A little less conversation
2:39 AM |
Really praise God for all the things He has done!!
Today, on msn. One of my contact, Guan Quan told me that he wanted to know more about God. I was taken aback by this, i thought he just wanted to know about christianity. I told him that to know God, it is just by a simple prayer. Amazingly, he said he wanted to say this prayer!! Praise God, he is my second contact after Phoebe to cross the line of faith.
I wanted to call him to say the sinners' prayers together, but, due to his shyness. He is unwilling to let me call him. I couldn't think of a way to say the sinners' prayer with him. I called Andrew, twice and he didn't answer. I began to think of an alternative, i phoned Leslie and thankfully, it connected. He told me not to say the sinners' prayers over msn but to ask him out for a lunch and say it together with him.
I asked him out for lunch. Yes, thankfully, he is willing to come out and meet me for lunch. I was elated. After we have decided to meet for a while, i logged off my account and went to look up for my old friends, Shelia and Crystal for lunch. I was so happy that i cannot even finish the chicken rice, that is served at a rather normal proportion to me, usually. We chat for a while, Shelia and Crystal whine about their project team leader. I was grateful that my team is great, supportive and very willing to work even when i was not around. Sometimes, it just give me a tinkling feeling that i wasn't giving my best efforts which is true to a certain extent. Nonetheless, i am very obliged to work hard for this project and lift some unnecessary burden for my teammates. With my conversation with Shelia and Crystal, i began to realize that, since last year, my life has been undergoing a rather significant transformation. I am more courageous in giving them suggestions on what they can do to maximize the potential of their team members.
After i have lunch with my good old friends, they went back to their labs and i met up with Andrew and Ken. At first, i was afraid that Guan Quan will be frightened of the presence of so many people. When i meet him up, i asked him whether is it alright for my friends to come along. He says, "can." I was relieved. We have lunch together. We talked about certain things and i learn that he is actually very fond of soccer. Andrew chatted to him a few things regarding NCC and from that time on, his heart is opened to Andrew.
We went to the dome and say the sinners' prayers. I was very grateful to God. I had only met him personally once, and other times, we just have conversation in msn. The least did i expect is that he trusted me so much that he shared some of his problems to me, even when we just met each other only once. I am thankful to God that i appear to be trustworthy and credible to him that he is willing to share his life openly. We prayed for him, talk to him regarding certain matters in Christianity and we went to the library to have a little 'quiet time'.
I introduced to him Phoebe, Xue Lian and Xing Xing. He reminded me of myself in the past, he is so shy that it is relatively difficult for him to have a conversation with them. He studied and we talked and i realize that we need to have a little less conversation or we will distract him from studying.
I was very moved by God for the things He has done to Guan Quan. He wanted His creations to come to know Him that He will resort to His means to make the people want to come and know Him. His love is so great of a Father that no matter how little faith we have in Him, He will always find a way to make it happen so that we can feel His love. In this case, which is letting a shy contact open his heart to me when it seems virtually impossible for a shy person to open up their life to a stranger.
Romans 8:38-39
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.