Hi all, in this new blog of mine, I'm gonna share with you about what I've learnt in every Sunday's service, bible class, Life Group, Youth Fellowship and in every path of my life as a Christian.
Have you ever came across blogs which wrote about religion, God, Jesus, miracles, their testimonies for God and how Christians found their faith in God? And how many times did you complain that those blogs are just plain boring and unrealistic? YES YES YES! I did and I was just like one of you.
Many times we Christians are attacked by non-Christians and sometimes, we ourselves will ask many why's, which could lead us to losing faith in God. Many Christians and non-Christians often questioned themselves and the others for what they did, like "if being a real Christian, why are you still doing this and that?". This is because we're all sinners, and we're not the almighty God. This may sound a bit abstract to you or ridiculous at this moment, which was once to me too. If you're willing, take a chance to get to know better about our one and only Saviour. By telling you these, I'm also expecting God's and your forgiveness for I'm also a sinner, I don't do things right everytime.
Those who know me quite well, would know that my mom was baptised end of last year and what was actually happening in my family. I was so annoyed by my mom's "all of sudden's holiness", I was also wondering what has that church done to her and why the members of the church have to be so excited about their pastor's birthday and why do they have to make it so big? Isn't that Pastor is also a human being and isn't that idolism is not supposed to be appeared in Christianity? So many WHY's. Till a few months ago, I started to realize why. Heard of the story of "Kings & the Priests"? I'll tell you in the future.
Having being a Christian for almost 10 years(I claimed, since I baptised in a local church when I was at the age of 14.), the amount of times that I went to church is so pityful. I can always find lotsa reasons to resist going to church. This year, when I came to Brisbane to study, and coincidentally you would say, but I'm saying God's working something in his way and it's when you believe, I met Uncle Michael and Auntie Catharine in May when they just migrated to here. They're two of the most devoted Christians that I've ever met. Did you meet many people along the way throughout these years and they said they're Christians and they go to church on every Lord's Day? But what I see in the two of them is... they're truly living in Christian life. They live their lives as real Christians and follow what the bible says, and for not always telling you how should do this and that because you're a Christian. They don't just say but live it out!
Another person whom I met in Brisbane or I should say, I get to know him better is Jason. First mom introduced him to me while we're still in Kuching, knowing that he came to Brisbane a semester earlier than I would. Mom had been telling him to invite me to church, so mom gave him my number. I was thinking, nah.. he won't find me and may be he's just a pretender from what his first impression gives me. I was totally wrong. He contacted me and again.. don't know how we end up to be quite close I would say and hang out together very often here. Of course, it's because we go to church together. I'm so delighted that God brings us together.
God has blessed me with a good homestay family, more than perfect.
God has also worked out something for Jenn, my best friend and also my housemate in Brisbane. Now, both of us will go to church every Sunday. Going church weekly, is not because just going for the sake of going, like a tradition. But, to listen to the Pastor preaching, the words of God as well as to worship God. I'm so glad that God put us together. Now every Sun, we'll bring our notepads, pens and Bibles to church to make our own notes =) and not feeling sleepy at all. It's because we truly feel that God's delievering message to us for the happenings in our lives.
And I'll always be thankful to Irry for her prayers for me and my family =) Thank you to all brothers and sisters who have never given up on me. And thank God that my Dad is baptised this year. And, I'll continue praying that my brother and his family will be soon too.
Don't know when my faith in God has started slowly building up and don't know when I started to be "so holy(many would agree with this term) or superstitious", which people who used to think like I did, would say so. This evening, when I was chatting with a new friend whom I know at Methodist Church Youth Felloship, he asked me, "Wah, you're so holy!" That was because of my personal message in MSN. It's word of God. Yea... I never did understand why people did that. Now I do, not because I think it's to show people how knowledgeable you're or to fake up something, but I truly felt the meaning of those words.
By starting this blog, I guess it's gonna show me how these happen when I read back and at the same time, I hope it can be a small favour for God though He never asks me to do and I'm hoping that some of you who used to think and react like me, can one day realize that God's love to us is gracious, He's faithful, always and will follow his way of doing things.
