Well, I just finished my lunch and still don't feel like starting my revision for MAS181 again... so it's blogging time! Yay!!

Anyway, I would like to kind of make a testimonial about how God really spoke to me and encouraged me during the Saturday's youth and young people's meeting.

And it goes... that at the start of the hymn singing session, I was quite distracted and was feeling kind of sad because of some things that cause me to be quite disappointed in God and I felt like giving up on the things that I was sad over (I'm sorry for confusing you all but I don't want to disclose the things that I was sad over... so take it as it is. haha.). Then, all of a sudden, by God's grace and mercy, Bro kok yong called for youth hymnal 295 (i think) and the song totally made me want to praise Him over and over again... Here goes the lyrics...

The arms of my hands
They were all made strong
Not by men's endeavour
They should have been weak
With the many shots of the archers

But my hands held fast
I could not fail
I know my God will keep me in strength
My very arms were
strengthen by His hands

By His hands, by His hands,
The hands of the Mighty God of Jacob.
By His hands, by His hands,
The hands of the God of Jacob.

While the song was being sung, God was there telling me not to be discouraged by the surroundings... no matter how discouraging the surroundings maybe, no matter how things may seemed to be hopeless, He will be there to strengthen my arms and to continue doing things that are right in His eyes... Amen! Indeed, I am really nothing without this living God... He was, and is, and will always be the One to strengthen my arms to do His will... not by my not-so-feeble-looking arms... but by the hands of the God of Jacob. Then I was so touched by the timely lyrics that I started shedding some tears... which of course will not be noticable to anyone... haha :P

And then, later on, sis shufang called for a chinese hymn 60. While sining this hymn, my spirit was really lifted up and the sadness in me just disappear...

生命的河，喜乐的河，缓缓流进我的心窝。

生命的河，喜乐的河，缓缓流进我的心窝！

我要唱那一首歌，唱一首天上的歌。

天上的乌云，心里的忧伤，全都洒落！

Praise the Lord for this hymn... although the tune is super 山歌 type, but I really enjoy it... Perhaps at that moment this hymn was a 灵歌 to me rather than a 山歌 ba... God was telling me to shake off and 'throw away' all the unhappiness that was in me while I was thinking about it earlier on and to really enjoy praising Him... Afterall, it was really the time to give Him praises...

Praise the Lord for such a wonderful experience that I had with Him that Saturday afternoon... Well, of course not to forget the wonderful sharing by the brothers and sisters from various groups on Zechariah 7-8. Well, actually I only brought home one point though... but a strong and meaning one :s

Well the point is: If the Israelities had listened to God and repented of their evil ways, they would not have gone into captivity and fasted while they were in captive in the hope that God would listen to them (which of course God did not listen to them because they did not listen to Him in the first place). 早知今日，何必当初！God prefers obedience over fasting (and they also fasted for the wrong reasons... so yar...)!! So people (and myself)..

OBEY GOD.. FOR THIS IS MEN'S ALL!

Praise the Lord for His speaking! Amen!

And I have Christ... in Me! ~ 4:13:00 PM

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