Yay! We made it. One whole weekend, approximately 16 hours in total. I think our behinds grew a bit from sitting and eating.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Friday, October 03, 2008
When it is not the season to work
So yes, I am aware that I do not update my blog as often as some people do - you'd probably know that it's because I do have a day job to keep. Now, what do I write about?
Its exactly 2 months to the big day. But I shan't write about that, coz everyone has had enough wedding stories and heartwarming pictures.
Hmm... Christmas? All I can say right now is that it's kicking in, so anticipate great things. It's going to be great and we just need to put our hearts into it and pray that God's hand works through us. (Although part of me wishes I don't have to co-ordinate it - I do have a wedding coming up smack in the middle of it... patience patience...)
Ok, I've got it.
Recently, 2 friends of mine found out that their unborn baby has a birth defect - something called Congenital Diaphragm Hernia. (Yes yes, go Google it.) Initially, knowing very little about what's happening, it alarmed a lot of us and I didn't really know what to say to my friends or how to pray for their baby. I cried and I avoided talking to them because I knew I would tear up if I spoke to them about it.
When I finally saw them and talked to them about it, I was amazed at how calm they were and how they appear to be unaffected. Their great faith in God who loves and gives only good things was helping them through this trying time. I am greatly encouraged at how they are positive about it and how they are so sure that however things turn out, it will be for good because God is in control and is holding their baby in His hands.
We prayed and prayed for them. I never ceased to cry every time. But I see what it means to have faith in God - it is not a "Christian jargon", it is something one sees in action when times are trying. And I saw faith in action through this. They were affected, of course, there were tears, there was sadness, but they came back to the realization that the God they trust will not fail them.
I know now that however things turn out for them, the baby will be fine and more importantly, live to bear a testimony about how God held her life in His hand and how God assured her parents that everything will be fine and how she survived her birth defect.
I now cry, not because I'm sad or disappointed or bewildered, but because I'm touched and awed to see how when God says He loves His child, He goes all the way for her.
Hmm... Christmas? All I can say right now is that it's kicking in, so anticipate great things. It's going to be great and we just need to put our hearts into it and pray that God's hand works through us. (Although part of me wishes I don't have to co-ordinate it - I do have a wedding coming up smack in the middle of it... patience patience...)
Ok, I've got it.
Recently, 2 friends of mine found out that their unborn baby has a birth defect - something called Congenital Diaphragm Hernia. (Yes yes, go Google it.) Initially, knowing very little about what's happening, it alarmed a lot of us and I didn't really know what to say to my friends or how to pray for their baby. I cried and I avoided talking to them because I knew I would tear up if I spoke to them about it.
When I finally saw them and talked to them about it, I was amazed at how calm they were and how they appear to be unaffected. Their great faith in God who loves and gives only good things was helping them through this trying time. I am greatly encouraged at how they are positive about it and how they are so sure that however things turn out, it will be for good because God is in control and is holding their baby in His hands.
We prayed and prayed for them. I never ceased to cry every time. But I see what it means to have faith in God - it is not a "Christian jargon", it is something one sees in action when times are trying. And I saw faith in action through this. They were affected, of course, there were tears, there was sadness, but they came back to the realization that the God they trust will not fail them.
I know now that however things turn out for them, the baby will be fine and more importantly, live to bear a testimony about how God held her life in His hand and how God assured her parents that everything will be fine and how she survived her birth defect.
I now cry, not because I'm sad or disappointed or bewildered, but because I'm touched and awed to see how when God says He loves His child, He goes all the way for her.
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