calling on You~

there is indeed a beauty in the English Language.

as I read blogs and as I read books, the way people express so many things in their own words is quite inspiring. and I guess in a way, we are all so enamoured by the language and how our words reflect our feelings and most importantly, ourselves.

on a lighter note, I wanted to blog about our day in church yesterday.

I wanted to share how thankful I am that I was and am able to call upon God as my healer and my provider. on sat night I was having this terrible headache, and it actually troubled me all the way to sunday morning. it was pounding away and I felt quite terrible. but I prayed and prayed. I just talked to Him and asked Him to heal me and to let me feel well. and that I won't have to resort to taking panadol as I had to take my anti-malarial pills later. the sporadic pounds followed me all the way to church. and I kept praying and praying. calling upon Jesus as my healer, my Jehovah Rapha.

and He really did heal me. on hindsight, it was quite amazing the way things happened. the mission-trippers had fund raising that day. and somehow, right before I set up the fundraising booth with judith, the headache went away. and I didn't even realise it was gone until I had worship during service. and of course by then, I was even more assured God will heal me. cause I have always believed that worship has healing properties. whenever I have like headaches or stomachaches, I will just pray while worshipping, singing songs to Him, and the pain will always go away. and what's more, healing will also come through the Lord's supper that we have every sunday. the wine which symbolises the very blood of Jesus, for His word says by his stripes we are healed.

and, I really experienced the mighty ways in which God provides. at first the fund-raisin started off very slowly. we had only one person who supported us. and we were like sitting around. and as I was sitting there, I just told Him, "Lord, besides knowing You as my healer, can I also call upon Your name as our provider?" and of course He said yes. haha. and the amount of people He brought our way was just amazing. Lots of people just turned up to support us and some even donated funds so very willingly. and the most inspiring thhing was how there was one lady who went around introducing her friends to us and to encourage them to support us!

it was really joyful to see the family of God coming together and helping one another out. and! the guys in our cell actually helped us to sell the chocs and waited patiently for us to have lunch after service.=)

God, You are good indeed. and I pray we'll not keep our mouths shut, but instead out of the joy in our hearts, we'll continue to proclaim of Your goodness and Your faithfulness to us!=)

P.S- even though cell took an hour to decide on where to go for lunch and to finally sit down to have lunch, and even though it was only Carl's Junior, I appreciate just being able to be together. haha. and to roll our eyes at one another and remark how it's always so difficult traveling in a big group and yet still always willing to go together to places.;)