Gim Seng's Heartfelt Sharing...

I have just started my spiritual journal after reading the Purpose Driven Life, Day 37. That chapter tells us that God has given each of us a life message to share.

“Those who believes in the Son of God have the testimony of God in them.”

There are many things that God has done to impact me through this short few months which I have received him into my life. And I felt it was good to pen them down, given my short-term memory and tendency to forget many things. This journal would also be a good reflection for me in later times when I read the past strong moments where God has been by my side, giving me support and telling me how to live a Godly live through His words.

This is one of my entries:

It was a bad day for me being at the center of a verbal exchange with 5 of my colleagues. 5 against 1 and I was pinned to the corner just for sticking to my own preferences and twisting some rules by a bit (no elaboration on argument). I was at the losing end and I guessed, 5 sharp tongues poking at me… I was so angry! The angry flames and bad feelings kept haunting that whole evening after.

When I took out the book Si’er gave me, “He chose the nails” by Max Lucado. I was at the chapter, which was telling me to leave all my bad moments to God. He will be the One who will take care of me and look out for me. God wants us to live a happy life; to forgive and forget bad moments and to forgive adversaries who contributed any bad jibes in our daily lives. These are not wanted in our lives and we have to handle them with love and humility.

“Forgives whatever grievances you may have against one another, forgive as the Lord forgave you” Col 3:13

I was glad for the timeliness of these words. It would not help if I couldn’t get over the argument and bear grudges with my colleagues. The best way is to leave them at the cross of Christ, and move forward with reconciliation. My anger flames died almost instantly, and I am so thankful that God had touched me at the right time. The anger would have probably stayed much longer if I was still an unbeliever…how glad I am!

I will quote a last sentence, which had touched me, “ If I leave those moments at the cross, I wont have any moments left but good ones.”