o what a wonder, a wonder You are
to save somebody like me
o what a wonder,
Jesus – what a wonder You are (:
returning from church camp, recovering from the last-day-of-camp loss of sleep tiredness, a good 3 hours rest on the comfy sofa of home; frozen youghurt from the fridge never tasted so good. the theme of the camp Dead or Alive？ still lingering at the foremost of my mind, the verses that had struck me across the whole duration – stretching from a day spent at NTU investigating crustaceans (oh! Ostracoda!) to two days before the departure overseas.
it struck me what a wondrous king Jesus was – and what it meant to acknowledge Him as king; it meant to give every part of ourselves to Him, our thoughts and plans and every ounce of our being. It struck me too that He was a servant king, who considered us more than himself, that He should give His life up for us. and i was thoroughly touched, though my words now betray me as they fail to materialize (must be the fatigue i say i say!)
and at that peak of loving God and wanting to spread the Gospel, i tried to call a number of people later on; but to no avail ): i’m wondering why though. oh well.
to the mission’s team; jia you ba! and may God bless You richly and bless the people of Thailand richly through you. sorry i couldn’t be there at 5 a.m. ): was stranded in some place somewhere in Pasir Ris, and there was no transport out.
but other than that. glad to be back.
—
i can’t help though, but feel bad about last night. in the midst of the last night madness of the camp and sheer fatigue, i forgot to wish the people who meant a lot to me off. ): granted i gave John and Kenneth a short prayer call..but i forgot to do the same for peeps like Emil and Fab (and many others). in desperation (of course), i sought to make amends by sending a short text message at around 0600. but haha i assume it didn’t make it in time. oh well. Alex wanted to give me a lift at about 0400 in the morn to the airport, I did manage to pull myself out of bed (rather…sleeping bag), but only to find that the place was too inconvenient for his dad to pick me up. oh well.
i’ll miss you guys. hope you have a blessed time. and forgive me for having forgotten to send you all off with a prayer.
—
but i guess this guilt’s a good thing too – if it’s going to spur me on to remember you guys all the way for the next few days, even while one tours the many faces of Japan. so yes, you have one more prayer warrior here on your side, thank God. (:
—
i toured the old mission trip posts today. and found that i’m missing KK quite badly.
i wish i could join you all. but God had His purposes I guess.
take care.
