I am nineteen years old, I accepted Christ before I turned eighteen, I've been involved in my first mission trip during Christmas last year. I came back with an awesome testimony as to how God changed my life.
In 2009, I was supposed to be serving my attachment at Goodrich, plans changed and I was attached to Tiger Airways for six months. I met a very nice yet strict supervisor who's been taking care of me, throughout the six months. Church camp clashed with my attachment period, and Ngee Ann Polytechnic has never allowed students to take leave for such events. It was the first time the rule had been overlooked and I enjoyed my first ever church camp. Interim report, final report and those difficult days during the internship, I have endured them all. Cabin crew training program was awesome too.
Cell-group gatherings every Saturday were great, because of the many imperfect people who gathered together to worship and praise God. It made that day simply perfect for all of us, and the relationship between cell members was at its highest peak when the Sound of Resurrection formed in the first quarter of the year. Performances in school and church allowed S.O.R to gain recognition from the public. It was special. The Sound of Resurrection is actually a percussion team.
China trip to Sichuan was another period of madness, at the same time, it became a turning point of my spiritual life. I started to backslide, and at the same time, I was supposed to plan for the upcoming youth camp which was due on December. Booze, fun, women and grades were the only focal points of my life during that time. God wasn't involved in any of the above mentioned. God did something, He ensured that I had the finances to bring me to such a place.
I came back, kinda felt weird and lost when I went back to cell, somehow I never thought of coming back to Singapore at all. Pushed myself to move on with life as everything began to accelerate in academic life and the upcoming events in church.
Youth-quake and the Ignite Youth camp were probably the ones that brought me back to life after being stuck and lost in direction for so long. The people from the camp brought me back to know my focus and direction, and I was glad the camp succeeded. Of course, being game-master unfortunately took all the credits from God, and I wasn't sure whether the hearts of these people were touched by God anot. Learnt a lot from the camp, but soon I began to fall away from Him, again.
This year was great because I had a decent birthday celebration and receive a lot gifts from friends and loved ones and also from Christmas. Honestly, I have never been that pampered before. Being a stingy and ignorant person, I really had a hard time adapting to such warmth and sweet accommodation. It was touching, I wanted to cry, but I couldn't.
Christmas eve, Christmas and Boxing Day almost wrapped up all the significant events that had happened over the year two thousand and nine. Another time of fellowship with the brothers, and it was nice. Talking about almost everything under the sun, and it was just natural.
Thoughts about the year 2010? Yes, preparation to serve the nation and plan for the future.
It's also the year that I will see a '2' in my age. The beginning of adulthood, the beginning of everything. A year that I will learn to sit, walk and stand with God faithfully, because this year I honestly have not been spiritually studying. All I know is to attend church, worship and cell-group, with no specific purpose. Unless I really understand my purpose, I would still be living a normal life, sinning and being late for church service every time...
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