I left my laptop in class yesterday - after opened all the tabs to my final report but decided I'd rather socialise and rest than typing report. When I came back, my friend so kindly helped me with my "report".
Following is what he has typed:
Salvation to Revelation - A Testimony In Life
As a child living in the city for most of my life, I have come to realise many things that may seem boring to the average man, but poses a significance to my personal development as a whole. This report is a summary of the life experiences and lessons that I have encountered throughout my life as a children of Earth.
From Day One
One fine morning in the month of February in the year 1991, was the start of life for a curious and soon to be perfectionist. The world has yet to discover what’s installed in the future of it’s well-being. Born in the outskirts of a tropical country in the Southeast-asian region, infused with immense-heat resisting skin; and the tolerance of the near-extinct hornbills of the country’s jewels, a legend was starting to learn to roam this land…
Rebel to Bible
Living in an environment with mostly incense and idols for almost the entity of my current life, it was a funny story of how I met with the Lord. One fine Sunday morning, as I was practicing my daily routine of gardening in my household garden, my neighbour; Madam Kwan, suddenly was in a friendly mood, and we began to converse also immediately. She was talking about how we were neighbours but rarely do we organise neighbourhood activities that bring the community together, so she suggested that we can be the pioneers to change; be the leader in democracy; bring the community closer and united as a whole! This idea was highly inviting, but I rather pluck weeds attacking the bougainvilleas then be part of this ‘revolution’. Sorry, Madam Kwan.
Slowly But Surely
As days;weeks;months past by, I still continued on with my mundane routine of gardening and relaxing my day off before one day realising that there must be something more than just grass and worms in the world we live in, then the vision of community building suddenly came to mind, Madam Kwan.
Out of The ‘Comfort Zone’
Being the introvert-born that I am, I finally picked up courage to go up to Madam Kwan’s house and ring her doorbell to strike up a conversation with her. Just so happen it happens to be her Church’s Cell-Group meeting, despite that, she invited me in with open arms and introduced everyone of her cell-mates to me with an open heart and friendly smile. Then she started to explain what a cell-group meeting is, and how it relates to community building at a neighbourhood level.
The Transformation
From that day on, I’ve started to come for regular gatherings (cell-groups) at Madam Kwan’s. We normally start of with some jolly songs before every meeting and some of the songs were quite fun and catchy once you get the hang of it. We would normally have an ice-breaking session to foster the relationships between the people present and also talk about issues that concern us in the community we live in. I found this rather interesting and much more meaningful than plucking weeds during my spare time and I decided to invest more time into this activity. Occasionally they(the other cell-group members) would also discuss verses in the BIBLE(Basic Information Before Leaving Earth) and they would all discuss and interpret the issues in relation to the social context that we are living in; and surprisingly the solutions are also provided in this magical book (Bible) and the answer was very simple, Love one another.
Reaching Out
As a former weed-puller professional most of my life, I have finally found something worth sharing to others, ‘the Abundant Grace and Love that the Lord has given us’. The sheer excitement of sharing the gospel to others was overwhelming and also exciting at the same time! But nothing is really as simple as it seems, although the Gospel has worked wonders on me, but I have to also acknowledge the diversity of the population and understand that everyone has his/her own purpose in life and although the Gospel is for all to hear, but not all to understand.
Family and Friends
Accepting the Lord as my personal Lord and savior maybe a revelation in my life, but the views of the family may differ… Peer pressure from friends is also an underlying issue in the influence on my mental and physical life with people of the community and also colleagues. Cultural norms of the Chinese friends that I’m close with always have a habit of bashing themselves up, not sure whether to boost one’s self-esteem or just plain negative mindsets. This phenomenon has erupted a fiery encouragement inside of me that must be shared and laid out on the table for all to see.
THEY NEED JESUS!
Amen.
-Anonymous
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Amazing, isn't he?
Oh well, I'm always grateful for him being one of the first few friends I met in university.
Cheers.
