It has been a few weeks where I have the urge to share some testimonials in my blog…somehow it did not happen until now. Must have been the devil’s work to ensure that either I don’t remember or too busy with reading the juicy news about our politics…you know when it comes to our country there is no end to the power struggle…
This morning as usual I went to church. We have a visitor pastor and he is age 75 years. The moment he walked in, I told myself that it is going to be a dull sermon. Why? I don’t know. To be honest, it is a difficult task to stay awake in church after the Worship and Praise session. More so if the speaker has monotonous tune throughout. However today was an exception and it reminds what I have been wanted to do for a couple weeks before. Update my blog!!!
A few statements caught my attention. No. 1 - Power comes with pride and ends with destruction. No. 2 – We are called to testify. No 3. – Adhere to His voice rather than being stubborn and waits for His rotan. No. 4 – We live by faith and not by machines. No. 5 – When we are in trouble, call upon Him and not start dialing 999.
I shall begin with No. 1. We may be thinking that the word power – would only apply to politician or those high profiled businessmen or top management people. Well, not exactly. Even within our own family or our work place, we do come across with ‘power struggle’. Human being just loves attention. We love praises. We love to be adored. At times, we may ‘sacrifice’ our values just to garner people’s attention. The bible does remind us that at all times and in any situation, we need to be humble. It is difficult but it is necessary to keep our feet on the ground.
Surely, these days we have seen big and solid organizations which previously boast about their successes and the amount of wealth they gained have suddenly disappeared. Some even tried to be funny when given a second chance and they ended up with great embarrassment. Not just organizations, remember those war lords?! What about some leaders?!
I have also seen with my own eyes how an individual who had nothing during the younger days and later was blessed with good wealth and was ‘polished’ by many but ended up with nothing…nothing but pain…Nope, I was not referring to a politician or someone whom you know from the news…although I have nothing to gain nor loose from this individual, his/her ‘downfall’ does made me feel for him/her…and more importantly this keeps me alert to adhere to the Lord’s instruction – to be humble.
So, it does not matter how others (whether our leaders/ organization/ bosses/ colleagues/ relatives/ friends) boast about their success and demand our submission to them or even myself, how successful I am, one needs to be humble. Otherwise, the Lord brings out His rotan and no one will be spared from being disciplined! No, do not get me wrong. Successes and wealth are not sin. But the pride of man for being successful or having the $$$ will eventually lead him to no where…So, be it whoever wants to demand whatever, the Lord is never far away…
No. 2, as the pastor has commented and it is also written in the bible that we, Christians are called to testify. As I have named my blog, “My Journey’, I wish to share my experiences of both ups and downs. For your information, I had been near ‘death’ 3 times in my life till date. The 1st incident was I jumped into a swimming pool with depth surpasses my height and without knowing how to swim! At that time, I was only 4 yrs old…I panicked, drank lots of water and certainly my vision was blurred…and thank God, Marcos saw and swam to my rescue. You know, some would have given up or don’t even dare to be near the swimming pool ever - after such horrific experience…but hallelujah with God’s grace I told myself I must master my swimming. My dad then taught me how to swim and my Lord even sent a qualified coach to teach me some free lessons! Today I can swim even if the depth is thousands of meters surpass my height…
2nd incident was due to my childish, silly and mischievous play. Kids can be very creative…So, one night my dad was bathing while my brother and I were supposedly to be doing our homework. But for those 10 minutes we decided to play a game. As a kid at 10 years old, I always wanted to proof myself that I was a super kid! (Thanks to Superman movie!) My brother stupidly suggested a game to proof how tough was my neck and how long I can withhold my breath when he strangles me with a towel. The position was he pulls me by the neck with a towel and I should be going against his direction. The instruction was to shout “STOP” when I want to give up. And we started. Now that I recall, I do not think I exceeded 20 seconds and my surroundings went pitch black. I was not in pain neither did I had any feeling. Before I knew it, I fell down to my knees because my brother released the towel when he heard the bathroom door opened. My brother even scolded me for not yelling to stop when I ‘kong’ out. Whenever I rethink this incident, I praise God that my dad came out from the bathroom just at the right timing because how could one make a single sound when he/she is being strangled?! Hallelujah! I could have been on The Star’s headlines in 1986 for “A child died while dad was bathing”…
3rd experience was almost similar with 2nd. I was in my teens. Perhaps I was 13 or 14. I took my bicycle to the gas station and pumped air into the tyres. The gas station situated about 1.5km from my house. After pumping the air, I cycled out of the station and suddenly I found myself lying on the road a few meters away from my bicycle. I was surrounded by a group of kids. All I heard was “ada accident”…I saw the motorcyclist looking straight at me while my bike was lying at the road. He yelled “You tak nampak motor kah!”. Yup, he was darned right. I did not see a motorbike coming on my right when I exited the gas station. I did not say a word. I did a quick check on myself and found all my limbs were still intact! I picked up my bike and I saw the front tyre was crooked. Immediately I was in fear…afraid of dad’s scolding for the crooked tyre. I walked home while carrying the bike for 1.5km. As I walked, I began to think about the ‘accident’. Boy, once again I blacked out and behold when I woke up, it was as if nothing had happened! I was ‘carried’ by the angels while I flew off from my bicycle. And if I remember correctly, there were only a few scratches on my knees!!! Again no pain, no feeling…Now if it was not the Lord, I would be appearing on the headlines of The Star, “A teenage died/ hospitalized from a freak accident after pumping the bike’s tyres”…hallelujah! Errr…I did not tell my parents about this. I just mentioned to my dad that I could not brake in time and hit a stationed construction truck. So, that explained the crooked tyre!
After these 3 incidents and with some of the news I have heard/seen about how easily a child can be hurt due to silly accidents, I, myself could have encountered brain damage (at the least) since there were no oxygen in my brain for a couple of seconds or minutes. Or I could have had internal bleedings in my organs from being flown in the air for a few meters. But well, I still obtained my academic certificates, at this moment I am still contributing to the society, I am praising God and what else can I say except for the fact I am still here is because of His grace and mercy??!!! Amen…
(to be continued…)
This morning as usual I went to church. We have a visitor pastor and he is age 75 years. The moment he walked in, I told myself that it is going to be a dull sermon. Why? I don’t know. To be honest, it is a difficult task to stay awake in church after the Worship and Praise session. More so if the speaker has monotonous tune throughout. However today was an exception and it reminds what I have been wanted to do for a couple weeks before. Update my blog!!!
A few statements caught my attention. No. 1 - Power comes with pride and ends with destruction. No. 2 – We are called to testify. No 3. – Adhere to His voice rather than being stubborn and waits for His rotan. No. 4 – We live by faith and not by machines. No. 5 – When we are in trouble, call upon Him and not start dialing 999.
I shall begin with No. 1. We may be thinking that the word power – would only apply to politician or those high profiled businessmen or top management people. Well, not exactly. Even within our own family or our work place, we do come across with ‘power struggle’. Human being just loves attention. We love praises. We love to be adored. At times, we may ‘sacrifice’ our values just to garner people’s attention. The bible does remind us that at all times and in any situation, we need to be humble. It is difficult but it is necessary to keep our feet on the ground.
Surely, these days we have seen big and solid organizations which previously boast about their successes and the amount of wealth they gained have suddenly disappeared. Some even tried to be funny when given a second chance and they ended up with great embarrassment. Not just organizations, remember those war lords?! What about some leaders?!
I have also seen with my own eyes how an individual who had nothing during the younger days and later was blessed with good wealth and was ‘polished’ by many but ended up with nothing…nothing but pain…Nope, I was not referring to a politician or someone whom you know from the news…although I have nothing to gain nor loose from this individual, his/her ‘downfall’ does made me feel for him/her…and more importantly this keeps me alert to adhere to the Lord’s instruction – to be humble.
So, it does not matter how others (whether our leaders/ organization/ bosses/ colleagues/ relatives/ friends) boast about their success and demand our submission to them or even myself, how successful I am, one needs to be humble. Otherwise, the Lord brings out His rotan and no one will be spared from being disciplined! No, do not get me wrong. Successes and wealth are not sin. But the pride of man for being successful or having the $$$ will eventually lead him to no where…So, be it whoever wants to demand whatever, the Lord is never far away…
No. 2, as the pastor has commented and it is also written in the bible that we, Christians are called to testify. As I have named my blog, “My Journey’, I wish to share my experiences of both ups and downs. For your information, I had been near ‘death’ 3 times in my life till date. The 1st incident was I jumped into a swimming pool with depth surpasses my height and without knowing how to swim! At that time, I was only 4 yrs old…I panicked, drank lots of water and certainly my vision was blurred…and thank God, Marcos saw and swam to my rescue. You know, some would have given up or don’t even dare to be near the swimming pool ever - after such horrific experience…but hallelujah with God’s grace I told myself I must master my swimming. My dad then taught me how to swim and my Lord even sent a qualified coach to teach me some free lessons! Today I can swim even if the depth is thousands of meters surpass my height…
2nd incident was due to my childish, silly and mischievous play. Kids can be very creative…So, one night my dad was bathing while my brother and I were supposedly to be doing our homework. But for those 10 minutes we decided to play a game. As a kid at 10 years old, I always wanted to proof myself that I was a super kid! (Thanks to Superman movie!) My brother stupidly suggested a game to proof how tough was my neck and how long I can withhold my breath when he strangles me with a towel. The position was he pulls me by the neck with a towel and I should be going against his direction. The instruction was to shout “STOP” when I want to give up. And we started. Now that I recall, I do not think I exceeded 20 seconds and my surroundings went pitch black. I was not in pain neither did I had any feeling. Before I knew it, I fell down to my knees because my brother released the towel when he heard the bathroom door opened. My brother even scolded me for not yelling to stop when I ‘kong’ out. Whenever I rethink this incident, I praise God that my dad came out from the bathroom just at the right timing because how could one make a single sound when he/she is being strangled?! Hallelujah! I could have been on The Star’s headlines in 1986 for “A child died while dad was bathing”…
3rd experience was almost similar with 2nd. I was in my teens. Perhaps I was 13 or 14. I took my bicycle to the gas station and pumped air into the tyres. The gas station situated about 1.5km from my house. After pumping the air, I cycled out of the station and suddenly I found myself lying on the road a few meters away from my bicycle. I was surrounded by a group of kids. All I heard was “ada accident”…I saw the motorcyclist looking straight at me while my bike was lying at the road. He yelled “You tak nampak motor kah!”. Yup, he was darned right. I did not see a motorbike coming on my right when I exited the gas station. I did not say a word. I did a quick check on myself and found all my limbs were still intact! I picked up my bike and I saw the front tyre was crooked. Immediately I was in fear…afraid of dad’s scolding for the crooked tyre. I walked home while carrying the bike for 1.5km. As I walked, I began to think about the ‘accident’. Boy, once again I blacked out and behold when I woke up, it was as if nothing had happened! I was ‘carried’ by the angels while I flew off from my bicycle. And if I remember correctly, there were only a few scratches on my knees!!! Again no pain, no feeling…Now if it was not the Lord, I would be appearing on the headlines of The Star, “A teenage died/ hospitalized from a freak accident after pumping the bike’s tyres”…hallelujah! Errr…I did not tell my parents about this. I just mentioned to my dad that I could not brake in time and hit a stationed construction truck. So, that explained the crooked tyre!
After these 3 incidents and with some of the news I have heard/seen about how easily a child can be hurt due to silly accidents, I, myself could have encountered brain damage (at the least) since there were no oxygen in my brain for a couple of seconds or minutes. Or I could have had internal bleedings in my organs from being flown in the air for a few meters. But well, I still obtained my academic certificates, at this moment I am still contributing to the society, I am praising God and what else can I say except for the fact I am still here is because of His grace and mercy??!!! Amen…
(to be continued…)
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