TWO Weeks have passed... Granny has left us for 2 weeks plus le... But I still cant get over this sudden loss in my life. Though Granny is not my natural granny but she dotes on us alot... she gave all she could for this big family of hers..
Every evening as I travel back from work, I cant help but to fight holding back my tears.. :'(
Granny was a very frail looking elderly lady.. in her 70s. She is a saver.. she is very thrifty so that she has more to give to her children, grandchildren and great-grandchild.
That night when Granny's body was taken to the undertaker's place for embalming to prepare for the wake and funeral.. The family was packing her things.. To our amazement (or dismay?), we found lots of $$ (most of them are ang baos given by children, grandchildren and relatives over the years) being stuffed and tucked among her clothings and belongings. All these ang baos are either wrapped with her favourite hankys or those traditional daily calendar :'( My heart ached and teared when I took these things in my hands... I know 大姑 must have left very terrible inside her too.. :'(
During that few days at granny's wake, I thank God for many people coming alongside to encourage and support me and my family.
Top the list is of course, Huifen. How can I thank her enough for what she has done for me and my family. Her visit to granny before she passed away, presence, prayers, cab fare, support, contribution, not forgetting the cheesecake and starbucks coffee. Thanks Huifen. :)
Thanks also to my mentor and overseer in PMC, Brother Chin Nam for his presence, loving words, words of encouragements, sms-es, contributions and prayers. He made a surprise visit on Sunday (funeral day). I was pleasantly surprised and I knew that this brother is truly Godsend and he has been showering me with the Love of Christ and representing the love from the Body of Christ. My family asked me, "your pastor ar?" Without second thoughts.. I answered, "Yah" haha.. Thanks Pastor (soon-to-be) Chin Nam. hehe.. :)
Thanks to many other Christian brothers and sisters: Pastor Aaron, Cheng Guan, Jennee, Gloria, Yoke Lin, Shek Ming, Boon Hooi, Auntie Jenny, my dear brother Wilson, spiritual mom Serene, David, Joan, Daniel Chua, Daniel Quake, Sylvia, Feroz, Guna, Marie, Dajie, and many others (forgive me if I've missed you out.. Just simply too many of you to thank)..
Thanks to the Men's Group for prayers and smses. Thanks to many other brothers and sisters in Christ and friends comforting me through emails.
Thanks to Brother Calvin, Brother Cam Yew and Brother Daryl for caring, visiting and ministering to me with their presence during this difficult period too. Hugs.
Thanks to Cher Whee, my boss for coming by despite the long distance :) It's great encouragement.. Thanks to Sister Shumin for dropping by though it's very late and the next day she has to leave for Penang.
Thanks to many more of you whom I cant finish listing here... God bless all of you!
Lessons learnt for this episode
1. Love your family while you can...
Who can be more important than God and our family?
Spend quality time with family, have meals with them. Show them that you care (genuinely) and love them.. Share Christ's love and the Good News of God's Kingdom with them if they're not yet believers of the Lord Jesus Christ. Miss the chance and it's lost forever... :(
2. Stay close with God and Walk in Freedom
God has done all He could to set us free. We should give ourselves a chance to let God accomplish whatever He has set forth for us and answer to His High Calling to be His child, His vessel of blessings and love unto the nations. Set yourselves free today with the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.
3. Do your part in God's blueprint
God needs partners on earth to accomplish His work. It's Advent and the Church Calendar has reminded us that a year has passed and a New Year has begun.
Set aside some time to ask God what He has installed for you in 2007 and ask for wisdom from Him to have these things accomplished.
Is it about forgiving someone?
Is it about answering God's calling into FULL-TIME ministry as missionary, pastor, preacher or ministry staff?
Is it about finishing reading the Bible?
Is it about going back to Church - a community of believers to support us?
Is it about tithing or giving of our time to Church or other God's ministry?
Is it about baptism?
Is it about marriage?
Is it about attending deliverance and healing ministry where God will meet us so intimately and eagerly wanting to set us free from bondages?
Is it about crucifying our sinful nature, dying to ourselves and taking captive of every thoughts to the obedience of Christ?
Is it about a situation whereby God has called us out from our current profession and seemingly not answering our prayer as to where we'llbe heading to - seemingly dangling there in mid air, not knowing to stay or to move on in life?
Is it about a situation when God has called us for a long time to relocate elsewhere unfamiliar and challenging for His ministry?
Is it "simply" about sharing the good news with someone around us?
Is it just about saying I LOVE YOU to mum or dad or brother or sister or grandparents and giving them a hug or kiss them on their cheeks?
Is it about facing a steeper mountain in life such as moving from normal stream to express stream, or having to face a situation to relocate elsewhere and at the same time being separated from a dear brother or sister in Christ who has by God's grace walk alongside with us for many years?
Is it about facing a situation where our health condition being challenged and we're becoming more and more discouraged and wanting to give up/in to sins for short-term gratification?
Is it about facing a situation where God deliberately (in His greatest Wisdom and foresight of all things set by Him in eternity) not allowing our prayers to be answered so that we might rely more on Him?
Is it about putting behind our past, straining forward towards a goal and running a race that would win us a prize that our Father has called us heavenward in Christ Jesus?
OR is it simply about receiving Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour?
No matter what it is...
God loves you, God never forsakes nor leaves you.
God will be with you till the end of ages.
Every evening as I travel back from work, I cant help but to fight holding back my tears.. :'(
Granny was a very frail looking elderly lady.. in her 70s. She is a saver.. she is very thrifty so that she has more to give to her children, grandchildren and great-grandchild.
That night when Granny's body was taken to the undertaker's place for embalming to prepare for the wake and funeral.. The family was packing her things.. To our amazement (or dismay?), we found lots of $$ (most of them are ang baos given by children, grandchildren and relatives over the years) being stuffed and tucked among her clothings and belongings. All these ang baos are either wrapped with her favourite hankys or those traditional daily calendar :'( My heart ached and teared when I took these things in my hands... I know 大姑 must have left very terrible inside her too.. :'(
During that few days at granny's wake, I thank God for many people coming alongside to encourage and support me and my family.
Top the list is of course, Huifen. How can I thank her enough for what she has done for me and my family. Her visit to granny before she passed away, presence, prayers, cab fare, support, contribution, not forgetting the cheesecake and starbucks coffee. Thanks Huifen. :)
Thanks also to my mentor and overseer in PMC, Brother Chin Nam for his presence, loving words, words of encouragements, sms-es, contributions and prayers. He made a surprise visit on Sunday (funeral day). I was pleasantly surprised and I knew that this brother is truly Godsend and he has been showering me with the Love of Christ and representing the love from the Body of Christ. My family asked me, "your pastor ar?" Without second thoughts.. I answered, "Yah" haha.. Thanks Pastor (soon-to-be) Chin Nam. hehe.. :)
Thanks to many other Christian brothers and sisters: Pastor Aaron, Cheng Guan, Jennee, Gloria, Yoke Lin, Shek Ming, Boon Hooi, Auntie Jenny, my dear brother Wilson, spiritual mom Serene, David, Joan, Daniel Chua, Daniel Quake, Sylvia, Feroz, Guna, Marie, Dajie, and many others (forgive me if I've missed you out.. Just simply too many of you to thank)..
Thanks to the Men's Group for prayers and smses. Thanks to many other brothers and sisters in Christ and friends comforting me through emails.
Thanks to Brother Calvin, Brother Cam Yew and Brother Daryl for caring, visiting and ministering to me with their presence during this difficult period too. Hugs.
Thanks to Cher Whee, my boss for coming by despite the long distance :) It's great encouragement.. Thanks to Sister Shumin for dropping by though it's very late and the next day she has to leave for Penang.
Thanks to many more of you whom I cant finish listing here... God bless all of you!
Lessons learnt for this episode
1. Love your family while you can...
Who can be more important than God and our family?
Spend quality time with family, have meals with them. Show them that you care (genuinely) and love them.. Share Christ's love and the Good News of God's Kingdom with them if they're not yet believers of the Lord Jesus Christ. Miss the chance and it's lost forever... :(
2. Stay close with God and Walk in Freedom
God has done all He could to set us free. We should give ourselves a chance to let God accomplish whatever He has set forth for us and answer to His High Calling to be His child, His vessel of blessings and love unto the nations. Set yourselves free today with the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.
3. Do your part in God's blueprint
God needs partners on earth to accomplish His work. It's Advent and the Church Calendar has reminded us that a year has passed and a New Year has begun.
Set aside some time to ask God what He has installed for you in 2007 and ask for wisdom from Him to have these things accomplished.
Is it about forgiving someone?
Is it about answering God's calling into FULL-TIME ministry as missionary, pastor, preacher or ministry staff?
Is it about finishing reading the Bible?
Is it about going back to Church - a community of believers to support us?
Is it about tithing or giving of our time to Church or other God's ministry?
Is it about baptism?
Is it about marriage?
Is it about attending deliverance and healing ministry where God will meet us so intimately and eagerly wanting to set us free from bondages?
Is it about crucifying our sinful nature, dying to ourselves and taking captive of every thoughts to the obedience of Christ?
Is it about a situation whereby God has called us out from our current profession and seemingly not answering our prayer as to where we'llbe heading to - seemingly dangling there in mid air, not knowing to stay or to move on in life?
Is it about a situation when God has called us for a long time to relocate elsewhere unfamiliar and challenging for His ministry?
Is it "simply" about sharing the good news with someone around us?
Is it just about saying I LOVE YOU to mum or dad or brother or sister or grandparents and giving them a hug or kiss them on their cheeks?
Is it about facing a steeper mountain in life such as moving from normal stream to express stream, or having to face a situation to relocate elsewhere and at the same time being separated from a dear brother or sister in Christ who has by God's grace walk alongside with us for many years?
Is it about facing a situation where our health condition being challenged and we're becoming more and more discouraged and wanting to give up/in to sins for short-term gratification?
Is it about facing a situation where God deliberately (in His greatest Wisdom and foresight of all things set by Him in eternity) not allowing our prayers to be answered so that we might rely more on Him?
Is it about putting behind our past, straining forward towards a goal and running a race that would win us a prize that our Father has called us heavenward in Christ Jesus?
OR is it simply about receiving Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour?
No matter what it is...
God loves you, God never forsakes nor leaves you.
God will be with you till the end of ages.
The first candle of Hope has been lit, how about yours?
Bless you with the love of Jesus.
Bless you with the love of Jesus.
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