Heyy ,
WHAT DID I CONTRIBUTE ? HOW DO I FEEL ABOUT IT ? Personally, this is a good experience for me. Before i start correct me if i have any spelling mistake or shortcut! ^^ I contributed nothing but ideas and strength which most of you had contributed. I feel that even if you contributed nothing,there is always next time. Sometimes while you were doing these services, you got no more physical and spiritual power and you will tend to stop doing it. Let me tell you this...
GOD WILL GIVE YOU PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL STRENGTH.Awesome is God from his sanctuary; the God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God! Psalm 68:35
WHAT LEFT THE DEEPEST IMPRESSION FOR ME DURING THE PROJECT ? I will never forget this. I strongly believe that Mr. Tay will also never forget this. Let me cut it short. ^^ I, Guo Bin, Shang Zheng and Mr. Tay went to this person's house. Their family is poor and nothing but poor. People like us who already get used to our way of life, our parents will help us to get everything done. Unlike our parents, their parents' IQ isn't that high. He also has a sister who doesn't live with them but will give them money to spend every month.
Their house is a 1-room HDB flat, for a family of three with 2 dogs. Imagine if you were the person. I know you guys would be thinking whether what i'm saying now is really from my heart. I would say now that ALL THESE WORDS COME FROM MY HEART. Some people might think that i am too naggy? The deepest impression is when his FATHER TIED UP HIM TO THE WALL. Imagine it again,
CLOSE YOUR EYES NOW, YOUR MIND IS BLANK , YOU WERE TIED UP TO THE WALL FOR THE WHOLE DAY EVEN YEARS!
GOD MAKE THE RICH AND THE POOR.As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God! Psalm 40:17
The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and he exalts. 1 Samuel 2:7 / Job 1:21
WHAT IS THE UNFORGETTABLE LESSON I HAVE LEARNT ? I have learnt that if you are rich, then donate to the poor. If you are poor, then donate to the poorer. Let me tell you something that i learnt from last week's service:
HONOR someone who
DISHONORS you, and you will get a reward.
HONOR someone who
HONORS you, and you will get a reward too. But the main point isn't about rewards. You have to help people w/o expecting a reward, which basically means helping with your true heart. Dishonoring your parents is worse than adultery, stealing etc. I hope you guys will
HONOR your parents from now onwards if you do not.Honestly, i am not in a good relationship with my parents but i'm beginning to
HONOR them. What i mean by
HONOR, is that we should not treat as common or ordinary person. You will also be rewarded for helping people. i just got some good news. I just got to know that i got extra CIP hours, which surprised me. I didn't expect to get a reward.
The LORD repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge! Ruth 2:12
"I have stirred him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways level; he shall build my city and set my exiles free,not for price or reward," says the LORD of hosts.
Isaiah 45:13
Great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds. Jeremiah 32:19
WHAT TOUCHED ME THE MOST? The smiles in the faces of the poor and needy touched me the most. When you help them and after that they say thank you and smile at you, you will feel like you have achieved something good. You will also eventually smile back. In fact, just the words, '
THANK YOU!' also touched me.
BY
SGT WILSON TAN
