HAPPY! HAPPY! HAPPY!

It was really such a thrill and happy time for me yesterday! I received a call from one of my former youths who is now a young adult, married and going to be a daddy! He asked me out to 'yam cha'! Guess what?!! When he came and picked me, his wife and bro-in-law who were all my former youths were in the car...
We went for tim sum at 8.30pm..It was a really cool place and we had a great time of chatting - recalling the former times when they were younger and I was then just a fresh, new youth leader. Time has really flown!
The most amazing thing about this entire chat was that we were able to laugh and share from our hearts - regarding the fun, misunderstanding, rubbing of shoulders 5 years ago. We were now able to talk as mature young adults regarding our feelings at that time and the reason why we reacted so foolishly then....
But, today...we thank God for the moments that we had in rubbing shoulders when we were in our early teens..God has taught us individually and dealt with some of our attitudes. Those moments of lesson cannot be replaced with anything in the world! We went through the 'trimming' period under the hands of an expert gardener with so much of love, grace, forgiveness and restoration!
We ended our chat with a prayer..by then it was already 11.30pm! It was such joy and satisfaction for me - to see and to know that 'our labor in God is not in vain - 1 Cor 15:58'. This youths have now grown up to be young adults who love & serve Jesus with their whole hearts!
All Glory to God Almighty - who deserves our highest praises n service!

Suprise! Suprise! Suprise!

"Hi Pastor, the Ladies' Fellowship is booking you next Tuesday at 9am in the morning." I received this phone call just 1 week ago from one of my church leaders. At that point of time, without any further thought,I aggreed to it as they had just initiated a ladies fellowship 2 months ago and I was yet to attend and gave them my words of encouragement and support..
Lo and behold, when I arrived yesterday at the ladies fellowship, I was greeted with surprise birthday greetings and a party..It was indeed a surprise! I was caught unprepared. When greeted, by their warmth and love, my face was as red as a tomato..The table was not only filled with a widespread of food, but they even ordered my favourite american brownies from Secret Receipe as my birthday cake! Received some gifts as well! What an unexpected surprise! After a time of fellowship, hearing how each of them were blessed and encourage for the last 2 gatherings, I was given 5 minutes to share a word of encouragement to the ladies. As usual, I exceeded the time slot given. After the sharing, was the cutting cake ceremony. Wow! The vibrant ladies sang a birthday song accompanied by some actions! They then surrounded me and started to pray for me. What a day! What a prayer! I was so blessed by the way each and every single one of them prayed!
It was indeed a fruitful day for me..Received many sms-es from my leaders, members, youths and even from both my pastors in Kuala Lumpur. Not forgetting phone calls from my parents and siblings who are not in Melaka.Other than the surprise party in the morning, I was also taken out for dinner by one of my member and his family. We had a good time fellowshiping and enjoying each others' company.
Once again, on this special day I was able to reflect on the goodness and love of God in my life. It's in times and seasons like this, that I really treasure my love ones and members of the church as we learnt to show appreciation and love for one another in a really warmth manner. Thank God for surrounding me with His unfailing love and mercy. Yesterday was one session in my life journey that I really enjoyed and cherished!
Of course, I ended the night with unwrapping the gifts that I received throughout the entire day!