This morning I went to visit the teak place again with Pastor Don, and had a meeting with 2 others. Got to work out the biz plan, budgetting and all that to see if it can work. Andrew was supposed to come, but he was sick, and can't be found. But anyway it ended all well, and I was so thankful to be able to spend so much time with Pastor Don talking to him in the car, and asking him his stand on christian issues. =) Pastor Don says his shirts never cost above 25 dollars, and his pants about 29 dollars or even less if he buys them from China. God is a God who blesses, but the intention for blessing us is so that we can bless others, not wear a 600 dollars jeans. Yes, but we both conclude that in the end, it is the Lord who will judge, cos we never know from the exterior. We also talked about tongues and how Billy Graham didn't speak in tongues, but God used him mightily too. Hence, whether speaking in tongues is the only outward expression of being filled with the Spirit? Or can it be manifested in other forms?
Yup, and we visited the new halfway house and met his children again too, who are taking piano lessons. Heh. Well, anyway I thot piano lessons are for upper income family, turns out it is about 70-80 per mth per kid, which is alright I guess. And it seems like their family has quite a bit of a balance wrt serving God and yet having a really loving family. Lotsa sharings from him too on churches in India, Nigeria, China where there is a mighty move of God, and ple get healed and miracles abound and all that.
Mentioned that we will be embarking on a house building project, and seems like the halfway hse has open doors in China too, where they have a drug ministry dealing with rehabilitation and prevention from drugs. So there is a possibility that our company team can tie up with his halfway house and build a rehab centre there. Truly sounds good, the part on sustainability, being able to go there again and again on subsequent trips.
Well, yah, anyway everything looks so uncertain, but everyday is an adventure which the Lord will lead us in. =) Its not a series of dos and don'ts or a map toward spirituality. But it is simply just a daily yielding of our lives, cruxifying ourselves, and allowing God to move. Really in the most difficult circumstances, God moves and moulds our hearts. And I am thankful for His wonderful grace to lead me on. On nights sometimes the loneliness and pain will creep up. And I recall how Paul said then how God's grace is sufficient for him. No matter how anointed, how powerful our ministry is, all that is not cos of any human wisdom, but truly how He uses every individual who is imperfect for His glory. Thank You Lord.
Well, u never really know how God chooses to work things out. ;)
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