It started off as just another company trip; a short 1 day overnite stay at Port Dickson with some 70+ people, all staff from the various church dept and ministries on our annual get-away to 'ber-bonding-bonding'. Mighty Kids (MK) had a record attendance of 23 out of 24 staff attending (and the odd one out was only becoz she had committed to earlier booked travel plans). As usual, when MK ladies get together, they are the noisiest, busiest, sporting-iest, brashiest group around.
It was a pretty fun time, filled with eating, putting up hilarious performances,competing in telematches, a spell of nite swimming, rounded up by a bit of shopping for Seremban siew pau...
As per the normal practise, the rooming arrangements were picked at random, and some of us ended up being paired with staff from other depts/centers. Of coz the natural reaction was to try to exchange places by mutual consent to room with someone familiar. I was paired with one of our church pastors (who has been known to just put in an appearance during the day) . Up to the last moment, i was wondering whether i would even have a room mate and waiting to just rope in some MK staff to fill the gap in case she wasn't overniting... But she did call and graciously asked if i would be more comfy sleeping alone, since she knew i was a light sleeper and was afraid of disturbing me. I told her it wasn't a problem, as i happen to be one of those who find it difficult to sleep away from home anyway. So we ended up together.
And it turned out to be a real blessing, unexpected as it was . Becoz as like all mums, i told her my concerns abt what was happening in my children's lives, and the good pastor that she is, she ended up praying with me for them... nothing like a pastor's prayer to add extra wings to mine own.... and on the very last day, i was doubly blessed when she released God's vision and anointing for me personally. I didn't even know i needed to be ministered to, but as her words and prayers flowed, my tears flowed, as i recognized God's goodness in giving me something i never even asked for or thot about at all.... such is His faithfulness; He knows what i need even tho i may not. And i came back with a wonderfully refreshed heart, confident of the way ahead for my own ministry and assured that my children will turn out ok, becoz He holds their lives in His mighty hands and will not let them slip...
So I was testifying to the rest of the teachers...the lesson is obvious - don't try to change God's plans...we are put into people's lives and people are put into our lives for good reason, tho our eyes can't see it, and our naturally selfish inclination is to manipulate our circumstances to be more comfortable. God doesn't just want us to have a good time in life , He's more interested in making His presence real to us every time everywhere - that is the highest blessing.
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