Last Tuesday night, I went to the Ikea Store, hoping to buy a couple of tables for my new staffs who are joining us this week.
I went there around 8.30pm and started shopping around for tables as well as some other furnishings that might make my office a little cosier.
Feeling hungry I went to their restaurant on the 2nd floor. There I left my 30Gb ipod which I bought 5 weeks before and my wallet containing my personal cards and documents and approximately S$200 cash.
By then, it was near closing time and I remember going into the washroom and proceeded to the checkout counter.
As I had gotten back over S$30+ change when I bought my dinner, I didn't dig into my back pocket when I boarded the cab. However, only after I alighted from the taxi did I realised the horrifying fact that my ipod and wallet are not with me!
I started calling Ikea's main line, hoping to speak to the operator but it was already closed for the day. Soon, the more I pondered about it, the more panicky I got. When I reached home, I started calling the cab company as well in case it dropped somewhere in the back seat without me noticing. All these attempts were futile. I decided to make a police report to record what happened.
Praise be to God that in the midst of the panicking, I remembered my pastor's refrain of the verse in the gospels to "Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid".
I stopped everything I was doing and prayed for the Lord's intervention. At the same time, I chose to NOT let my heart be troubled but continue to abide in His shalom. My Prince of Peace will see me through.
Reality is that keeping my heart from worrying is the toughest thing I have to do, cos it's against the fallen nature to not worry. But everytime I catch myself worrying, I reminded myself with His Word. His Word is TRUTH!
I asked the Lord to do the impossible- to help me retrieve ALL my lost items - even though I know the chances are next to none that I'll be able to recover them, at least not the ipod and my money. Still I refused to entertain such faithless thoughts, though many times I knew it was futile.
The next morning I was vocalizing that God is faithful but honestly, I felt it was a 'gone-case'.
I was in my crisis management mode and started calling the banks to cancel my cards and made preparations for replacement of my identity cards etc. I decided to go back to Ikea early to check, before they officially open their doors for business.
When I reached there, I spotted a security guard who directed me to their command centre. There, the duty supervisor said they found the wallet and had activated their entire night shift crew to wait at the check-out counters, approaching every possible person to ask their they are "Kevin".
By the time the last customer left, they decided to hand over all the lost and found items, including my ipod and wallet to the nearby police station. The guard tasked to hand over to the police had in fact left just 20 mins before I arrived at Ikea!
What joy I had. It overwhelmed me totally to see how faithful Jesus is, even when I was not so trusting.
Long story short, I got back everything I misplaced, yes, including my ipod and my cash and everything in my wallet. Except that I had to pay for my replacement bank cards....
If only I trust fully in His protection, if only I remember that I am abiding under the shadow of The Almighty...
Praise the Lord!
Thursday 15 February 2007
Tuesday 6 February 2007
The Original CuppyCake Song
This is not along the usual threads but just something I thought was very cute. The girl, Amy Castle was only 3 years old back in 1994 but she was very adorable.
Hope you like it. I did and even saved her song onto my mobile phone as a ringtone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Z6pWhM6TA
Hope you like it. I did and even saved her song onto my mobile phone as a ringtone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Z6pWhM6TA
Tuesday 23 January 2007
Jesus supplies ALL my needs!
God is so good!
Bible says "the love of money is the root of all evil". But the devil subtly changed it to "money is the root of all evil". It is this wrong phrase that has perpetrated into our way of life when preachers/believer friends/ and people of the world quote without reading carefully from the bible!
And because of this, many Christians (many of whom even hold the offices of deacons, elders and pastors) believe that it is God's will that they should "suffer for the Lord" in their poverty.
Well, all these are lies! God has already suffered and sacrificed, once for all! He died a poor man that we may inherit His inheritance. (He was recorded to have only a piece of purple clothing without seams which the soldiers gambled for).
I too have fallen victim to this lie but it was only in recent years that I was shown the truth! I know I am rich, not the "you'll get your rewards in heaven" kind of spiritual riches but earthly, material, carnal riches as well, for the bible says, just as He is (seated at the Father's right hand in all glory and splendour) so are we in this world!
The Lord revealed to me His plans to make us rich, the importance of tithing to bless and sanctify our income and that "He has given us the power to get wealth".
Recently, I began to worry that money wasn't enough for the coming festivities and bills and things I want to buy etc. I was quickly reminded by the Holy Spirit to "take no thought for tomorrow" and "let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid". I thanked God for the truth in His word and felt led to even tithe another portion of my money (although I've tithed already for the month).
Hey hey hey, what do you know? The Lord blessed the works of my hands and for the month of Dec 2006, I achieved the highest sales figures without even realising it! I got the highest commission in the company ever. It was like a big fat bonus to pay for all the things I need to buy and still have enough for the things I want to buy. Praise the Lord!
It is impossible that the Lord whom you worship, Who owns the cattle of a thousand hills, Who heals the multitudes freely and unconditionally when He was walking on earth 2000 years ago, will allow His people today to live in poverty and sickness.
Remember, He healed all who came to Him to be healed. There were no conditions set before these multitudes-prostitutes, tax collectors, the diseased, the blind, the lame etc. Grace was freely given to one and all. Only the self-righteous Pharasees and religious teachers who boasted of their own self effort couldn't get healed.
Know Jesus in His FULL glory. He didn't save us just so we'll go to Heaven when we die. He gave us MUCH more!!!
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Bible says "the love of money is the root of all evil". But the devil subtly changed it to "money is the root of all evil". It is this wrong phrase that has perpetrated into our way of life when preachers/believer friends/ and people of the world quote without reading carefully from the bible!
And because of this, many Christians (many of whom even hold the offices of deacons, elders and pastors) believe that it is God's will that they should "suffer for the Lord" in their poverty.
Well, all these are lies! God has already suffered and sacrificed, once for all! He died a poor man that we may inherit His inheritance. (He was recorded to have only a piece of purple clothing without seams which the soldiers gambled for).
I too have fallen victim to this lie but it was only in recent years that I was shown the truth! I know I am rich, not the "you'll get your rewards in heaven" kind of spiritual riches but earthly, material, carnal riches as well, for the bible says, just as He is (seated at the Father's right hand in all glory and splendour) so are we in this world!
The Lord revealed to me His plans to make us rich, the importance of tithing to bless and sanctify our income and that "He has given us the power to get wealth".
Recently, I began to worry that money wasn't enough for the coming festivities and bills and things I want to buy etc. I was quickly reminded by the Holy Spirit to "take no thought for tomorrow" and "let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid". I thanked God for the truth in His word and felt led to even tithe another portion of my money (although I've tithed already for the month).
Hey hey hey, what do you know? The Lord blessed the works of my hands and for the month of Dec 2006, I achieved the highest sales figures without even realising it! I got the highest commission in the company ever. It was like a big fat bonus to pay for all the things I need to buy and still have enough for the things I want to buy. Praise the Lord!
It is impossible that the Lord whom you worship, Who owns the cattle of a thousand hills, Who heals the multitudes freely and unconditionally when He was walking on earth 2000 years ago, will allow His people today to live in poverty and sickness.
Remember, He healed all who came to Him to be healed. There were no conditions set before these multitudes-prostitutes, tax collectors, the diseased, the blind, the lame etc. Grace was freely given to one and all. Only the self-righteous Pharasees and religious teachers who boasted of their own self effort couldn't get healed.
Know Jesus in His FULL glory. He didn't save us just so we'll go to Heaven when we die. He gave us MUCH more!!!
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