This time round, the year end hols seems to be such a 'rush-y' one for me. Or maybe i must be getting older and slower so much so i am still trying to catch my breath after greeting 2010 in church on 31 dec, the last day of 2009??? What with school training, Taiwan trip, street ministry work, thanksgiving dinners, Christmas celebration with the orang asli and Indonesian brethren, it seems like the days just flew by... here i am already in January 2010, and tomorrow, i will be back to work again...
As i roll over the past 2 months 'countdown' in my mind, i hv got mixed feelings...
I am so grateful for God's many blessings thru out this year; the highlight of which must be my boy's baptism on the last nite of 2009 - the perfect icing on the cake on top of the 6As and 1 B results of his PMR( which its only by the grace of God that he managed, for the minimum studying he put in of his own effort!!)Long have i prayed that he would take this public step of obedience to God's command. And as i watched him 'dunked' into the baptism pool,this mother's heart is finally at peace, that it is done... all my immediate family has now publicly unequivocably acknowledged Jesus Christ our Savior, Lord and Master. What greater joy, what greater blessing can there be than being secured in His love, knowing for sure we are God's precious children, part of His great worldwide family of Christ-ians, and part of the multitudes that will appear together in heaven on that final day of reckoning, when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is indeed King and Lord of all...
Yet, despite all the festivities of the season, there is a tinge of sadness in my heart; for those who haven't experienced or dont want to experience such great blessing... I see the faces of the street people I minister to every Sat, i remember the long list of frens and other family members i pray over daily, i know there are billions more all over the world who have never known the One who came to save them. And my heart grieves; as God Himself surely grieves, for those who have not chosen to come back to Him....
Over the month of December, i saw many Christmas trees... different shapes, sizes, all beautifully decorated of coz. But as I admire them, there is 1 other tree that comes to my mind. A huge, ugly tree, shape of a cross. That tree was raised on a hill top more than 2000 years ago; on it was hung not whimsy pretty decorations, but the bruised and broken body of the Savior of the world in public demonstration of God's great love for mankind. That tree stands tall in my mind's eye; and i take consolation that becoz Jesus bore it, died hung on it but rose alive 3 days later , there is hope for man to be saved.
So as 2010 begins another chapter in the history of the world, i thank God not just for the blessings that He can (and does) give , not just for what He can do, but above all, for who He is - our loving compassionate merciful Father, who wishes none to perish but all to come to repentance and everlasting life - and what He has already done - provided Jesus as Redeemer and Savior of our souls.
"...Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree..." Gal 3:13
Check out http://www.picasaweb.google.com.laisaikhoon for pix of countdown to 2010
No comments:
Post a Comment