Dear God, I sincerely seek Your forgiveness. I haven't been blogging these few weeks and it's not because of any valid excuse, I just wasted my time on other worldy stuff. I need a spiritual check-up to examine my condition of my soul. Sorry, God.
On 4th of Dec, I was back at Singapore after an enriching trip at Sarawak. If I had a choice, I would be more than delighted to stay there. However, I can't. I have no choice, I have to be accountable for my sheep in Singapore.
When I was back, at the very doorstep of my house, I discovered that I didn't have keys to enter. Furthermore, I have been stocking up my egested waste near its exit for almost 1 and a 1/2 days. Whenever the thought of home or the comfortable feeling of home seeps into my heart, I would feel a need to relieve myself. It comes naturally, I need not any fibre to boost my bowel movements. I guess it's a God-given comfort. SO, I was at my very doorstep with this burning desire to sit on the throne. There was serious a burning within me, physical burn because of my tummyache. I was desperate to seek relief. Help, God! I prayed. To reveal my desperation, my first prayer was asking God for the power to open my locked door miraclously.
Didn't work. If it happened, wow. I will add it to one of my greatest testimonies of God's miracles. I was hanging on there, holding back the "floodgates". "Oh Sovereign God, I trust You that You didn't want me to break into my house. I trust that You will deliver me."Amen.
The lift door opened. Hurray! I was expecting my brother to come home. Well, ironically not. It was my neighbour. She was a lady in her sixties. Kind-hearted lady. She saw that I had a queasy look and asked if I need to use the washroom. I glady accepted her invitation. I rushed into her house, headed to where I was supposed to and sold all my stocks. Made a huge pile of "relief".
Thank You, Father for answering my prayers. I love You. Well, my God is a creative God. He has many ways of deliverance. He didn't do any miraclous signs or send me an angel. However, He did the most simple thing of sending someone to help me. For this, I'm truly grateful and I would personally view this as a miracle myself.
P.S :=) People, God is real.Amen.
Sunday, December 12, 2004
SarawaKian Kee
This would be an account of my Sarawak Trip:
Jesus Christ is Lord and Saviour. Hallelujah!
I really want to thank God for embarking with me on this trip to Sarawak. It was truly relaxing a joyful trip. I wished I could stay there forever. Sarawak is paradise. Ok, actually we lived with these people called the Ibans. They lived in the jungles of Kapit. We needed to take a boat ride into their village and imagine how fun it was! It was just like a discovery channel documentary where you head deeper into the woods. I want to thank God for answering my prayer too, on restoring my vision. I'm short sighted. At Rumah Lulut, the village's name, it's greener than Singapore. It's surrounded by jungles all its perimeter. It's so green, so how can I tell me eyes not to heal? I'm sure my vision improved a bit, but not totally restored to 6/6 though.
I will just give a general outline of thanksgiving. I want to thank God for bringing me there. It turned out better than I expected. All the friends that I have made, the serving I had done for my Lord Jesus. Because I have less things to focus on myself there, my mind was totally thinking about the doing things for the Lord Jesus Christ, practising the art of servanthood. I invited the presence of Jesus wherever I went, through this trip I've drawn closer to God. Reempahsizing on the fact that Sarawak is paradise, let me derive my explanation. The Ibans live a simple life. They do not have many aspirations or desires. Every morning, the men of the village will wake up around 6am to sit by the river cliff to stone. They are not really hooked to television or computer games, rather they were not rich enough to buy personal computers. They live on simple entertainment like talking and for the kids, they played with bugs, go fishing, swim in the river, play skipping stones in the river and many more. It's definitely unlike Singapore where we have casinos, pubs, movie theatres, shopping malls, computer games to entertain our lives. I thank God for letting me cherish the life I have in Singapore, to have all these entertainment devices and mediums. Sarawak is worry-free. I seldom miss my Singapore loved ones or my house there. Truly, because I'm so burdened here in Singapore. My sheep, my studies, my life. At Sarawak, there's nothing to worry about. There's always breakfast, lunch and dinner and a mattress to sleep on every night. Everyday, it's just do the work you are assigned to and upon completion, you can rest. So simple. I like it.
I believe through this trip, I have becomed more independent myself. I have learnt to take care of my own safety, I have learned ruggedness, endurance(through the tedious construction works), tolerance to people's complaints, seeking the needs of others before self-interest, and many more. It has been a marvellous trip beyond words could to describe my experience there. I hope my adventure of Sarawak would be dated in my memory forever. Oh ya, the most interesting was to bathe in the river. Havoc! It was so cool and refreshing but bearing in mind that the water is not clear. We assumed it is and we just continued our daily washing up. A toast to my Lord, for making this happen in my life. God is good. He made me realise that I've been worrying too much in Singapore. I must give Him all my burdens and concerns so that in my heart, His peace would reign in me forever. Amen.
Dear Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Give me Your daily bread, forgive me trangressions and deliver me from the hands of the evil one. I thank God for this trip to make me enjoy every detail of it. I wish I hadn't part from Sarawak. However, I know I have God's work to do locally. I pray that through this I would treasure Your blessings upon me more, may my lips be filled with endless praise for You. I want to testify Your love for me. I want to worship You sincerely. God, I pray that You will continue to renew my mind each day with Your love, fill me with the fullness of Your grace. May Your Spirit lead me on to glorify You. I pray all these in Jesus' most Holy, Precious and Sweetest name. Amen.
Jesus Christ is Lord and Saviour. Hallelujah!
I really want to thank God for embarking with me on this trip to Sarawak. It was truly relaxing a joyful trip. I wished I could stay there forever. Sarawak is paradise. Ok, actually we lived with these people called the Ibans. They lived in the jungles of Kapit. We needed to take a boat ride into their village and imagine how fun it was! It was just like a discovery channel documentary where you head deeper into the woods. I want to thank God for answering my prayer too, on restoring my vision. I'm short sighted. At Rumah Lulut, the village's name, it's greener than Singapore. It's surrounded by jungles all its perimeter. It's so green, so how can I tell me eyes not to heal? I'm sure my vision improved a bit, but not totally restored to 6/6 though.
I will just give a general outline of thanksgiving. I want to thank God for bringing me there. It turned out better than I expected. All the friends that I have made, the serving I had done for my Lord Jesus. Because I have less things to focus on myself there, my mind was totally thinking about the doing things for the Lord Jesus Christ, practising the art of servanthood. I invited the presence of Jesus wherever I went, through this trip I've drawn closer to God. Reempahsizing on the fact that Sarawak is paradise, let me derive my explanation. The Ibans live a simple life. They do not have many aspirations or desires. Every morning, the men of the village will wake up around 6am to sit by the river cliff to stone. They are not really hooked to television or computer games, rather they were not rich enough to buy personal computers. They live on simple entertainment like talking and for the kids, they played with bugs, go fishing, swim in the river, play skipping stones in the river and many more. It's definitely unlike Singapore where we have casinos, pubs, movie theatres, shopping malls, computer games to entertain our lives. I thank God for letting me cherish the life I have in Singapore, to have all these entertainment devices and mediums. Sarawak is worry-free. I seldom miss my Singapore loved ones or my house there. Truly, because I'm so burdened here in Singapore. My sheep, my studies, my life. At Sarawak, there's nothing to worry about. There's always breakfast, lunch and dinner and a mattress to sleep on every night. Everyday, it's just do the work you are assigned to and upon completion, you can rest. So simple. I like it.
I believe through this trip, I have becomed more independent myself. I have learnt to take care of my own safety, I have learned ruggedness, endurance(through the tedious construction works), tolerance to people's complaints, seeking the needs of others before self-interest, and many more. It has been a marvellous trip beyond words could to describe my experience there. I hope my adventure of Sarawak would be dated in my memory forever. Oh ya, the most interesting was to bathe in the river. Havoc! It was so cool and refreshing but bearing in mind that the water is not clear. We assumed it is and we just continued our daily washing up. A toast to my Lord, for making this happen in my life. God is good. He made me realise that I've been worrying too much in Singapore. I must give Him all my burdens and concerns so that in my heart, His peace would reign in me forever. Amen.
Dear Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Give me Your daily bread, forgive me trangressions and deliver me from the hands of the evil one. I thank God for this trip to make me enjoy every detail of it. I wish I hadn't part from Sarawak. However, I know I have God's work to do locally. I pray that through this I would treasure Your blessings upon me more, may my lips be filled with endless praise for You. I want to testify Your love for me. I want to worship You sincerely. God, I pray that You will continue to renew my mind each day with Your love, fill me with the fullness of Your grace. May Your Spirit lead me on to glorify You. I pray all these in Jesus' most Holy, Precious and Sweetest name. Amen.
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