The Little Boy's Dream

Simon went to dinner with his friends to celebrate Chinese New Year. He hasn’t been seeing his friends for more than a year due to the Covid-19 Lockdown. It is a perfect time to catch up during Chinese New Year as it is a festival that is full of joy, gratitude and love. The food was great with eight course dinner with fish, prawns, chicken etc. It supposed to be a happy and relax moments with friends.

The festive mood suddenly got hit with a huge blow when his friend asked him when he would like to purchase a house. It was then that he realised that most of the people that night have already got their own home except himself. Simon politely answered that he wasn’t ready to fork up such a huge sum of money as down payment yet. His friend then commented that it is not productive to have the money sit in the bank due to the low interest rates. Simon thought for a moment and silently agreed with this statement in his mind.

Simon is a religious person and he thanks GOD for everything that he has in his life. But there is this knot at the back of his mind that he couldn’t quite get it untied. He was thinking why didn’t his parents leave him some assets so that he can get a head start in his life. In a way, he was blaming for things that he didn’t have.

That night, Simon went to bed with a heavy heart, seemingly unhappy after the dinner. He had a dream that night. He saw himself as a little baby longing for care and love. Simon was an abandoned child and he never experienced fatherly and motherly love in his childhood. But in the dream as he was crying for help, he noticed those people that were always there for him since he was born. His grandmother, adopted mother and aunt were there in his dream. It was then that he recalled that he was actually been taken care of since day one he was born. GOD has never abandoned him and instead sent three angels to take care of him in the absence of his biological parents. He praised the Lord for what He has provided throughout his life.

It is easy to blame others every time we come face to face with challenges in life. Our tendency to focus on the negative has distracted us away from all the good stuffs that we have enjoyed all the while. It’s important to count our blessing every day, the more we do it, the more we realise how lucky we are. It’s good to be alive and enjoy every moments no matter good or bad.

Today I Write My First Song

A historic day for me, today I write my first ever song! Hope this will be my first stepping stone into the world of music. Need to generate more positivity to the world through music. Especially in an uncertain time like this, all of us need more faith, hope and spiritual support to face the ever changing challenges each day.

Lyrics of the song:

You're the only one That we all lean on You're my mountain Perched above it all There is no other Coz you're the only one........mm There's no one above you I know because I believe You'll always be there, til the end of time You'll be there for us No matter where we are And we'll be stronger With you by our side There is no other Coz you're the only one.......oh yea There's no one above you I know because I know You'll always be there, til the end of time When everything has ended, you still be there You're the one and only, til the end of time

The New Normal Sunday

In the past, I'll be getting ready to drive 20 minutes from home to attend the 10.30am service at church. I'll be turn on radio via wifi to listen to my favourite Malaysian radio station 988 while driving. This time is also my favourite segment which the DJ broadcasts all the classic old songs from the 80s and 90s.

Fast forward to today when the whole of Melbourne is still in Stage 4 Restriction Lock Down, I'm sitting at home eating my breakfast, typing these words, watching the rain drops dripping from the leaked gutter above me and of course still listening to my favourite station, currently playing the classic from Anita Mui. I'll be attending online worship in a short while.

How life has changed overnight due to Covid-19. Churches are empty and everyone is worshiping from home. At least there is no more excuse not to go to church on Sunday! Well there is always some people managed to come up with creative excuse every now and then.

All the GOD fearing Christians believe that the universe's every moves is being pre-planned by the Great Almighty. Therefore let's take this opportunity of more time that is made available to us during this pandemic and ponder upon this question: 'What is GOD's plan in all this?"

The excuse of not attending church is now being taken away from us as we can worship through internet from home. Unless someone come up with a lame excuse that his/ her computer broke down every Sunday morning! So no more excuse and we have to face GOD out in the open now. If anything, I think we now have the rare opportunity of being frank with ourselves and sincerely get to know GOD during this trying times. Ask Him what He wants from you out of this pandemic. There must be a reason why we suddenly have so much time at our disposal.

For me, the message I get is that I need to share my spiritual experience and that's why I'm writing this post now. We have to allocate this time fully to GOD. There are so many ways we can do that. We can sing and worship Him, we can fully immerse ourselves in the Bible, we can listen to sermon online, we can express our gratitude by listing all the good things around us on a piece of paper, we can refrain from having a bad feeling to anyone during this time and so much more. It is really not much to ask considering that we only reserve one Sunday morning to Him. If all the above is too hard for you, then at least stop thinking about your work, hobbies or entertainment during this time. Just find yourself a nice and quiet place to sit down and meditate. Use this precious moment to calm yourself down and just enjoy the wonderful experience while meditate to focus on GOD.

Don't waste this free time that is now available to us. Use it wisely. Don't ask what you want, ask what He wants instead. Happy Worship!

The Lost Envelope

We were on the way home from a visit with family in another state when I found it. I was pumping gas when I noticed a dirty, bulky envelope on the ground. I grabbed it, dirt and all, and looked inside. To my surprise, it contained one hundred dollars.

One hundred dollars that someone had lost and who at that very moment was possibly frantically searching to find. I gave our phone number to the attendants at the gas station in case anyone came back looking for it. But no one ever called. 

Someone had that money and lost it. Earthly treasure is often like that. It can be lost, stolen, or even squandered. It can be lost in bad investments or even in a monetary market over which we have no control. But the heavenly treasure we have in Jesus - a restored relationship with God and the promise of eternal life - isn't like that. We can't lose it at a gas station or anywhere else.

That's why Christ told us to store up "treasure in heaven" (Matthew 6:20). We do that when we become "rich in good deeds" (1 Timothy 6:18) or "rich in faith" (James 2:5) - lovingly helping others and sharing Jesus with them. As God leads and empowers us, may we store up eternal treasure even as we anticipate our eternal future with Him.

Source: Our Daily Bread

Story by Dave Branon

Such a great reminder to all of us to stay away from the temptation of the materialistic world which we find ourselves surrounded by in today's society. It's so true that money comes and go and we will never have possession of it forever. But the good things that we do will be registered in our lives' record forever. Go on and help someone today. It can be as simple as just listening to someone who is encountering personal problems.