Friday, August 7, 2009

part 1 (CHANGE!)

Today the group of us finally had a gathering of our very own, organised by none other than ourselves. When I mentioned the group of us, I’m referring to Roy, Ee Wen, Angelina and of course, me myself.

Until now, the sessions had lasted for a whole 3 weeks, and I just want to thank our most dear Father so much for all the things, and most importantly, for watching over us and blessing us with blessings that are most suitable for us.

Just 3 weeks ago, Roy had talked to me about how God had spoken to him over his quiet time about conducting some discussion session with some of the fellow Christians from our class. Apparently, similar information was conveyed to the two girls, and 4 of us came together on the next immediate morning to flagship the activity. Initially, it was a theme-less random sharing of almost anything and everything that surfaced from our mind. I want to thank God for that as well, because I am fully aware that it was Him who filled us with all those thoughts and materials that had turned out so meaningful for us, that eventually leads to the sustaining of the prayer group.

Of course, there were times of awkward moments when all of us basically came to a halt in the midst of a discussion; there were also moments of disappointment when friends came and go. For that, I want to thank God too, for the strength that He has so generously showered us with, to help us persevere and overcome each obstacle with faith and the knowledge that He’s always with us. Thank you Father!

Then, the ever-loving Father of ours continued His work in us which He had so faithfully embarked on even before the creation of the world. Our “cell group” evolved. It’s so pleasing to hear about the good news, and even more so when we were involved in the creation of this piece of news. Very quickly, our group decided to “pay a weekly visit” to Ee Wen’s church’s group and praise the Lord, for we all know that He was the one who removed all barriers of unfamiliarity and discomfort to bring together strangers of many many different wakes to partake in His words- our only source of the truth. It’s amazing how quickly we settled down, and I particularly enjoyed the 2-songs worship each time before the beginning of the sharing. Who puts the stars in the sky and know them by names, Your are amazing Lord! Indeed! Our God is so amazing, so indescribable, so uncontainable!

Thank you Lord for also enriching us all the time with all the knowledge You have in store for all of us. We love because You first loved us. The love You showered us with is so abundant that it overflows to touch the people around us. Henceforth, we shall not judge, we shall not prejudice, nor shall we hate, because that love from You encompasses even the unlovable; that love from You encompasses even the detested; that love from You encompasses all Your creations!

There came a period when I was so worried that perhaps that pace that we were progressing was too fast (it was actually only the beginning of the third week, but by saying the word “period”, it certainly felt really really long). Past experience convinced me that we should slow down and pray about it, but that certainly wasn’t enough to deter the passionate Ee Wen and Roy. Instead, I was the one who was persuaded to swop side. For God softened my heart- obeying Him doesn’t mean to be discouraged from doing His work, but instead to be encouraged to continually trust in Him that He will do His part as we embark on the mission He had so trustingly entrusted us with.

So here comes today. Attendance check (apart from the 4 supposed “organisers”): Xiu Hui, Alvin and Beatrice. I just want to thank God for such an encouragement for us. No doubt, the figure was far below the number of invitations that we had sent out, but in Him do we trust. These are exactly whom He had in mind, for a start, and the fact that a non-17/08 joined us is all that is required to declare hallelujah! Thank you Father, so much so much!

All of us gathered in His name at Roy’s house to conduct today’s session, which included Ee Wen’s sharing, followed by an evangelistic movie titled “Flying Wheels”, and finally my sharing. EW talked about the parables of the 10 virgins from Matthew about how we should prepare for Jesus’ second coming. The film was a huge highlight- which definitely evoked a huge AMEN in all our hearts. On a side note, the guy who acted as Jay Austin did have a huge resemblance to our vice principal, Mr Aziz. Main jeez of the film was about how we should act in accordance to what was taught by Him, about how we should conduct ourselves in a God-like manner.

Posted by Judah at 8/07/2009 10:14:00 AM