not sullen endurance;
may I love people more, as I have experienced His amazing love, not only those I feel close too, but those I am not close with, those who are hard to love, and those who do not love me;
may I do works of this world, and serve this world, not to please this world, but only to serve and please Him;
may I strive towards serving Him in areas I am not good at: eg. long term service when the results not easily manifested in short times... while not neglecting doing other services that He has already given me the strength to do.
I know He will move stones. And I will be patient, and not lose courage. ^^

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them--every day begin the task anew.
--St. Francis de Sales

To Max... thanx so much for the comment in the previous post. Yup we are not alone in our struggles, lets keep on encouraging each other.