Saturday, September 23, 2006
you know..sometimes God's ways are really hard to understand and to accept. and we can never quite grasp them. and sometimes, all i can do is believe that He's in control. seems feeble at times but when you know God, you can somehow trust His ways. went out to do CT last night with my CG and as we came together for a time of corporate worship and prayer, it was truly awesome. was really tired coz i'd rushed down from school and didn't quite feel up to door-knocking with a huge smile plastered on my face...but as i came into God's presence...i was refreshed and the excitement grew as we humbled ourselves before God and asked Him to use us. and so door-knocking we went. toille and i. and to our surprise, everyone we met was friendly and really nice! and we were in turn encouraged. some people didn't wanna take the mooncakes and lanterns but i could see the surprise on their faces as we came smiling and left smiling, wishing them well despite being turned away. and so as toille and i sat down to pray together for each household we visited after we were done, there was this hope and joy that grew within me. and i realized that these little gestures that we were doing as a church in reaching out to our community was God's way of showing His awesome love for people who don't know Him. and suddenly, this quote made so much sense.
If you want to see God's power at work, you must get out of the church and into the world. Watch the extravagant lengths which God will go to reveal Himself to people who don't know Him. Then you will learn how truly awesome our God is.
-- Author Unknownthen heard that this young boy whom my mom has been spending a lot of time with passed away quite suddenly this morning. he'd been fighting cancer for awhile now but his passing was still rather sudden. but as i asked my mom abt how she got to know him and his family, i learnt that it was through his older sister. she had attended the tuition prog run by my parents' church and they eventually found out abt this girl's family situation and so they began reaching out to her family who lived nearby. so a couple of ladies began to help this family in various ways and i really saw them go all out to support them and as i look back on their acts of service, the selfless amount of time and support they showed this boy and his family, God indeed has gone to extravagant lengths to show Himself to this family. so although this boy's passing saddens, God's awesome love shines thru ever so strongly. the pain's real, but so is God's love.
