Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Have you ever treated a stranger really nicely and felt good afterwards? Well I did.
On the way to Kelly's place today I met this Filipino lady who came up to me and asked for directions. And it happens so that she was going to Queenstown as well. So I decided to just asked her to follow me onto the train. Along the way, we were chatting really happily and it turned out that she was a tourist visiting Singapore and she pretty much wanted to go to ikea to try the salmon, but I recommended the meatballs instead.(Although I'm really a huge fan of meatballs, but isn't meatballs the specialty at ikea?) So I was telling her all about the places of interest to visit and such. Later on we alighted at Queenstown Mrt and she asked if I could spare some time to tell her more as she jotted things down. I agreed and we ended up sitting at the MRT platform talking and exchanging contacts. Just before we left the platform, I offered to bless her with prayer and she agreed. I was quite happy. And so I sent her to the bus stop and watched her leave on the bus. Grateful as she was, she gave me a hug while lightly pressing her cheeks against mine and waved enthusiastically as the bus drove off.

Love. Honour. Blessings.
Many times we only offer a half-hearted help so as to not appear rude. But how many of us have fully showed hospitality and courtesy to the foreigners in our country? Many times we complain that our citizens aren't gracious and will never be as polite as the Westerners in Europe, but how many of us have actually bothered to change and be the one to make a difference?
Today I felt great because I've shown that Singaporeans can be gracious as well. And I feel even better because I was given the opportunity to bless and be a light for Christ.

I know my time on Earth isn't long. I don't care if people wants to love me or not, but I'll still want to love them like how the Father in Heaven first loved. That love as it is, is unconditional, pure and kind. That even though those who may not know Christ can have His love showered upon them as well.
I know I'm like an empty cup, but the Lord fills me with blessings and love, that I may overflow and share this goodness with the other empty cups.

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