By faith

Been feeling emo lately...partially terribly homesick...

Had a bit of free time today at the office, so spent it clearing away piles of papers before and during the production of the Centenary book, also some admin work and ministry related documents. Kesian the trees. There heaps of printed & photocopied texts, data, photos, scribbles, etc...and then some sketches and designs from last year...then came the gentle question in my mind: "Have I not been faithful to you?"

...pause...reluctantly agreed to God's faithfulness...and continued being emo...

Finished clearing my desk, sat back and decided to send an sms to a dear sister, whom I haven't contacted in months. Minutes later, to my surprise, she called back. It was good to hear from her, to know that she was doing well and still serving the Lord despite her own personal circumstances.

After the conversation, I headed off to choir practice to check on the powerpoint slides. Halfway through, one of the church members came over to me, requesting to add a slide for the offering challenge. We sat silent awhile. But soon we were chatting and getting to know more about each other. And I heard her stories of God's healing and how one of the hymns that was sung at the moment we were chatting, had given her peace and hope when she was struggling on a difficult decision many years ago. Then she shared some words that had impacted her before, which echoed my thoughts a few months back: ...Jesus had done everything for us on the cross and given us freedom and victory...we need to believe it, claim it and live it out...

At the moment that she was telling me how God has been good to her while she's been in All Saints' the last 13 years and there's in fact many more stories to hear from among the congregation, when an uncle walked past waving at us...and I remembered some of the stories he had shared when he dropped by the office one evening, and he told of his time in All Saints' since he was a young boy, and there were many families in the congregation who are closely linked (that I have much more to know of) and love the church (despite the politics...we're all in the process of being made perfect bah)...and also the encouragement he gave - to take my troubles and trials as lessons to learn in life...

On the way out to jalan-jalan cari makan (looking for grub), bumped into a cellgroup member and we went for dinner...originally wanting pasta but quickly changed my mind when I saw nasi lemak on the menu...had been craving for that since watching the movie of the same title, version 2.0...yes, the sambal was good...

"Have I not been faithful to you?"

...pause...yes, Lord...=)


"Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." ~Lamentations 3:22-23