I was reminded by God today...to be grateful :)
Today, my pastor's sermon was 'What on Earth am i here for?' and it got me thinking about my purpose here on earth. It's probably a cliche when i say that my purpose here is to glorify God. As true as it is, when i thought about what specifically God wants me to do, i shrugged and asked God, to reveal and speak to me. Beyond the uncertainty, there's certainty in God. And He definitely has a purpose for each one of us. What's mine?
Could it be serving Him in the area of chemical engineering?
Or missions?
Or full time church worker?
Or social worker?
Or a support to my darling?
Or a kindergarten teacher, where my interest lies?
There're many options i can think of, and probably God's purpose for me is a combination of some of these. But one think i know for sure, God put me in NUS Campus for a purpose, God gave me my darling for a purpose. And i know He puts me crusade for a purpose. Definitely, wherever i go, whatever i do, I serve with joy, and when i serve, people will be able to see God's love transcending through. How beautiful would that be? To see and feel God's radiant and passionate love. And this poem i post before, speaks exactly of what i'm trying to say here:
Could it be serving Him in the area of chemical engineering?
Or missions?
Or full time church worker?
Or social worker?
Or a support to my darling?
Or a kindergarten teacher, where my interest lies?
There're many options i can think of, and probably God's purpose for me is a combination of some of these. But one think i know for sure, God put me in NUS Campus for a purpose, God gave me my darling for a purpose. And i know He puts me crusade for a purpose. Definitely, wherever i go, whatever i do, I serve with joy, and when i serve, people will be able to see God's love transcending through. How beautiful would that be? To see and feel God's radiant and passionate love. And this poem i post before, speaks exactly of what i'm trying to say here:
Show me the way, Lord,
let my light shine
As an example of good to mankind;
Help them to see the patterns of Thee,
Shining in beauty, lived out in me.
-Neuer
Today's service has a special item by the COSI kids in Cambodia, and a cambodian girl shared her testimony about how her entire family, other than herself, were struck with HIV. Her parents, brother, sister have all passed away, and her grandmother had to sell the house, and she had to live in a neighbour's house and work for them. Can you imagine yourself put into a similar situation as her? I can't. Definitely can't. Right here in Singapore, we live comfortably, we enjoy the riches, the cleaness, the hygiene, the convenience and so much more. Yet, we complain. Complain the weather, lack of time, the workload, the stress and desire for more. Desire for money, power, grades etc. And i'm one of them. As honest as i can be, I look at myself, ashamed and embarrassed.
This Cambodian girl, despite all these hardship she has to face, the lost of love ones, suffering in sheer poverty, she stood at the altar and smiled radiantly. She said, "Thank you God". How touching that was. She did not blame God, she did not curse God for bringing hardship upon her, but she thank God for us, thank God for the church, thank God for COSI, thank God for where she is now. Her entire testimony, though spoken in broken english, has inspired and touched many hearts. Have we been grateful and thankful for all that God has given you, like this lovely cambodian girl? Or are we immersed in greed, wanting more, and dissatisfied of what you already have, not realising that you already have so much, so much more than this cambodian girl.
Being to Cambodia before, and experiencing real contact of the harsh environment, I could really feel for the girl. And her testimony has really reminded me of how truly blessed i really am. Like i shared with my dear over the phone yesterday while doing quiet time, I truly am so blessed with so many things. I've got my darling who cares and loves me so much, a doting brother, loving parents, nice home, a room all to myself, a laptop, decent grades over the years, opportunities to travel yearly, money to spend, friends who care, church and cell group which welcomes me....what more can i ask for? I truly don't deserve all these...and yet, i ask for more, ask for better grades, ask for more friends... how ashamed i am.
And today, i thank God for this reminder, and i truly want to live life that emits a fragrant aroma to Him. Let this reminder be engraved in my heart forever, O Lord, and remember of the things you have so graciously given to me, and not of the things i do not have. Just like Adam and Eve, who greed for the tree of good and evil when they already have the entire garden. Let me not sin like them.
After service and after whispering a prayer to God, i turned and saw a couple, probably in their mid 40s, holding hands, praying with each other. And i picture me and you dear, in our later years, attending church together with our family, praying for each other, hand in hand
Today's service has a special item by the COSI kids in Cambodia, and a cambodian girl shared her testimony about how her entire family, other than herself, were struck with HIV. Her parents, brother, sister have all passed away, and her grandmother had to sell the house, and she had to live in a neighbour's house and work for them. Can you imagine yourself put into a similar situation as her? I can't. Definitely can't. Right here in Singapore, we live comfortably, we enjoy the riches, the cleaness, the hygiene, the convenience and so much more. Yet, we complain. Complain the weather, lack of time, the workload, the stress and desire for more. Desire for money, power, grades etc. And i'm one of them. As honest as i can be, I look at myself, ashamed and embarrassed.
This Cambodian girl, despite all these hardship she has to face, the lost of love ones, suffering in sheer poverty, she stood at the altar and smiled radiantly. She said, "Thank you God". How touching that was. She did not blame God, she did not curse God for bringing hardship upon her, but she thank God for us, thank God for the church, thank God for COSI, thank God for where she is now. Her entire testimony, though spoken in broken english, has inspired and touched many hearts. Have we been grateful and thankful for all that God has given you, like this lovely cambodian girl? Or are we immersed in greed, wanting more, and dissatisfied of what you already have, not realising that you already have so much, so much more than this cambodian girl.
Being to Cambodia before, and experiencing real contact of the harsh environment, I could really feel for the girl. And her testimony has really reminded me of how truly blessed i really am. Like i shared with my dear over the phone yesterday while doing quiet time, I truly am so blessed with so many things. I've got my darling who cares and loves me so much, a doting brother, loving parents, nice home, a room all to myself, a laptop, decent grades over the years, opportunities to travel yearly, money to spend, friends who care, church and cell group which welcomes me....what more can i ask for? I truly don't deserve all these...and yet, i ask for more, ask for better grades, ask for more friends... how ashamed i am.
And today, i thank God for this reminder, and i truly want to live life that emits a fragrant aroma to Him. Let this reminder be engraved in my heart forever, O Lord, and remember of the things you have so graciously given to me, and not of the things i do not have. Just like Adam and Eve, who greed for the tree of good and evil when they already have the entire garden. Let me not sin like them.
After service and after whispering a prayer to God, i turned and saw a couple, probably in their mid 40s, holding hands, praying with each other. And i picture me and you dear, in our later years, attending church together with our family, praying for each other, hand in hand
:)
i love you
i love you
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