update on grandma ...

Hi people, here’s an update on my grandmother. It's been about a week since she's been down with this facial muscle disorder known as "Bell's Palsy". She is still having difficulties accepting it but I thank God that He has been working in her life through this.

My family got together on a Sunday and asked for her permission to allow us to pray for her. Being a staunch Buddhist, or so she claims, she has never liked the idea of us praying for her or anything to that extent. But to our pleasant surprise, she didn’t utter a single word of disagreement but instead allowed us to pray for her. God was definitely at work. The day after, I went down to visit her. Managed to chat with her quite a bit and understand the situation she is in and told her that a few people in church might be coming down to visit her. Then she mentioned something which I never thought I’d hear from her. She said, "You all Christians very caring hor... Maybe one day I’ll become one too." Imagine the joy I was feeling at that point of time. I never expected her to say those words. Then just a few days later, when we went over to my gramp's house for dinner and just before we were about to leave, managed to talk to her again. Told her that we'll be keeping her in prayer, also mentioned that my church's youth group prayed for her too. Soon after I told her all those, she said something like, "When I recover, I’ll consider going to church and thank God." Btw, she can speak fluent English. Ya.

Through all these, I could really see that God is really playing a major role in this area. My prayers night after night has been for the salvation of my grandparents. For almost 6 years, I’ve been praying for them and the Lord finally opened up this opportunity for us to share about God's love, grace and mercy to her. I came to see that though at times things may not happen the way you want it to. God has something planned behind all those trials. And behind every trial comes an important lesson He wants us to learn from. We might not be able to go through it alone, and that's where our brothers and sisters in Christ come in, to walk along side you, with God watching over us. Did my quiet time today and it happen to be in relations to helping one another.

Galatians 6:2 says, "Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ."

I think we ought to do so because in our walk with God, there's definitely going to be ups and downs, and showing our care and concern to our fellow bros and sis might seem like a small thing but the one whose burden is being shared would feel the acceptance and love of others. And would continue walking through this difficult time in light that God is still there. I really like to thank God for placing all these bros and sis is Christ in my life and for them to constantly encourage and remind me that God has never left me. I really appreciate it. Thank you so much.




cheer up lance (:
-ciA*