Communion on Tuesday, 4 Sept

On 21st August, Canon had graciously agreed and celebrated communion for my family, cell group and friends before my first chemotherapy on 22nd August.

On 4 September, Canon Tong had again graciously agreed to celebrate communion again before my 2nd chemotherapy on 5th September.

During this session, the word shared is from Mark 8:22-26 (NASB)

²² And they came to Bethsaida. And they brought a blind man to Jesus and implored Him to touch him. ²³ Taking the blind man by the hand, He brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?” ²⁴ And he looked up and said, “I see men, for I see them like trees, walking around.” ²⁵ Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly. ²⁶ And He sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”

I was trying to take note of all that Canon Tong was saying from these passages but alas I sort of gave up because I could not note everything while trying to concentrate on what he said.

What I could gathered were these:

1. The massage is timing because there are those in COR who are ill.
2. In the passage, the man was not immediate heal as oppose to the other miracles where those who were healed by Jesus was heal completely and immediately.
3. We should take encouragement that healing is a process and that it can take a while. In this case, the Lord had to pray a second time
4. Therefore, we need to persevere as healing is in the Lord's hand and that is something that we have to exercise.

This reminded me of what I had shared with Josie concerning asking for healing.  It is easy to ask and pray for healing but it is more difficult to ask God to take sovereignty in our life and let Him have full control. My thought is that once I am yielded to him fully, my life is in His control and thus He decides what He intend for me regardless. In that state however, I would also have full confidence in going to Him and unabashedly ask for healing knowing in faith that he will do what is necessary for me. The part that will be more difficult for people to accept is that God may choose not to heal slowly or not to heal at all but am I going to grouse about it? No, far be it that I should question the way of God for I have yielded to Him.

This does not mean that I do not pray and seek healing. I do and I ask that God allow me to see Nathan reached the age of 21. Why 21? Well, that is just a number that I look forward to and when that happens, my heart will be so full of gratitude and praise for God that nothing would be able to contain it for truely I will sing and shout of the mercies and grace of the Lord.

In the past, I live everyday without much thought about Jesus except when there is a need. Now, every new day I see the glory of God.

In God I trust.