amazed at the Lord's leading
can i tell u guys how happy i am today, especially after evening worship today?! my friend, xiaowen came to church today. Ok.. mayb u r wondering what's the big deal?
if u didn't know, i used to worship @ Orchard Rd Pres and xiaowen was one of my sunday school mates in the church. mates for 14 years? yep... wasn't nv close to her, 'hi' & 'bye'.. that's all. she hangs out with other girls in the clz. hm, if u didn't know, it's a unisex clz. yep.. all of the same age. probably ard 10-15 in our clz? I left the church for bethany when i was sec 3. nv talk to her after that.
TODAY, xiaowen came with her bf who is weiquan's jc fren. How small the world is! Was talking to her. She told me she left orpc. was also telling me how scattered my batch (in the other church) was. Everyone is @ everywhere. two of them in States. Those in S'pore stopped talking to each other coz they cld no longer relate to each other and each of them are on their different paths. it's sad... but that's the reality. I began to realised how fortunate I am... having friendship that's in the Lord with most of u. I'm really really thankful.
She told me she left coz she don't feel being part of the church. Frankly speaking, that's how I had always felt when I was there, through out the years spent there. (I'm sorry, lin, but that's how i really felt... to each of his own) As I talked to her & re-enacted those days, i told xiaowen that the first camp in Bethany impacted me so much more than the 14 years i spent in ORPC. Actually, before I finished my line on that, she completed for me. Guess she felt the same way too. As I talked to her, i'm glad that I can relate to her, encourage her. Kenneth was talking in catechism class abt having a purpose wherever we are. I realised being in Bethany, I can bring xiaowen closer to God. I can talk to her, relate to her, encourage her as I tell her how I've come to find this preciousness of faith, a wonderful God & dearest Bethany. I have a mission right now.
You know through this, I'm amazed at how the Lord leads.. I'm thankful for the early opportunity to come to Bethany... I'm thankful for this chance to be able to reach out. It now gives me a greater purpose!! And I also came to discover how I can encourage, through my life, through what I've discovered along the way when I'm in Bethany.
So if u ever wonder why u can't be encouraging or u have no confidence, stop wondering. perhaps pray to God for a chance to learn what it means to encourage. I did. I prayed to God that He'll help me to be encouraging to xiaowen, before I approached her. So in whatever you face, pray!