Archive for April, 2009
Blessed
Not sure if its the heat …. my 2 weeks of sickness …. doing chores for my lovely wife …. end of a busy week or really cumulative tiredness since the start of the year – I’m totally unproductive this weekend. When I told irene maybe I’m tired … she gave the affirmative response – you are TIRED !! The wife always knows best 
In spite of the tiredness I can only count my blessings for the week….
Sunday: Blessed with a day of sabbath where I get to find rest in God and enjoy Him in worship.
Saturday: Its been a long time, we get to spend a lazy weekend afternoon together … managed to head down to ikea to have lunch and bought an extra sofa. Our place looks cramp now, but it means more seating when the primers r over for fellowship.
Friday (Night): Home blessing night. Such a privilege to be able to connect to the folks @ blk 852 and love them as Jesus would. In fact, its the first time all the units are in after 1 year of ministry there. Its also the first time I got invited for coffee !!
Friday (Afternoon): Took half a day off the receive my 10 years friends of woodlands awards in school. Really cool for the school to give this gesture. Looking back, 10 years ago I was a young man who was fresh in the working world and learning the rope as a husband. Its really God’s grace that kept me in ministry all these years.
Thank You Woodlands Sec
Thursday: Finally got all the BB cards in and submitted – thank God for His generosity, I think we did exceptionally well inspite of downtime. Also got time to catch up with irene soh for lunch, really great to see how the family has come to faith & grown in arpc family. Followed by a visit to Adrian, baby is doing very well & kicking … praise God.
Week 10
Today’s sermon on Isaiah 6 struck a core in my heart. Who am I that deserves to serve the almighty God. If Isaiah can say “woe to me”, I got no adjective to describes the darkness of my wretched soul … yet God chose to use my imperfection for His work. In all these years of service, I really got nothing to boast except for God’s rich blessings in our life. Sometime, I really wonder does our ministries needs us or we need the ministry? I think it works both ways – when we take that step to serve Him, its also a step where we allow ourselves to be mold by the potter. I was talking to alex in BB shop on thursday, our experiences is that even as we make conscious careers sacrifices, yet God has never failed to provide for us and our families. Just like what God tells Isaiah when he responded to God’s call – its gonna be tough. Looking back in the last 15 years serving the BB, its really tough, but its a blessing.
Truly Blessed to serve the King.
Isaiah 6:8-9
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty.”
Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”
Believing in Miracles
As a person who has quite a fair share of hard knocks in life, its really hard for me to believe that miracles happens to me and its kind of ironic considering the fact that I’m a Christian and I believe that its a miracle in itself that I’m one.
As much I trust that God will answer prayers … but when it comes to something that applies to me personally, the level of faith drops multiple fold. Mentally, I often think that God has more important prayers to answer than my personal ones.
Yet I remember clearly the incident less than 2 years back when my passport was miraculously found when it was almost certain that I will miss my sweden certification trip.
The last weeks has produced 2 wonderful miracles.
First. My mum visited church for the very first time on Good Friday !! Wow, she never consented after years of trying … in fact, its really hard for her to wake up early in the morning to attend church at 9am and thank God she made it. Not only to the Good Friday Service but the Easter Service too !! Thank God for wefc’s home blessing ministry and the elderly ladies whom share their life with her. I’m always amazed how people whose transformed life so wonderfully share the gospel in the simplest and truest form. Keep praying that my Mum will come to faith one day.
Second. Irene is expecting. For the longest time, I cannot believe it – how can such good thing happen to us? Is there a catch? Will it be another miscarriage? We don’t share this with many people because its tough for irene – Its really difficult for irene to conceive. We excluded artificial conception option as we are convicted that if childbirth is a miracle – God will provide in his good time.
And we praise God that in His good time he has provided. We didn’t know that irene was expecting when we were at the primers retreat in Perak. God has protected irene and the baby through waterfall rapelling, whitewater drafting (irene felt off the raft 3 times) and strenous caving (irene was totally exhausted on the climb out).
Here’s the first photos of God’s miracle …
God, thank you for your blessing. Please continue to protect irene and the baby throughout the pregnancy especially when irene is having a difficult time coping with all the symptoms. We trust in you Lord.
Sunday
Peter a.k.a the Rock’s blog:
Today, the women when to Jesus tomb and found that the stone has been rolled and away and its empty. Upon, hearing it, I rushed to the tomb with John to check it out. Its really EMPTY!! The linen and cloth were folded nicely on one side and Jesus is no way to be found!!
The Jesus we saw being crucified is missing … only sometime later that I understand …. Jesus has overcame death, he is now resurrected !! God’s plan to save us is now complete !!
Friday – when darkness falls
Peter a.k.a the Rock’s blog:
Today was madness … the soldiers and officials came out of no where to arrest Jesus, I tried to fight them off but Jesus stopped me, they took Jesus and it was confusion after that … got separated from the other disciples, but I manage to follow Jesus to the high priest’s courtyard with John …
At the courtyard
I always thought I am strong, but at the courtyard i truly know who I am deep inside .. I’m such a wimp, when the servant girl first came to ask if I’m Jesus disciple, I panicked and lied then a second time, and then the third time I denied knowing Jesus. What the master predicted is right “before the roster crows twice I will deny him” … I’m such a failure.
At Pilate’s Palace
The crowd when crazy, they were shouting “crucify him! crucify him!” … why? He did nothing wrong … aren’t some of these people there when jesus perform those miracles and gave those wonderful teachings? Why are they turning against him? … then I cause a glimpse of Jesus ………… it was a sight I cannot bear … tears rolls down my eyes …
At the hill
From the distance I saw my Lord being crucified on the cross
The pain that shrivel through his body when they lifted him on the cross I cannot imagine
My heart broke when he said “Father forgive them”
At the sixth hour Jesus died.
