A few more hugs and whisper " Gluvm "

Pakcik, my neighbour is about 77 years old. Most of the time he is alone at home.In our neighbourhood, he has two friends that will take him out for teh tarik. Mr Yau,another elderly Chinese man and myself.For the past month I was outstation and Mr. Yau has gone to Canada for visit. He has not been out of his house for the last two weeks. His legs are not strong so he doesn't go out by himself. He fell a couple of time.
Yesterday, we went out to One Utama. He had walking stick and chendol and I had Johor Laksa and a new phone. Ya, I lost my phone again. So if you sms -please identify, ok?
In our conversation yesterday, he talked about God giving him time now for repentance of the bad things he had done when he was younger. I kept assuring him that God loves him a lot, alot more, than my love and care for him. I shared with him that love and justice was accomplished at the cRoss, when Jesus became our KORBAN - sacrifice.He was listening - I know he understands about KORBAN. I have encouraged him to talk to God - the Father , many times.
Another miracle - he did not smoke during the 4 hours we were together.He was laughing when I mentioned that to him.
Back at my house, we had Earl Grey Tea. I passed him his 2 roti boy,1 bar of chocolate and 2 bananas as I walked him back to his house. I gave him a few more hugs and whisper to him "God loves you very much."

Redeeming lost time

I have been staying with a friend and his family in Setiawan for more than a week now. He had two fantastic children whom I have grown to love very much. I feel and i think I am family now.
We watch 'I am not stupid 2'. Fantastic show. You can laugh so hard and weep quietly in the same sitting.

This pastor and I got to know each other way back during the Morris Cerullo Meeting in Singapore in the earlier 80s.
For the past 20 years we get to bump into each other a few times, hear and there, had some good laughs and say bye-bye.

During this past week we had time for many breakfasts, lunches, dinner and tea time.
We chatted about many things, "preach to one another over the tea table with his wife as the other member of the congregation", we gave altar calls for one another to respond, we laugh, we pray, we wept together.

At the bus stand, we talked our friendship and redeeming lost time. We have not been intentional in our friendship and it was one reason that there were times we had to go through valleys alone. We affirmed that truly closed friends are discovered in times of trouble.

When will you be back? - he asked as he lifted the bags up for me in the bus.
Soon, very soon.

Getting out of the hole together.

May [ Joash's special ] send me an sms.

Love and friend are walking in village.Love falls into a hole. WHY? Bcoz love is blind. Friend also jumps inside. WHY?
Friend will do anything for Frenship...

I wrote in a previous post about "close friends". Friends that are not close and not friends. So who are close friends?
When you get into troubles close friends will also move in with you.

i wonder if she read my blog??

Hopefully they will get out of the hole/trouble ... and they will also discover new things together on the way out of the hole

Weeping with those who weep and rejoicing with those who rejoice. True communion.
But vey few want or can share their weeping, so we miss the opportunities to rejoice together.

p/s
In Kampung Setiawan there is a river side Malay Mamak - good nasi lemak and one of the best roti chanai.This morning the next table asked us to give up the two packets of nasi lemak on our table. We have paid for it to tapow [take away], but we gave it to them anyway. Seeing others happy in such "cheap and simple' way is just wonderfully ......HUMAN.

That's all I ask.

When I havc family I can feel God. He says.

His father disappeared from home when he was about 8 years old. Mother has to go somewhere else to work. So he is left with grandmother and uncle to take care. He felt the love of his grandmother and uncle. When grandmother died he was sad but he shed no tears outwardly. But he felt the pian inwardly for a long time. He had a good relationship with his uncle, but things changed when his uncle got married and he was asked to leave the house.

I have no family,no home. He says

He stays alone in a house his mother bought for him.
He says:
I wake up every morning in am empty house and I return home every everning to an empty house.
I wish to have my own home, my wife and my family. That's all I want, that's all I ask.

When I have my family, I can feel God and His Love.

Close friends??

What is the value/feeling of seeing someone smile; someone who has not been able to do it for one whole year, 12 months, 365 days,...hours?
I am hoping and praying that it will be the beginning of many many returns of the sense of joy, the slow elimination and eradication of long term depression and fear, and the beginning of new confidence in life and living.

To be able to be part of such a restoration of life is awesome - to an individual and to a family. To hear once again the sound of laughter and the delightful experience of new found friendship.

I realised that true friendship will always be tested and proven.

Do you have friends as you are going through this? i asked
Yes, but not close.

If they are not close, how can they be friends?
Ya hoh.!!!

How can we get close?
When one gets into trouble and the other move in together..

Cheers to new found trouble and true friendship.