Now that we are into the 2nd week of the new year,reality begins to set in. We could be forgiven to even believe that 2009 would be better than 2008 when we started bombarding friends & relatives with all the best wishes for the new year through the sms. I managed to let my Miri Xmas tree rest nicely or more like roughly in that big black garbage bag until December when the carollers come-a-carolling again. Hey,blink..blink blink and it will be ching ching ching again. From past records,Xmas mood started in October so that's only less than 10 months to go.
To borrow from Endu in her text to me last Thursday,she said after putting the xmas tree away,it's now time for 'cheng cheng cheng',referring to the sound of the lion dance's tong tong cheng. Dhinese New Year is only a few days away.
If we were to use the various festivals to count our days in 2009,then the year would go as quickly as it came. As I was reading the first page of a 'daily bread' book,the questions that the writer wrote were quite something for me to think about. Questions like:Will our health, including our loved ones,hold for the rest of the year? Will we have food on our table,roof over our head?Will we get to see the end of the year? So many questions..will the economy improve? Will the prices of rubber,oil palm,pepper & others go up? Will this..will that???? Questions after questions. As of now,the rain has brought disasters in most area;padi fields are flooded,people can't go out to tap rubber because of the rain.
However after reading this verse"Do not be discouraged,for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9 ,I feel encouraged to face the days ahead for I believe that God will be with us as He has always been during our difficult times.
Amen to that.
That brings to mind about what happened during the 1997 economic downturn,how the churches in S'pore reported a big jump in church attendance and some other places. It's true when we do not have a care in the world,we tend to forget Our Heavenly Father. Maybe this global recession which usually happens every 10 years or less, happens for a reason..to keep our feet firmly on the ground while we try to reach for the stars. For all we know,the building of the new church would finally take off..more people go to church,more people give,more money comes in...bla..bla..bla. Okay lah ti sentence udah bla..bla..bla..nadai agi utai di kejako lah nya.
Ciao!!!
