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Thursday, December 15, 2005
Thanksgiving #34

Jehovah remembers.....

I will officially be moving to hougang come Feb! It was such a long and tedious process of house hunting that i will really dread it when the time comes for me and my wife (whoever it is) to look for our home. Siong man! And finally thru God's grace we found one tat suits what we were looking for.

Well.. tats not the thanksgiving proper.. thou it is also something worth thanking God for. That the house was the type tat was simple in design, cooling, spacious etc. But most importantly I thank God that the previous owners were Christians.. and furthermore they were from FCBC! haha! Had a nice little chat with the owner. Felt right at ease there!

Well... the thing tat i wanted to thank God is this: While my dad and the owner were talking business, my bro, mom and I were just sitting at the living room talking and my bro just asked my mom a casual question:'I think our furniture wun fit in with the design here. U all (my parents) really want to move the altar here arh?'

The altar tat i have is not just any altar. It is a huge cupboard type altar that has 6 drawers and showcase. It has been with us as long as i can remember... i think it is even older than me! And we (my bro and I) naturally assumed that it would also be here at the new place.

My mom replied and said:' No lah. I think we dun want to be worshipping any God (idols) in this new house.' I replied in disbelieve:' Sure or not? You think Dad will agree meh?'

Mom said:'He was the one who suggested it. A family cannot have two faiths.'

I was stunned.... Lose for words. With tat as if like clockwork my dad called for my mom to join in at the discussion table. Right away i felt the Lord's presence coming over me. And i teared. No one noticed coz i controlled as it would be strange for me to be crying there. But i was touched. The Lord said:'I remember the prayers u made 7 yrs ago. Ur household WILL call me Saviour.'

I was suddenly filled with faith again. Faith to believe that my whole family will come to know God. After so many years of praying for the family and no clear sign of improvement, i had like lost faith in that my parents will come to know God. So much so that even when i prayed for them it was a bit like lip-service. Pray but not truely believing. But now i KNOW that God remembers! And my family WILL know God! I was reminded of the love i felt from God when my bro accepted Christ. I was deeply touched.

And the thing that stuck me was the thing tat my mom said:' A family cannot have two faiths.' By not having the idol altar and saying tat, it means that they are chosing to give up the idols and choosing my faith.. choosing God! Hallelujah!! I will press on to pray and believe that one day they will accept Christ! That the vision God gave me years ago of me hugging my mom at the altar WILL come true!

I thank God for this big move. A move in the physical and a move in the spiritual! Hallelujah!! My household will serve the Lord!!! :)

I pray that this sharing encourages those of us that have parents tat are not believers. I know it is not easy but press on! Coz God remembers every prayer u make, every plea for ur parents to know Him. And as u persevere with prayers, God WILL come thru. Press on!!!!!!! :)

Lionel

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