Friday, August 17, 2007
These small wonders
Sometimes God likes to plant these little wonders in times when you least expected it. Talk about being the Creator. He sure is creative.
First, I bumped into a student that responded to a response slip during Christian Mission Week. Knew this student quite well from Orientation. So i just made a detour en route to COR office and walked with him a bit to just find out how receptive he was to talk more about his response. At that point in time he kinda felt a little awkward but he still managed to be humorous which is a good sign. Then it started to pour really heavily. So I asked him how he intended to go home as I felt it was probably on everyone's mind. He, like the youths of today just said 'Like that lor, I don't know'. Somehow as youths we don't think enough aye.. Totally understand. So anyway I thought it'd be a good time to bless him so I lent him my umbrella claiming that I can go back and get another one. He gratefully accepted it and kinda said he'd return me tmr or something.. (haha, obviously not thinking straight)
Well the truth was that I had no more umbrella left and was prepared to chiong through the rain past the basketball court. I went up the stairs and to my surprise I saw a boy coming down the most unlikely place, the roof of the building next to the baptism pool! Like who would be there at this time? Actually I saw the umbrella before the person. So I just asked him whether he could ferry me across and he kindly agreed. So we had a good start in introduction and here's how it went.
Me: What's your name?
Him: Huh? Uh, Jeremiah.
Me: Nice name. Which church do you go to? (made the intelligent guess that he was a Christian)
Jeremiah: Huh? Don't think you've ever heard of it.
Me: What's the name?
Him: Ceylon Chapel.
Me: Is it at Ceylon Road? (Trying to make another intelligent guess)
Him: No. (Gua gua)
Me: I see. Thank God. He is so faithful.
Him: Amen. (Must be Anglican)
Me: Are you a Christian? (You can never be too sure) Do you believe in God?
Him: Yes. (Probably quite taken aback by my forthcoming questions)
Me: That's cool. Well He's real and He's good. You know I just lent my friend my umbrella and that's why I was without an umbrella. I never expected I'd bump into you and get sheltered through.
Him: Oh, ya. God is good. (I should have said 'All the time')
Me: Amen. Where are you going?
Him: Huh, I'm going home.
Me: Are your parents Christian too?
Him: Ya.
Me: Wow.. What are they doing?
Him: Mom's a secretary, Dad teaches at NTU.
Me: Cool.
This guy also has a younger sis in P5. He sent me to the doorstep of DCB and we parted from there. Real blessing. What I like was how the conversation edified the both of us. And how even as strangers we could discuss so openly about God. Where the Spirit is there is liberty. Amen.
Mantou at 10:32 PM