My Encounters with God

          For those who knows me and visit my Blogger sure knew that I am a Christian. Someone asked me when I was having a volunteer job to collect recyclable items. "Why are the teenagers nowadays so religious?". Am I religious? I have been asking myself this question and I found an answer. "Believe is God doesn't make me religious, it's being realistic." I am not from a Christian family and I used to believe there are gods including eastern and western gods. All of them living together in heaven above. That's religious. In reality, when I found Jesus Christ, I knew that, this world was created with a single God and that's my God. He is real. That's realistic. Here are some my encounters with God.

FIRST ENCOUNTER

           My first encounter with God was the first time I flipped the Bible myself. During that time I was a teenager who curious with love. What is love? Why love? So I flipped over a Gideon bible. Before that, I said , "God, if You are real and You said that the Bible is the answer of life, I would like to ask You what is love." Then I flipped the Bible and found this:

I was like "Wow! This God is something." This is the answer I seeking for. God is interesting isn't it?

SECOND ENCOUNTER

          This is the time when I was finish my form 5, so called O-level. I have to go to National Service as this is the law of Malaysia. I was afraid, I was scared, I was worried. Why me? This is the reaction of me when I first leaving my hometown to a strange place. I said to God, "O God, I am afraid, give me peace, Lord.". So the second I took out my Gideon bible and search:

So I knew that, God sent me out. This is fun maybe as long as God with me. So I step out my first step of faith of following Him. I had my National Service safely and happily under protection of God. ^_^

THIRD ENCOUNTER

          When I finished my A-level and that time I was 21. I was encourage joining SYM in Penang. That was an awesome experience with God. When I was told to join that by my church leaders, I was moved but I have no money. *Since I am not from a very rich family, and having some financial problem by that time* So they tell me over Penang there will provide me both food and hostel and I was happy to hear that. So I joined. The nightmare started when I reached Penang. They told me they won't provide me any of food or hostel. Haha! This is CRAZY MAN!!! By counting the money I left, I only able to barely stay alive for that. One day, I was told to have a mission trip to Sabah and air ticket will be pay by yourself. I totally collapse. I cried and can't sleep well. It's RM400 and I got no. I can't sleep well and I told my pastor with that. My pastor comforted me and gave me a verse:

Well, we fasted and pray together. I said, "Lord, if You bring me to this, then bring me through this.". So in the very next morning, I received a call from dad and said that he just sent me RM400. I was stunned for a second. I asked him where he got the money and he just smiled and hung up the phone. I was so touched. Soon my church found out about this and sent me RM2000 for the remaining months expenses. God grace is always more than enough. I went through the program with peace and joys again. 

FOURTH ENCOUNTER

          This was the time when I was having my mission trip. That is the time when my A-level released. I was collapsed again when I got the results. I failed. When I phone my mother and I can't hold my tears. *Crybaby huh?* That means that I have to use another year for foundation study. I was 22 years old by that time. I said to myself I don't have anytime left. I am old! Suddenly the future looks so dim to me. On the way to inner area of Sabah, I felt a sudden relieve. I was curious, that peace is so warm, is so known. I know it's from God. It's like "What are you afraid when you have God? Isn't God shown himself to you when you're unable. Your future isn't based on how old are you but who you are with. God will prosper you when you're walking with Him." It's amazing. I love God. So I packed up my mood and servicing the interior teens who thirst for God. 

FIFTH ENCOUNTER

          The most recent encounter is when I was the time entering University life. I was facing financial problem again. I have to at least to have RM8000 as my tuition fees. It's might not be huge for those rich but for me it's huge. So now I have faith in God as what I encountered Him before. I know this is a real God that I can believe. If He really wants me to study and sure He will provide. As usual, I prayed. My sis came to me and told me not to worry about the tuition fee, she will handle it and ask me to only focus on study. God is working again. See? Our God is a living God. On the living expenses, a church member, Mr.Li told me that she would support me financially at that. I can't thanks God enough for that! Grace of God is always bigger that what you can expect. Now I am living well over here, and I have enough food. Timing of God is always the best, just believe in Him. My oldest brother found a good job so my family economy had finally stabilize. I would like to use a Bible verse to conclude this encounter: 

" The LORD himself goes before you and will be you: he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. "

~ Deuteronomy 31:8 ~

          As conclusion for my encounters of God, I would like to say that. God is really great. The faith is growing by passing all these moments with God and that made Jianzi today. I will never ashamed to be a Christian and declare myself as a Christian. God is good, all the time. All these just the big encounters with God and I didn't mention all the small encounters. So this basically concluded up my Christianity life with God. Be blessed reader and may God bless you and your family. Stay tune~ <3 

A Visitation to Leprosy Centre

          Yesterday went to have some volunteering works over the leprosy center which located at Sungai Buloh around Kuala Selangor. It's the second largest leprosy center in the world. It's an awesome experience and that's why I would like to share with you guys.

          So the event that they were organizing is their new book launching. My fellow church members and I volunteered ourselves to the event.

          The day before the event, I did some research on leprosy disease spreading because I was staying up late before that. I was afraid of my immune system gotten weak and being struck by leprosy. So based on my knowledge, I thought that the leprosy is an incurable disease because I read that from the Bible and of course from the TV program I watched before. I was shocked by my own finding after that. Leprosy is only incurable at the past time and now they found the remedy of it. The chance of being healed is like damn high and that's why I felt relieve and volunteer myself into that.

          On the way to they event, pastor told me roughly about the story of the leprosy center and the victims. Based on my understanding, the leprosy victims they're quarantined from the world outside and hence they formed an entirely different world inside the leprosy center. In the leprosy center they just live like normal human being do. They eat, they play, they sleep and also fall in love and get married and give birth. So you guys must be asking why the hell are they allowing them to give birth? Aren't the infants will be infected or got inherit the leprosy disease? The answer is yes. They allow them to give birth but with the only condition. They have to send out the baby to the world outside to let them adopted by others instead of themselves once the baby reach  months old. That is so heartbreaking.

          In the following six month, they're only allowed to visit they own child once per month which 6 in total before the kid was sent out. This is to ensure that the child will not contract with the disease. This is just too cruel but it has to be in that way. Both the parents and the child will carry a scar for life.

          For parents, they have to bear the low possibility of finding they own offspring back in their remaining lifetime. What hurts them the most, not the erosion of their body but the heart that missing their own children.

          For children, they have to bear the burden of being wondering of their own birth. It's a mystery for their own childhood. It's saddening.

          It reminds me again to appreciate what I got now instead of being desire for something else. Being cherish is a kind wealthiness. You are rich when you're not lacking of anything. Whenever thinking that you're the unluckiest person in this world? Think of these people. Be glad of grace of God always. May the Lord be with them always.