Hereby Continues.....

3. It was uncommon that a cab stops at the expressway bus-stop for the passenger to alight. Low and behold, when i missed my bus and the next one was not going to come till 15mins later, God sent a cab to stop right in front of me! The passenger alighted at the bus-stop and the cab was vacant for me to hire, else i would have been terribly late for my piano lesson! 

4. I was prompted to text my friend to bring along a shawl for me as I thought it might be too cold in the church sanctuary. However, throughout the time in church, it was not cold, so I did not use the shawl that she brought for me. It was only during our journey back home together that I discovered my friend was considering not to attend church service that day. However, she felt compelled to go to church that day as she wanted to bring the shawl for me.  And, she also testified that it was God Who wanted her to be in church that morning. 

     It may seem something trivial but God has it in His plan, no matter how minute or insignificant the         thing/ issue might be to man. 

Missed declaring God's goodness, how could i ...

It has been hectic managing a full-time job and a part-time study. On the other hand, it has been one of the most fulfilling years of my life:

A series of testimonies, how could I not declare God's goodness and close watching over me:

1. 18 June 19
My friend and I were going to swim and when we arrived at the swimming pool, we were told there was lightning warning ongoing and no one was allowed into the pool. I was very disappointed but knew God could do anything and uttered, "Oh God, I want to swim!" and immediately, the lightning alarm went off indicating the lightning warning was over!!! My friend was bewildered and jaw dropped and I said, "Thank God!" And we went to change into our swim gear. After an hour of wonderful swim, as I was lifting myself up from the pool, the lightning alarm went off, indicating the lightning warning was back!!! The Lord just stopped the lightning so we could have a swim!!! Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah! not enough hallelujahs could express my heartfelt gratitude to Him for responding to my unimportant desire; He was concerned about my desire to swim, what an intimate Abba Father!

2. 20 June 19
I realized I forgot to bring my sun block lotion to gym that morning, and I began asking God, "How?" I had a lunch appointment that day and it was critical to have sun block on my face. I thought of a few possibilities: drop home to grab it or postpone my lunch appointment and hide indoors in my office till evening. Both were not viable and I began asking God again, "How, God?" As I was still thinking about it, after my shower at the gym, I went to the dressing table next to my locker and someone came to join me at the dressing table. She laid out all her skincare products on the table and a tube caught my eyes - it was orangey in colour and looked pretty. Without realizing it, I found myself peeping at the tube when she was not looking and discovered it was sun-block lotion! I was surprised, firstly, it was the first time I met this lady and it was the first time someone spread her skincare/ makeup on the table! A prompting came: "ask her for some of her sun-clock lotion." I went, "huh?" I was shy to ask and shrugged the prompting away.

The prompting came back and this time I knew the prompting won't go away till I did it as I have encountered similar promptings before. I bucked up my courage to just do it: "May I use a little bit of your sun-block lotion, please?" She was dumbfounded and I said, "Today I forgot to bring mine." She nodded her head.
WOW!!! Abba Father, you are simply AMAZING at providing!!!

Two more overdue testimonies coming up, watch for it!

Love YOU, Abba

Abba Father,

Your presence has been so close to me, watching over me and loving me in the past year 2018.

I was so super duper busy to update my blog, apologies. I would love to catch up those moments of time that you revealed Yourself to me. I have the recounts somewhere, I just need to pull them out and type them before publishing in my blog. I remember You've revealed to me that it'll be unimaginable for me in what You are going to do in my life; I will always remember the sudden onset of the shiny red-orangey sky despite the sun was setting. I was expecting the darkening of the sky intensifying, but You suddenly brightened it up and the little puffs of clouds radiate your awesomely beautiful light, that was remarkable!

2019 is going to be a thrilling year for me: you're revealed to me to step out of my present vocation, to my surprise, because I'm still doing my MA. Through the testimony of the founder of Aenon Health Centre, and Who You are, I was encouraged to embrace this task with You. As I've said, I shall not go if You are not going with me because I knew I wouldn't be able to do it. With Christ all things are possible, this is the mentality I am leaving my present vocation to the new one as I'm having three modules this semester for my MA studies. Besides this transition, I also foresee another impacting step this year: to purchase my own dwelling place on earth. May I continue to receive confirmation after confirmation regarding this matter, dear Lord.

Abba, praise and thank You, Lord, for:

You are able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. (Eph 3:20, NKJV)

I LOVE YOU, Lord.
Help me to love the people around me too!

What I am unable to attain, He did it for me

What I am unable to attain, He did it for me.

What I could not do, The Lord did it so I could be with Him: God knew we would never be able to bridge the gap (of sin) to reach Him, so He did it. Why would He do it? He wanted us to be with Him, He wanted a relationship with us though He knew we were sinners and will continue to be. And He did it at the cost of de-throning Himself of His Kingly status and His heavenly citizenship and instead, clothed humility. Just so He could be with us and to show us the way to heaven and the way to the life He has purposed for us.

Furthermore, he put on extreme humility to suffer the kind of condemning death just so we could reach Him. Additionally, He didn't tag a price to His costly work. And, now, no, He still doesn't charge those who wants to cross the bridge to be with Him. Because of LOVE, because of LOVE, because of His compassionate love and mercy.

But we are just far from sacrificing ourselves for others, especially for people whom we think do not deserve our sacrifice. Did God think that we were worthy of His sacrifice....

Transit at Turkey - Istanbul airport, Kitchenette cafe 16 Dec 17

Abba,

Thank you so so much: Todah Raba for this opportunity to visit Jesus' birth place and the country that you chose your people to give them Your ways and show them Your love. Learning the history of Israel gives me the inspiration to read the bible and also to help me understand some verses of the bible more relevantly. No one goes to the Father but through me..... The houses of the Jews were built two storeys: the second level is furnished and the family stays on the second level for the first level is for their son to furnish before he gets married and for his new family to stay. So, naturally, whoever wants to go to the father, has to go through the son's house!

When Jesus broke bread at the upper room, their custom is they break a piece out of the whole piece of bread and hide it away somewhere. The children would then go around to look for that piece of hidden bread. Whoever finds that missing piece of bread would be given the chance to ask for anything and the adult is to grant that request. That's how the verse, the father would give whatever you ask for! It is in relation to the context and culture of the Israelites!

Thank You, Adonai, for the opportunity to learn Hebrew language too and some Hebrew songs! Abba, it is also a good time to get to know some new people, very nice people of God! Hallelujah!

Looking at the different stones, artefacts and sites of the time in OT and the time in NT make me even more convinced of the reality of the records in the bible. And a lot of the reading opens up my understanding of the narration of the events happened for some, more than 6000 (OT) years ago and some, more than 2000 (NT) years ago. Praise You, Abba, that You are eternal! And You are love! And You are so ever patient with us, sinful humankind!

Thank You, Adonai, for revealing to us Your standards in the beatitudes, thank You for reminding me once again that Your standards are different from the standards of the world.

Praise You, too, Lord, for your faithfulness. As I watched the 3D video of the history of Jerusalem, nothing worth noticing but Your faithfulness! Over so many thousands of years, You still keep Your people in possession of the land. And, after so many events, Your people are still preserved. You are so faithful to Your promise to Abraham, Lord. After more than 6000 years, You have preserved them for Your divine purpose. You are AWESOME!

Caught in the rut of bZ bZ ...??

WOW! It has been far too long since i last updated my blog! I have been wanting to add The Lord's impression on me for 2017. Well, more than three quarters of 2017 is going to be over!!! very scary..

Hmm..... i enjoyed the intense bible reading in the beginning part of the year and was able to upkeep the schedule of reading the bible in a year til something came up. Nevertheless, i managed to get to the book of Judges 7.

Very excited and enjoying the something that came up: studying Masters in Arts (Counselling and Guidance). The delving into the program and the work that comes with it has been an eye opener for me. Though the duration is quite long, 3.5 years, it's going to be a nice, contemplative and rewarding journey of learning, discovering and unlearning.

I am also elated i could have the chance to go for a week of silent retreat at Chiang Mai. Another experience with God unveiled to me while walking through the labyrinth. It was amazing! I then began doing it at my own home: plainly pleasurable and gratifying to the soul. The recording below is just one of the many reflections i have had while i was there for the week.

The year 2017 (1)

It has been five very long months since I have last written. My life has still been eventful of God's presence and I am truly thankful and very grateful.
The first quarter of 2017 is just over. I was still planning to pen down my resolutions and before I even did that, in a flash, three months have already passed!

Answered prayer of my friend's job provision led me into year 2017 and encouraged me to press on in prayer for the lost. The deep compassion for the lost has always been upon my heart. The year ended with the conclusive study of Revelation in 2016, a spotlight on the reality of Jesus' coming and the end of the world for all mankind. It really pains me to keep being reminded of my family and closed ones who still refuse to choose Jesus. How could I communicate to them the reality of the end of the world, the impending absoluteness of Christ's coming and the eternal separation of humankind from God for those without Christ? Lord, have mercy on them. On one hand I wish Christ would come very soon so I could be in heaven with Him. On the other hand, I wish Christ would delay His coming as there are plenty who are yet to receive Jesus into their lives.

2017 is a year much looked forward to as there are going to be new specialised learning in the pathway and new relationships going to be built. And with this new venture, another avenue of knowing deeper of Him. He knows best and He is sovereign and loving, I trust Him completely with my life and what He would want accomplished in and through my life to fulfil His ultimate purpose for mankind and for His glory.

Jesus the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the World! Praise You!

THE LORD PROTECTS

It has been three years and four months (returned on 26 June 2013) since I returned from community service work in Delhi. I 'commemorated' today reminiscing God's protection over me in the very rough and harsh environment, weather and culture - a culture especially disturbing for women.

The more difficult my situation was, the more assured I was of His presence, care and love upon me. These days, I miss those days which I felt God's familiarity and communion constantly and intensely. I could never forget that one whole month which I cried every morning. Yet I had to appear at the community centre as if everything was as usual, and, thanks to God, no one noticed my puffy eyes under my glasses. And, that's too, by God's grace.

Like all sane people who go overseas, I was insurance covered, and, very grateful to God I did not have to claim a cent from my insurance. Likewise while I was in Cambodia doing community service work, God protected me and provided for me, the insurance providers of both gained from all the profits of my premium paid. Since The Lord watches over me and protects me, even in a difficult place like India, can I not trust Him for all my travels? Thus, I was very determined and convinced to rely on God for protection from any possible hiccups whenever and wherever I travelled and not on any insurance coverage. If God protected me from any harm in tough places like Cambodia and New Delhi, the same God protects me wherever I go. HALLELUJAH!

All my travels from then: Mauritius, Seoul and Jeju, Guangzhou, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, Australia and USA, The Lord protected me.

The Lord's preeminent presence is the most lasting memory engraved in my long term memory of my stints in Cambodia and India. It has changed my life and my life is never the same. Psalm 136.

Food, Food Food

Chicken Biryani was never in my diet before 2009. Had never had thoughts of cooking too. Below is a pot of chicken biryani I've cooked and it is not the first pot, neither it is any less than the tenth pot. Naturally, for close friends who have known me enough would know my stint in India had changed my life in a positive and negative way. And, I would say, for diet, it has expanded my food choices and awakened my latent desire to cook food, and not only edible food, but delectable food.

As my work was held solely at the slum environment, eating food from there regularly was inhibited. We were all encouraged to bring our own lunch, and indeed, it is a common practice there to bring lunch to work. That led me to having prepare and cook lunch in the morning. It was such a hassle and irritant for me since I never have had to cook in the morning, as it was not my practice in my home country to do so. It was a struggle and laborious toil that weighed heavily upon me as a missionary in India amidst all other adjustments I was coming to terms with.

The Lord made a good habit out of me through this initial unwelcome ordeal. Over time, I learned and picked up this now-treasured discipline of preparing and cooking my lunch in the morning and bringing home-cooked yummy and healthy food for lunch to work on a regular basis.

Besides this treasured routine, the stint awakened my awareness about communication skills, both spoken and written communication. Lots of people communicate in a super indirect way. This is a practice foreign to me with my 'straight to the heart of the matter' family communication background. It was difficult for me to be conscious and cautious to hear what is not said. In fact, it was stressful to me to be alert to inferred/ implied messages presented to me.

However, God is good, He helped me along as I reflected and deciphered on some information given to me that required beyond the superficial understanding. The learning process is still ongoing as I came to reconcile with the reality that many people tend to communicate in implied and reserved manner.

Birthday Passage 2016 - Eph 2

Thank You, Lord, for Ephesians 2. The message is not new, but it is an opportune time to be refreshed by the fact that, 'for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father' Eph 2:18.

Praise The Lord Jesus (through His sacrifice on the cross) I could have direct access to the King of kings and Lord of lords and the Creator of all!!!

Who am I/ what am I to be given such a privilege! I have DIRECT access to Someone much much bigger than a big shot! And He is much much greater, much wiser, much more patient, much more knowledgeable, much more anything in the world, yet He grants me DIRECT access to HIM, 247!!!

Thank You, thank You, Lord, for such a privilege bestowed on me.

My 2016 birthday prayer: to put a smile on God's face through my life;
to know/ understand God's plan for my life in where He has put me and walk in His plans and purposes to glorify Him.

Psalm 121:5

God never fails to watch over us in our most recent journey in the West.
While waiting for a bus that took ages to come, our first morning and second day in LA, we waited under the rain with our umbrellas. He sent someone to alert us that the particular bus we have been waiting for would not be turning up till late afternoon!

In another occasion, while waiting for another bus, not realising we were waiting in the wrong direction, He sent someone else whom we could ask for confirmation (bus stops at LA is usually quite empty) only to realise we were indeed waiting at the wrong side of the road.

In San Francisco, though the bus stop was crowded, the whole lot of us was waiting for the same train without noticing there's a sign that says that particular train we were waiting for was not running through that road on that day. Again, God sent a lady to inform us that train wasn't going to come for our trip to the Ferry Station, and to our amazement, the lady only spoke to us! And, with the detour to take the metro as a result of it, we were brought to the exact ferry station that we planned to go but which didn't know how to get there, and, on top of that, we could catch the ferry as intended. How wonderfully blessed!

I can't help but marvel at the Lord's watchful eye over us and His great concern of our time and program on those days and beyond. Hallelujah!

GOD's MAGNIFICENT CREATION

Wonderful weather and a very pleasant state:

Last week in West America

Deeply thankful to Him for blessing us with a safe and enjoyable trip!

Beyond all I could ask or imagine

It was ten years ago, in year 2006 that I left to go Hope Village Prey Veng in Cambodia to serve in an orphanage that housed more than a hundred children and 16 staff.

A particular girl caught my attention on the first day that I landed there. We were playing captain's ball and the girl's charisma and sporty flaire resembled me when I was her age. The zeal, excitement and skilful hands at the game were so much of mine when I was in my teens. She has no parents, only an aunty. Over the two years that I was there, I remember vividly in one of the Khmer New Year, when more than half the children were brought home By their family members to celebrate Khmer New Year, she was waiting patiently for her aunty to come and fetch her. When her aunty arrived, I could see her beaming smile, the overwhelming joy and relief that she was going to go home and celebrate this festive season, even though it was only for half a day.

She has been a good learner and obedient and she has since grown to be a sweet young lady. It was never in my wildest dream that some of the children could come and visit Singapore with all expenses covered by sponsors. It was an official trip where they had to follow the program of attending intensive learning to speak English lessons daily and for her, learning to bake lessons as well and this program lasted for two months. And it so happened I was back in Singapore between my teaching commitment in India, divine bestowment!

She had since started working for about a year and it was a stunningly pleasant surprise she and another girl came to Singapore last April for a week for their Khmer New Year break! It was such deep joy to know both of them are still walking closely with The Lord and she is leading worship in church almost every Sunday.

On top of these, besides visiting Sentosa with them, they came and visited my home after dinner at West Coz cafe. It was never in my wildest imagination that I could have them step into my house! It was terrific time together with them and with two other sisters (co-workers before) chatting and updating one another of God's goodnesses.

"Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen." (Ephesians 3:20-21)

Simply Functioning and Comfort are just Not enough ...

It has been a habit for the longest time I could remember to be happy with things that are functioning, disregarding the colour/ appearance/ comfort level, and let alone the class/ brand/ prestige to consider..

I guess it was because for the longest time I was absorbed in community service work which rendered anything beyond function unnecessary, and, it is also for the reason that economically, I could not 'afford' beyond the functionality of a product, or perhaps, in that environment, it was not important...?

It was after I began to work in my present organisation I was awakened that aesthetics are paramount. The little, little details that were blatantly left out necessitated careful attention and inclusion.


Looking at the pair of footwear swang me back to the demands of appearance, acceptance and alternatives. The footwear is supporting me well and still comfortable but I have established the appearance as unacceptable and an alternative is explicitly, doubtlessly and absolutely imperative and obligatory. I can't help but ask, WWJD (what would Jesus do)? The following verse came immediately to mind:

..for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” 1Sam 16:7b


Exceedingly, acutely and affectionately grateful and privileged to have the Lord as my God and Abba Father. He sets the standards right for me, the inner being, the heart, is the wellspring of life (Pro 4:23)

Love the Lord your God with all your heart...(Matt 22:37, Mark 12:30, Luke 10:27, etc) Loving God begins with the heart. Serving the Lord your God with all your heart..... (Deut 10:12; Jos 22:5) serving God also begins with the heart. 'The Lord looks at the heart...' I can’t help but ask, what's the condition of my heart? (What's the condition of your heart?)
The first word that came to my mind as I asked myself this question was, 'tired'.

But, I don't understand why is my heart still tired?
I do not have responsibilities in church or in cell, and I'm not serving in any ministry, not doing part-time studies too.... And, my work is comfortably occupied with little stress....i can’t comprehend the condition/ status of my heart.

Adios 2015, What's In for 2016....

It has been a wonderful year. Recognizing God's hand in all the different areas of my life exuberated my knowledge of Him. Knowing Him in deeper intensity in territories untouched before is invigorating and eye-opening. His plans were infallible, unanticipated and out of His love for me, because He knows me well and loves me affectionately. Not sufficient 'thank yous' could show my appreciation, admiration and adoration for Him. What an awesome God!

Two songs that expressed my intense sentiment for year 2015:
Who am I: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mBcqria2wmg
You rescued me: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wXzYYGMdxWk

2016 will be an eventful year, another 52 weeks of advancing my knowledge and sentience of Him.

Love to be deeper in love with Him https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CwEKRZ0I7Gg
Desire to make a difference: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FrPMxtUeONE
Hope to refine myself ; D




Blessed 2016!

Am very thankful

Amazing grace how sweet the sound...
Amazing grace.... a familiar phrase and true indeed!
Praise The Lord for the birth of new friendships
Praise The Lord for healthy progress in emotional restoration
Praise The Lord for the provision of part-time helper
Praise The Lord for piano instructor
Praise The Lord for financial affordability

Hallelujah for comradeship with buddy colleague
Hallelujah for BSF and friends in BSF

Give thanks to The Lord for my job
Give thanks to The Lord for AWS and bonus
Give thanks to The Lord for holidays and miraculous car provision in NZ Dec 2014
Give thanks to The Lord for warm fellowship with new friend in Taipei
Give thanks to The Lord for wonderful time with another new friend in Kenting, Alishan and Kaoshiung.

Happy Kiddy song:
Thank You for the world so sweet dum-dee-dum
Thank You for the food we eat yum-yum
Thank You for the birds that sing-a-ling-a-ling
Thank You, LORD for everything, amen.

M deeply thankful

June 2015 marks my return to Sgp: Two years. Not a long time and not short either. God's goodness in my life:

I visited Mauritius in July 2013
Seoul and Jeju in Nov 2013
Guangzhou, Huizhou and Xiamen in Dec 2014
Perth in Apr 2014
New Zealand in Dec 2014
Taiwan in Apr 2015
Japan in May-June 2015.

God restores

Belated Blessed Christmas! And blessed 2015!!!
It has been more than 46 million seconds since I returned from the missions field. God, please forgive me that it took me so long to 'publicise' your goodness, faithfulness and love to me upon my return. They have been so real to me, more than at my return, especially so when I was in Cambodia and then, India. Lord, you have been so wonderful.

Knowing very well I won't have the energy, emotional, mental and physical to stay in my own house, You provided my aunt's house for me. Not the best at that time, but at least, a place for me to be safe and rest and recuperate. It was tough, Lord, returning and settling in. I have certainly changed and Sgp has also changed and people around me too. Yet, Lord, You did not change, You have always been faithful, loving and providing. Besides the accommodation at my aunt's place, you provided friends whom I could go Seoul with and family whom I could go Guangzhou and Huizhou with. Finally, premature to my plan, You provided a job for me!

Praise You, too, Lord, at the right time You gave me energy to terminate my tenant and retrofit my house and ready me and my friend helpers to move into my house, a house which I could call my own and be able to do things the way I want it and the way I like it. Simultaneously, not to have to feel obligated to do/ not do things, unlike staying at my aunt's house. I could be free like a bird! Thank You, Abba.

I also want to give praise and thanks to You for providing me very kind, helpful and pleasant colleagues to help me in my transition back to my home country through the vocation You provided me in SIT. Thank You, Jesus, Abba Father and Holy Spirit.

An event which marveled me and brought much joy and confidence to me in human beings once again was the Ensure milk powder delivery man. I ordered a dozen tins of milk and the delivery man delivered the tins of powder to my aunt's house without collecting cash or cheque. I didn't have enough cash to pay up and told him I could transfer the money to him later when I get to a cash withdrawal machine. He believed me and left the carton of milk powder and his bank account number with me. I was pleasantly astonished and felt comforted and assured people who trust others are around in this world after all! I have heard too many swindle stories and encountered a few of them personally while living in Delhi. These events were draining to my emotional strength and made me feel very stupid. As a result, it has grown in me a resistance to trust people. God, You bothered to bring about such an event to my life as You knew it mattered to me and it mattered to You that I have difficulty trusting people. Praise You, Lord, You are a wonderful Restorer and sensitive Father. I know I am safe in Your big sweet hands. Thanks, Abba.



As though these were not enough, You led the dean of ACTI to plan and organize a missionary-returnee retreat to further Your work of renewing and restoring me. Thank you, Lord, for helping me to know I am still in the process of transiting back and settling in to my home country. It is not easy, Lord, but I know You are with me and that alone is enough. More than enough to prepare me to be an even better instrument for Your use and glory at your timing. At the retreat and after, I was really relieved and happy to know some people took 2.5 years to be settled in and some took 3 years and are still not settled in. Am hearteningly relaxed to know I am normal. Fantastic!

On this Christmas Day, I want to thank You once again, Jesus, for coming as a humble man to identify with us and to be one of us to bring us to God!!! Thank You and thank You, Lord, and, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Jesus!

Continued from, The Lord's Watchful Eye and Deliverance

My sincere apologies for my delayed post


He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners Isa 61:1

I remember vividly this was the passage I received to go New Delhi. Indeed, the people need freedom from poverty and most importantly, to have the liberty to encounter Him.

'............. and I will be with you always, to the very end of the age.' Matt 28:20b
I have the privilege to experience that as I obeyed and went on account of Isa 61:1 and Matt 28:18-20.
The Lord watches over me in little things too.

I remember clearly once when I was due to fly back to my home country for visa extension; it was on Boxing Day and as usual, Delhi was too foggy to have enough visibility to fly, and flights were delayed and mine as well, with no exception. An announcement came after a few hours of waiting beyond the etd. Air India personnel told passengers three options were given:

1: Passengers could go back to their homes and return to airport when the sky clears and taxi charges shall be reimbursed.
2. Go on a bus provided by Air India to a hotel and stay for the night, costs borne by the airline.
3. Stay in the hotel and breakfast will be provided for all passengers.

This was what was provided by most of the other airlines which flights were delayed. I called up my team leader and asked for advice. He suggested me to go and stay in the hotel.

I took the advice and went with the whole throng of people supposedly to go to the car park to board the bus to the hotel.

As we set off I met a Tibetan couple and they had difficulty trying to understand what was going on as they did not understand English and Hindi. I translated for them to Mandarin and explained to them what was going on and they decided to follow us to head for the hotel.

As we were moving on, I sensed something tugging me not to go to the hotel. I ignored it and the tugging returned time and again. As we were at the exit point of the airport, the officers were pulling the tags that were attached to our baggage and the prompting not to leave the airport was so convincing that I backed out and picked up the one tag that was detached from my bag. I told the Tibetan couple to go ahead and I proceeded back into the airport to search for a long bench which I could lie down and rest.

With many flights delayed many passengers were left at the airport and despite that, God reserved one long bench for me where I could drop my baggage and lie down to rest.

The next morning, I ran into some passengers who decided to go to the hotel and I eagerly asked how was their hotel stay. To my shock, they revealed that they were made to walk around the car park many times and there was no bus at all to bring them to the promised hotel!!! They were stranded outside the airport and they could not come back into the airport for reasons I could not comprehend. I PRAISE THE LORD for His protection and care! God cared so much for me to speak to me so that I could rest and most importantly and consequently, have one less dislike about India.

As I look back, now having returned for about 16months, I can never forget His many other sweetness and watchful eye over me, in little little things and in the bigger things.
He is the everlasting God, The Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth. Isa 40:28.

Exemplary man

I received the news on 'Whats App' that a man I respected n looked up to had passed away. Though I was not close to him, I felt a sense of loss for the world. Yet I am certainly convinced he has gone to a much better place and for that I'm truly, from the bottom of my heart, very very happy for him.

Though paralyzed from head down after an accident, he went to visit an orphanage that I was helping to run. He came in a wheelchair to the orphanage to encourage the staff and children. Some of the staff who met him before when he was well couldn't help but wept (not in his presence) when they saw him. During devotion he encouraged us in the word n love of God. I was surprised n impressed when he said he was also going to the village to do rice distribution. Before going to the village he asked me how to say, 'God bless you' in Khmer. I told him and he practiced it on his own.

At the village, in a wheelchair, he did whatever he could. He clapped his weak hands, shook hands with whoever came his way and said, 'prae ong protean poa', which means, 'God bless you' in the Cambodian language. I couldn't help but marvel at his heart to love people n to show His love to the people around him in whatever limited way he could.

I thought a paralyzed man would be too absorbed in his own misery n self-pity to take notice of people more mobile and normal than him. But not him. This man who has God in his heart knew his inheritance, destiny and purpose in life. And he simply lived it out. Besides volunteering himself to visit the orphanage and the village, he gave generously financial support to to the running of the orphanage. Again, this extinct selfless man did not choose to hog the money for himself, especially at a time where he needed money most and he had no means of earning any money back, he gave sacrificially, like God did. What an exemplary life!

Thank you, Mr Ling Swee Chan; God once again led me to experience for myself there was this faithful man who loved God, showed God and gave sacrificially to God's work. I praise The Lord for your life and thank Him for helping me to begin to be willing to want to trust in man again.

The Lord’s Watchful Eye And Deliverance

It has been a long break from updating and writing but God’s mighty hand at work has never taken a break in my life. A month of 2014 has passed, how swift! It was as if the Christmas celebration of 2013 was just last week!!!

I am delighted, relieved and have a sense of triumph to have completed the main task there and to return for good from my posting to India. The feat in India was never a breeze, however, the Lord’s presence made it possible for me, Hallelujah!

Through It all, God has proven Himself in many ways and I have been so touched by Him and His protection, care and concern.

My many trips to BSF more than an hour away from home by myself by public transport have had been under his watchful eyes. Those were the times of refreshing, discussing and listening to His word and most of the time untied the knots of query and disappointment over issues that weighed upon my heart. He knew best to deliver and comfort me in ways that lifted me up and kept me going on the passion of touching His people. Some lines would come back to my mind during those times, and one of them is, ‘he has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to ………..

to be continued..