Yippee!
My dear brother-in-law sent me to work today and I arrived an hour early!! MEH hEH heH...
We enjoyed a great conversation on our journey to my workplace and we spotted a lot of roosters "hanging out" near my work place @ the SLF (Singapore Labour Foundation) Building. Ok... it appears that a nice conversation with brother-in-law and roosters "hanging out" sound entirely like 2 different topics... no link... *cricket sounds*
Anyway, I really want to say that I am thankful for all these short but blessed periods time of fellowship with my family members. Two of my friends are now going through a grieving period after the deaths of their close relatives. One of the friends is my JC classmate whose mother passed away while the other is my church friend whose grandfather passed away. I learnt that I've really got to cherish the loved ones around me when they are still alive, and not take them for granted like I often do for we don't know when death might strike our loved ones... or might even strike ourselves...
Last night, my dad also brought to my attention regarding this breaking news where an airplane crashed over the Atlantic. For more information, refer to the web-link below.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/433267/1/.html
Death may strike our loved ones by the most unprecedented manner, causing tumultuous pain and grief, but let us continue to turn our eyes upon Jesus and look to Him for comfort and rest.
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
O soul, are you weary and troubled?
No light in the darkness you see?
There’s a light for a look at the Savior,
And life more abundant and free!
Refrain
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.
Through death into life everlasting
He passed, and we follow Him there;
Over us sin no more hath dominion—
For more than conquerors we are!
Refrain
His Word shall not fail you—He promised;
Believe Him, and all will be well:
Then go to a world that is dying,
His perfect salvation to tell!
Refrain
A chapter in the bible also came to my mind and I used it for devotion this morning. I hope this chapter will come as a comfort and an encouragement to those who have lost their loved ones.
Ecclesiastes 3
1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
11He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
15That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
17I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
18I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Amen.
