Bittersweet Sunshine

Bittersweet Sunshine
2017-04-30 17:00:20 (UTC)

God is good ALL the time!

Today I rose very early to prepare two song lyrics PPTs for singspiration, as well as going through some material in preparation for interpreting today's message. However, due to some hiccups, the two PPTs which I spent much time preparing were NOT in the USB I brought to church, but only in the original one I used. I was a bit frustrated for a moment, as it seemed as if all the effort was wasted (including having to wake up early) . But I reminded myself it is MORE important to maintain a quiet spirit that is sensitive to God if we are to sing praise that brings joy to His heart. So doesn't matter, no lyrics PPTs, that's fine. We can use the camp song books which God has so kindly prepared for us in advance!
How do I mean?
Last night I had a sudden thought (an idea) to send a message to our friend who has got the extra camp books. For some reason, I just felt it would be good for him to bring along all the camp books, even though I had no plan to use them today. My initial idea was just to collect the camp books from him so that perhaps we can store them at our place instead, to save him trouble. And see? God in His kindness and wisdom has actually prepared these song books for us, so that we can still sing the two songs even without the lyrics PPT.
And it turned out that not only are there enough song books to share around, (at least two families were absent today, making the total number a bit less than usual), but there is actually an advantage of using the camp books instead of our usual lyrics PPT: for those who know a little bit about music, it is probably more helpful to look at the scores when learning a new song. So it turned out that people (such as the youths) could probably participate even more by looking at the camp books instead.
Really grateful to God for this little encouragement.


After leading singspiration, I had to interpret for today's speaker of the Word. Interpreting is always challenging and yet fulfilling. When I was younger, I had once dreamt of becoming a professional interpreter (for a career) actually. But God is humorous and His ways are interesting in that I did end up having plenty of opportunities to interpret for others, even though I don't do it to make a living, but more of a service. But it is nice to be able to make use of the gifts I have been given, and to keep adding to it through exercising of that gift by His grace. I enjoyed interpreting though sometimes it can be a little stressful. And since it requires high degree of focus and concentration, one often feels very tired after interpreting for a significant period of time. But this kind of tiredness is worthwhile, and highly rewarding.

After our main service, there's sports. I don't usually participate in sports (I can only manage swimming and some slow paced sports such as Tai Chi or yoga etc). But since there are not enough cars/ drivers, I volunteered to go along today despite my physical weakness and fatigue. (It also happens to be the special time of the month that makes us ladies even more tired). But all in all , I think it's nice to be able to have a little more time to fellowship with some of the youths and with our Pastor's wife. We just sat there chatting for hours while we waited for those playing basketball. The weather is a bit cold and windy today, and since I wasn't feeling too well, after a few hours have passed, I was advised to go home first without waiting to the end, coz by now there should be enough cars to take them home. And I did.

So that's my day so far, and I decided to write this entry (though it may seem insignificant to some), because I feel that very often it is in what may seem to be ordinary and mundane that we can see the thoughtful attention God has given to each of us. He is always there for us if we would just pay attention and call out to Him.

Today is special and significant (well, it's the last day of April) , and God knows my heart's desires and that I truly want to honor Him in every way. So all I can do is to write this entry to express my special feelings on this day, becoz God can do what I cannot. Such as to encourage someone who I do not know how else to encourage =)

Have a blessed day!




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