24th Nov – had good day with son and his friend, showing them around a bit of Singapore. They love the food, of course.<\/p>\n
25th Nov – will be meeting up with family from Johor this morning. Looking forward to seeing Mum, brother and sisters. I remember how my Mum was illiterate but used to ask me lots of science questions when I started schooling, especially on my science books. It might have sparked an interest in me to described to her all that I was learning when I was in primary school. Later when I came to know the Lord in my late teens, I asked church people to help teach her some Mandarin so she can read and write. it was through that by which she came to know the Lord Jesus as they taught her Mandarin through the Bible as a text. Even today, my Mum is curious about all things and would read the newspapers for information and current affairs. She loved reading now that she knows how to read.<\/p>\n
It is important to honour our parents. My earthly father has gone on to be with the Lord years ago and has progressed in the Spiritual World into various other things. He was met by grandma when he died and spent some time inthe Intermediate realm before progressing onwards in Christ (he was born again before he passed on and I had baptized both him and my mother in the Straits of Johor). Apparently, my grandma had some knowledge of Christ through missionaries whom she met. It is interesting how honouring our parents have to do with health and long life on earth (Ephesians 6:1-4). The main connection is the love of God (and God’s love is also God’s life and God’s light – love, life and light are three aspects of the same spiritual substance). When we love our parents and respect them, it helps us also to grow in love towards God and to all our fellow human beings. We must grow in our love to those who are our flesh and blood and then all other flesh and blood around us. This does not mean that we agreed with them or condone anything that they might have done outside of God’s Will; it just means that we learn to tap on unconditional love. God’s love to us is unconditional. We might not have the opportunity to talk to all our flesh and blood and be able to sit down with them but we must always feel God’s unconditional love in our hearts for each of them. It is through such that we grow in love. Growing in love is not a airy fairy ethereal concept. It is the practical willingness to give out love to those who are placed in front of us – to love them with God’s love. Of course, the first place to start is always to love our parents. In doing so, we place ourselves in position to receive God’s life and God’s light.<\/p>\n
Papa God, we pray for all our spiritual family and loved ones. We pray for each of them that you would help each to love their parents and to honour them through your impartation of love upon them. Help each one to move into unconditional love so that they can be more like You, Father God. To be like You is our destiny and we all need to start even on earth. Energize Your love into each one of our loved ones, friends and partners, students and members of Your church in Jesus Name. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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