Recently I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together
at the airport. They had announced the departure.
Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said, "I love
you and I wish you enough".
The daughter replied, "Mom, our life together has
been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too,
Mom".
They kissed and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window
where I was seated. Standing there I could see she wanted and needed to cry.
I tried not to intrude on her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking,"Did you
ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?".
Yes, I have," I replied. "Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?".
"I am old and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is - the next trip back will be for my funeral," she said.
"When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough'. May I ask what that means?".
She began to smile. "That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone".She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail and she smiled even more. "When we said , 'I wish you enough', we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with
just enough good things to sustain them".
Then turning toward me, she shared the following as if she were reciting it from memory.
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye
She then began to cry and walked away.
They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them,a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them.
TAKE TIME TO LIVE ...
ok now i wanna share sth i remember when i read this.. this will be short but hope this verse will encourge all of us readers and the one who owns this blog.. abt christian living..
Proverbs 30:8~9
8 Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.
9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you
and say, 'Who is the LORD ?'
Or I may become poor and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God.
ah! thanks to brother ben sim! i finalli got this verse.. was actualli sorta like searching for it the past dunno how many hours.. haha..
another thing on my mind.. i recieved an sms over the past day.. i shall type it here:
Pls pray for Pastor Ferdie Flores, missionary in East Timor.he is going to be executed tomorrow by beating.Pls forward to all Christians.
immediately or almost immediately i went to pray.. even when its jsut a short one.. subsequently.. but when i opened my mouth.. i realli dunno wad to pray.. cos God has 2 options which is 1--- let him live, 2--- let him die.. both ways.. i can see that God has ways to keep his werd going... so i prayed for both circumstances..
if he were to live.. God has one more tool in preaching his gospel and it will indeed be a miracle worth telling others.. many can see God's grace and mercy in his life
if he were to die.. i am sure that God will send more people cos God's church has been trialed and tested and is still standing.. the more persecution the better.. the faster the growth.. look at Singapore.. revivals are relatively few compared to those thrid world countries. haha.. God will surely take care of his family..
however lets look at the possible tots this pastor brother of mine might haf:
1) Why has God forsaken me?
indeed this thought had even been echoed by my Lord Jesus Christ when He gave up His life.. crying " Eloi Eloi...".. but the probability of this tot is few since even though paul gave his neck to the exercuter and God even said abt him that " I will let him knoe how much he has to suffer for My Name." but being a pastor a more likely tot would be...
2)God's grace is sufficient for me!
indeed this should be wad a pastor should be talking abt.. cos every pastor should noe this new testimon promise by heart.. wad more! paul once said that to live is Christ to die is gain! since God's grace is sufficient i am sure that the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard (his) heart and his worrries in Christ Jesus.. he should be going off without any worries.. and in contrast.. he should be joyful in seeing God's face..! God being Jehovah Jireh.. He will provide for his family cos his family is God's family themselves..
of course there will be dreams and werds that he wanted to speak to his family.. but they are connected by God! amen.. so therefore.. i was realli in a fix whether to pray he be gone or he remain alive.. i could onli pray for God's will to be done for God's will is the most perfect. hope to hear abt him soon and either way it should bring a smile to my face... yet tears of joy should spring up within my soul..
zao lo..