Unity

Last Saturday, my cousin asked me to take him to De Anza so he can study with his friends. Since his birthday was coming the following Sunday, I thought it's good to do something nice for him, although I have to drag myself out of the house and take about 40 min drive round trip.

Our merciful God, as always, never WASTE our time. As I was driving home, I tuned in 88.1 FM (CSN International Broadcast). I listened to message taken from Ephesians 4, which is exactly what I needed to hear. There's 2 section of the verse that spoke very strongly to me:

²Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. ³Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace

we need to be humble, gentle, patient, bearing one another in love because we are not working alone in the church. We are working and laboring hand in hand with other believers whom God has called to serve.

¹¹It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, ¹²to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up ¹³until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

There are many gifts but one Spirit. As we use the gifts for the works of service, the body is built up till we all reach unity in faith and become mature.

Please pray for unity in body of Christ.

We Thank You

We Thank You!

We thank You Lord for all the things that You've done
We thank You Lord for Your loving kindness
We thank You Lord that You died on the cross
to give us life

We thank You Lord for being with us
When all else have failed and our world falls apart
We thank You Lord that Your mercy seeks us through
Lord, we thank You!

What are you joyful for today?

Holy

One of my favorite verse of all times:



Lord, search my heart
Seek through my thoughts
see if there's anything offensive in me

I want to be close to Your heart
But I know that You can't stand my sin

You are Holy, Holy
Set apart from all impurities
You are Holy, Holy
Make me holy just like you are

Psalm 139

²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.

²⁴ See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.

wrinkles

Last Friday, the Rustams brought Max to Young Adult Fellowship. To me personally, as I play music for the fellowship that night, his presence was such a joy! When we sang praises to the LORD, Max's face shines the brightest and he would be the first one to clap his hands enthusiastically! Thank you, baby! You wouldn't be able to imagine how wonderful God has used you to bless auntie Fonda.

Lately, Max and I love to take our pics with camera. We count "one, two, THREE" so by the count three, Max would be looking at the camera with big smiles. Way easier than to have someone holding the camera and hoping for Max to smile at it.

This weekend, I used one of the pics as my desktop background and I started to realize that Max's skin is so smooth and tight, while mine started to show wrinkles! (hiksss) I was not completely sad, but I guess God thought I could use some "cheer me up"

On Sunday afternoon, as I was getting food in the doughnut shop, one of the customer thought I am still a student. He asked me what subject I am studying and how much longer until I finish my study. I told him I graduated 2 years ago (to which he replied, 'good for you, school is getting really expensive now'). Anyways.......I take it as I still look young although I looked wrinkled compare to Max.

On top of that, the doughnut man gave me a free doughnut: "You're studying biology? My daughter studies biology too, here's one doughnut for you!"

Blessed.....

Last Saturday, God grant me a chance to serve at Innvision with some of my dearest friends. I've been there before and I served before, but last Saturday was special for me.

We had enough people that day, so when I arrived with my cousins, I can focus on the musical part of the ministry. Thank God we had plenty of time to practice and to really engaged in worship even before we start serving the food. Ko Chris led us in prayer before the people start coming to the room.

As they enter the room, we sang "He has made me glad" (I will enter His gates). I noticed some people were clapping their hands to the rhythm as they were waiting in line for the food. Among the songs we sang, "How great Thou art" and "Amazing Grace" were some of the songs that really stood out. Here's why:

As we sang "How great Thou art", I noticed there's this one lady who sang the chorus with us as she was getting the food. Later on, after we're done, this lady came up to us and told us how much she enjoyed the songs. She said she came with no appetite but she was leaving that place "full".

There's also this one gentleman who enjoyed the songs so much that he wanted to sing with us. Since he did not really know how to sing the song we were singing, he requested for us to sing "Amazing Grace" again. He ended up keeping the music sheet and info about our church.

It's just awesome for me to see how God was at move that day. He touched the hearts of the people we were serving as well as all of us as the servant. That day, again I thank God for the gifts that He had given each one of us. For me, and some of the people in the group that day, I know it is the gift of music. For other people in the group, I can clearly see the gift of hospitality, which I don't think I possess. In either case, God can use the gifts He has given us to bring glory to Him when we lift them up into His hands.

Our God is an awesome God!