Esther's Secret Visitor
Esther was six years old and lived in a tiny country in Asia callled Brunei. She lived with her father and mother and sister. Her sister was "autistic," which means that she was very sick and had trouble e talking. Sometimes, Esther's sister would yell or hit or do strange things. Esther herself was a pretty wild child too! Her teachers thought she was rebellious and loud and out of control. Esther had trouble sitting still for even one minute.
For Esther's parents, raising Esther and her autistic sister was very, very difficult. Sometimes her mother and father just wanted to give up!
They never had peace or quiet.
Then one normal day, as Esther's mother was driving Esther and her sister home as usual from grocery shopping, her mother noticed a very strange thing. There was absolutely no noise coming from the back seat of the car where Esther and her sister were sitting!
"Oh My!" Thought Esther's mother. "I wonder if something terrible has happened to my girls!"
This was because the two girls would usually be in the back seat of the car yelling, hitting, fighting, and generally making a mess of everything! They would make so much noise! But today, they were totally silent! What was wrong?
Esther's mother looked into the rear-view mirror and saw an odd thing - both girls were just sitting quietly and smiling. Now, for some families, it isn't odd for such a thing to happen, but for there two girls it was not only strange...it had never happened before!
When they got home, Esther's mom watched the girls very, very carefully. Still, they remained quiet.
Esther's mom finally turned to Esther (because Esther's autistic sister could not talk well) and asked,"Esther, are you okay?"
Sure, mommy," answered Esther.
"Esther. Did something happen to you and your sister just now in the car?"
"What, mommy? Like what?"
"I don't know! Anything...You look so...so strange...?"
Esther smiled.
She was quiet for a while, then she said,"But mommy, didn't you see him?"
"Him? Who?"
"Jesus!"
"Where?" asked Esther's mother. Was Esther just making up a story? Esther was wild, noisy, even rebellious, but she never told lies to her mother. What was going on?
"In the car, mommy! You looked in the mirror right at him. Didn't you see him?"
"No, I didn't." Esther's mother was suspicious. She didn't see Jesus. COuld Esther be making this up? "So what did he look like?"
"He had all white on. He had a bearch...and...he was shining like a light..."Esther's mother thought that Esther was just making the story up from books she'd seen in church.
"And what did he say?" asked Esther's mother.
"He siad something I didn't understand," Esther replied. " He said,'Esther, give me your heart.'"
"And?"
"But mommy, I can't take off my shirt? I can't do that kind of thing. I can't just take my heart out and open it and give it to him!" said Esther, sounding upset. She was almost crying.
Esther though she had to somehow reach in and take her heart out and give it to Jesus! Her mother laughed becuase that sounded like her daughter! Her mother knew Esther was not making the story up. This was not a usual Sunday School story!
"So what did you say?"
Esther was upset. "Then Jesus just laughed and laughed. He said,'Well, Esther, if you can't do that, can you just come closer to me?'"
"I said, 'Sure Jesus. No problem.' Mother I can do that, can't I? And i moved closer to him. Then he put his one arm around me and the other around sister."
"Then?"
"That's it. It felt really nice. Suddenly, i felt nice. Even sister became quiet."
After that day when Esther had a secret visitor, she has grown up into a wonderful young girl. Esther has even sat through long meetings without even moving about. Esther really did have a secret visitor that day.
Esther's mom and dad were also encourage by the unique visitation. A sign that He was in they lives and He would take of their children.
When I heard this testimony from Joe Ozawa in his visits around the world, it strangely dawn on me that Jesus knew our every cry and prayer. That He knew when He would answer them, when it was just right for Him to reveal Himself or His purposes.
Jesus is really interested in our everyday lives and our every concern.
May you and I never miss His strange and untimely visitation, each time He shows up.
PsD
Congregation meeting on 5th June
Congregation meeting was one that refreshed my spirit. As Pastor Eve shared about her testimony about praying blessings into the life of her colleague, I reflected and realized that indeed as long as we do our part to be a blessing to someone, to pray or even share Christ, God is already working among and within us.
There are times where I felt really dejected why I could not be that vessel for God to use and bring people to church, but through this I was reaffirmed that so long as I give my best to glorify God in my actions, He is pleased. Pastor Danny also gave some pointers regarding Faith, which is the focus of the meeting. As I pray and seek God to renew that faith in my heart, especially in the area of my family, He spoke and said,” take my hand and follow me.” It was simple sentence yet I struggled at the first instance! But as I reflect on the way home, I answered a firm ‘yes’ as I know that everything will only fall in place when we choose to follow God and give in to Him.
Liangming sent this SMS a few weeks ago that goes like this:
Fear imprisons, faith liberates.
Fear paralyzes, faith empowers.
Fear disheartens, faith encourages.
Fear sickens, faith heals.
Fear makes useless, faith makes serviceable.
Most of all, fear puts hopeless at the heart of life while faith rejoices in God.
Love,
kriss.
healing in my jaw
I used to have bad digestive problems in the past until I realised in sec 3, that the cause of it was because I had a jaw problem. Dentist said that I wasn’t able to put on braces as my case was a serious one. I was then referred to an orthodontist.
During my first visit at the orthodontist in Jan 2008, he said that my case was a very complicated one and I needed to go for operation. I took X rays and was scheduled for an operation in Jan 2009. I started off with braces first as my teeth needed to be straight first before I was able to go for the operation. It was said that my jaw would be more emphasized after my teeth are being straightened. Still, my parents committed me to the Lord and believed that a miracle would happen. I told God that no matter what, operation for me is a No.
By September 2008, my teeth were completely straight already. There was improvement in my jaw as compared to previously. My orthodontist was amazed but still, he said that if I’d stop improving, then I may want to consider going for the operation due in another 4 months.
However, God is awesome! My jaw continued to have vast improvements under the treatment of my orthodontist. I was asked to put on rubber bands in my mouth in order to move my jaw to the left since it’s crooked to the right. The treatment was an uncomfortable yet encouraging one as I see the hands of God upon me. By December 2008, my jaw was totally straightened but both the upper and lower jaw still wasn’t able to meet. By December, my orthodontist was very pleased with my improvement and said that I no longer need to undergo operation. Hence, operation plans was cancelled. Healing still continued with constant prayers. By May, I was able to have a perfect bite and my jaw is now completely healed!
I was the first miracle case to my orthodontist. He said that it was near impossible that such a complicated case like mine is able to avoid operation. Little did I know that my orthodontist’s a Christian too. I believe that it wasn’t by mere coincidence that I was referred to him. I believe that God was using his hands to heal me. Praise God! God truly answers prayers!
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