The weather here in Taipei is almost like Summer! We get 20 degrees these few days. I wear more like in the summer since I am so used to colder weather. I joke that I came from North pole because many around me wear like cold winter.
I will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out in freedom,’
and to those in darkness, ‘Come into the light.’
They will be my sheep, grazing in green pastures
and on hills that were previously bare.
They will neither hunger nor thirst.
The searing sun will not reach them anymore.
For the LORD in his mercy will lead them;
he will lead them beside cool waters.
~ Isaiah 49:9-10 (NLT)
Friday, December 30, 2005
Thursday, December 15, 2005
0089. Faith moments in my life, Part I
[I was asked to wrote something about faith, for ShiLin Zion Church monthly newsletter]
When I look back my life, there are some moments I learned trusting God.
One special moment was my undergraduate study. I decided to leave home for university. I made that decision simply because I never left home for study. Quite honestly, I don't think at that point of my life I understood what I did was a faith walk. Anyways before I left, a friend of mine gave me a verse I treasure dearly:
the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.
~ Psalm 121: 8
With that blessing, I set out for the new chapter of my life. The first thing I planed to do after arriving dorms was finding a place to worship. I didn't know where I could worship before I arrived except I heard there is one chinese church. Well, I did the church hunting with the telephone directory. I opened up the telephone directory and looked for the churches near by my dorm. I went to four different churches on first four Sundays. I didn't have any feeling at all as I went in and out of three churches. But as soon as I walked into the third church, Bethel church, my tears ran out. It was a deepest feeling - I was home. So I stayed at Bethel during the time I was there. I did go to another church once and thought about changing to that church. But I decided not to do so because I never forget the feeling of being home and believed Bethel was the place for me. During those years, it did prove that Bethel was the church God prepare for me. I had wonderful time there with church pastors and members. I learned quite a lot from them, such as hospitality. One thing that engraved in my heart is how God used Sunday sermons to talk to me. I was in the downside of the hill. Those sermons were like God knocking some sense into my head.
An year and half after I finished my undergraduate degree, I applied for local graduate school at home. About three months prior to school year started, I got the notice from the school and asked me to confirm to go. I was afraid at that time. The reason is that I wasn't sure studying was what I supposed to do. The next morning, I think, I had my devotion on Daniel 10, about Daniel's vision. God provided his encouragement to me, first half of the verse 19:
"Do not be afraid, O man highly esteemed," he said, "Peace! Be strong now; be strong."
I was loved by God. Not only "do not be afraid", I also got "peace" to go. Studying wasn't easy. There were several times I had doubts - why was I doing there? Computing science wasn't my favorite dream of profession. I might even have thinking give-up the study at one point. However, this verse always jumped out to stop any negative thought I had. The last year and half my study was the reward. I enjoyed so much the time that I even thought of staying at school. I am so glad that I trusted God's promise to me.
Labels: Life Posted by daikitten (a.k.a CH) at 4:08 a.m. 0 comments
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