Letters to the Wan and only!
Dreams last for so long, even after you're gone...Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Angels
Dearest Wan,
Do you believe in Guardian Angels? Well, she does.
Me? That's difficult. Well, i believe angels played a role in protecting God's people, individually and corporately in the OT. But in the NT? There dun seem to be much said on it. It appears that angels in the NT mainly minister to our Lord. Of course there is one reference where Jesus seem to imply that each child has a guardian angel protecting him/her.
Now that i have to believe! You would too if you have kids - not that i have any.
But i do have a nephew and a niece. One of the best memories i have was taking me nephew out to the playground just behind me house. It was wonderful! It was also quite a harrowing experience!
No longer do they have the basic slide thingy that we used to play when we were young. It was an elaborate thing wif rope ladders, iron bars to hang from, plastic tubes to slide down, etc. The kids all just love it!
It was there that i realise that the guardian angels for the kids were working overtime!!!! I mean, the parents/maids/guardians din really seem to bother wif the kids. They'd sit a far chatting - while the kids run riot all over the place, climbing up and down, swinging here to there, jumping everywhere! I was the only grown up there, a split second away from me nephew just in case he slips or get knocked by other kids.
But at the end of the day, none of the kids got hurt! Trust me, it is nothing less than a miracle!
It was then that i had to believe that i was in the presence of angels!
Anyways, i bought her a guardian angel bookmark for her mission trip - and i just had to tell someone about it!
You see, i knew i had to post it the latest on that day - but at that point of time, i din know wat to get her. I knew i wanted to get her something which hopefully she'll bring wif her on her trip, to remind her of me, of course! ;-P More importantly, to remind her that i'll be praying for her.
So off i went to town that day, walking aimlessly, not knowing wat to get.
I din wanna get the usual boring tacky stuffs - like cute bears, key rings and stuffs like that. So began the hunt.
It din help that i had a pretty bad migraine that day. But i endured thru the pain level - che wah! ;-P
I finally came across the GA bookmark - it was really quite cool. But then i started thinking too much as usual - does she believe in GAs? It would be quite sad if i get a note from her saying "Oh, thanks for it but actually, i dun believe in GAs"!!!!
To be honest, i meself am not really a strong believer too - i mean, we have the H/S in us so why do we still need a GA?
So guess wat i did? I went to the public library and started doing research!!!! After a while and no yielding much answers, i went to the only Christian bookshop in town and started browsing thru the theology books.
No answers! But they did sell some of the pin thingys - there's one of the cross wif a dove on it, and another of just a dove. Excellent - quite good, symbolically - that the Holy Spirit be wif her and protect her.
But somehow, somehow, it just din feel right.
Time was running out and headache was getting worse. My research told me that GA was only mentioned once in the NT and that was in the context of children. In the NT, angels usually function as messengers - and they minister to the needs of Jesus. That's all.
I decided to stick wif wat i liked better - the GA bookmark.
By the time i got back, the migraine was getting worse and worse! i hurried to write a note and sealed it all in an envolope. But fearing i couldn't make it on time, i rushed to the campus post shop to get the stamps first.
By the time i got back, prepared everything and rushed back to the post shop, i was 3 mins late - the postman came and took all the mail oredi. The postman only comes once, at 5 pm. if my mail gets collected at 5 pm the next day, i was sure it wont reach her by next Thursday before she leaves on Friday.
I then remembered there was a red pillar box 15 mins away from campus, on the way to Tesco. I wasn't sure wat time the collection was, tho. But i decided to trry it anyway.
So, wif the migraine going strong, i walked all the way to that red pillar box - and thank God, it was not in vain!!! The collection was at 6 pm! I made it! Phew...
The next week, on Tuesday, she told that she had decided to leave one day earlier!!!!!!! Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
At least before that, i could still harbour some hope that perhaps she might receive it before she leaves. Now i know that it would not be possible!!!
All my efforts.... :-( Oh well, i keep telling meself that there'll be other trips which she can take it along wif her.
Then on Wed morn, i got to find out from her that the GA bookmark arrived! On the day before she left!!! Praise God.
That's not all - she believes in GA!
Wait, there's more - she said that it was really suitable as she reads a lot!!!!
:-)
I was so tempted to tell her about all the trouble i went to get it to her - but somehow, that din feel right. Like trying to sell meself, only! ;-P
So i have to tell you lor!
But prolly someday, i might tell her bout this blog - and she'll still get to read about it!!! ;-)
So if you are reading about it now, then know how much i sufferred for it! :-) Hahaha. Really! The things i do for you! I must be truly mad about you to do such things - usually, if i have a migraine, it's really bad!
But Wan, believe you me when i say that she is worth it! She really is! :-)
Take care. God bless.
Do you believe in Guardian Angels? Well, she does.
Me? That's difficult. Well, i believe angels played a role in protecting God's people, individually and corporately in the OT. But in the NT? There dun seem to be much said on it. It appears that angels in the NT mainly minister to our Lord. Of course there is one reference where Jesus seem to imply that each child has a guardian angel protecting him/her.
Now that i have to believe! You would too if you have kids - not that i have any.
But i do have a nephew and a niece. One of the best memories i have was taking me nephew out to the playground just behind me house. It was wonderful! It was also quite a harrowing experience!
No longer do they have the basic slide thingy that we used to play when we were young. It was an elaborate thing wif rope ladders, iron bars to hang from, plastic tubes to slide down, etc. The kids all just love it!
It was there that i realise that the guardian angels for the kids were working overtime!!!! I mean, the parents/maids/guardians din really seem to bother wif the kids. They'd sit a far chatting - while the kids run riot all over the place, climbing up and down, swinging here to there, jumping everywhere! I was the only grown up there, a split second away from me nephew just in case he slips or get knocked by other kids.
But at the end of the day, none of the kids got hurt! Trust me, it is nothing less than a miracle!
It was then that i had to believe that i was in the presence of angels!
Anyways, i bought her a guardian angel bookmark for her mission trip - and i just had to tell someone about it!
You see, i knew i had to post it the latest on that day - but at that point of time, i din know wat to get her. I knew i wanted to get her something which hopefully she'll bring wif her on her trip, to remind her of me, of course! ;-P More importantly, to remind her that i'll be praying for her.
So off i went to town that day, walking aimlessly, not knowing wat to get.
I din wanna get the usual boring tacky stuffs - like cute bears, key rings and stuffs like that. So began the hunt.
It din help that i had a pretty bad migraine that day. But i endured thru the pain level - che wah! ;-P
I finally came across the GA bookmark - it was really quite cool. But then i started thinking too much as usual - does she believe in GAs? It would be quite sad if i get a note from her saying "Oh, thanks for it but actually, i dun believe in GAs"!!!!
To be honest, i meself am not really a strong believer too - i mean, we have the H/S in us so why do we still need a GA?
So guess wat i did? I went to the public library and started doing research!!!! After a while and no yielding much answers, i went to the only Christian bookshop in town and started browsing thru the theology books.
No answers! But they did sell some of the pin thingys - there's one of the cross wif a dove on it, and another of just a dove. Excellent - quite good, symbolically - that the Holy Spirit be wif her and protect her.
But somehow, somehow, it just din feel right.
Time was running out and headache was getting worse. My research told me that GA was only mentioned once in the NT and that was in the context of children. In the NT, angels usually function as messengers - and they minister to the needs of Jesus. That's all.
I decided to stick wif wat i liked better - the GA bookmark.
By the time i got back, the migraine was getting worse and worse! i hurried to write a note and sealed it all in an envolope. But fearing i couldn't make it on time, i rushed to the campus post shop to get the stamps first.
By the time i got back, prepared everything and rushed back to the post shop, i was 3 mins late - the postman came and took all the mail oredi. The postman only comes once, at 5 pm. if my mail gets collected at 5 pm the next day, i was sure it wont reach her by next Thursday before she leaves on Friday.
I then remembered there was a red pillar box 15 mins away from campus, on the way to Tesco. I wasn't sure wat time the collection was, tho. But i decided to trry it anyway.
So, wif the migraine going strong, i walked all the way to that red pillar box - and thank God, it was not in vain!!! The collection was at 6 pm! I made it! Phew...
The next week, on Tuesday, she told that she had decided to leave one day earlier!!!!!!! Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
At least before that, i could still harbour some hope that perhaps she might receive it before she leaves. Now i know that it would not be possible!!!
All my efforts.... :-( Oh well, i keep telling meself that there'll be other trips which she can take it along wif her.
Then on Wed morn, i got to find out from her that the GA bookmark arrived! On the day before she left!!! Praise God.
That's not all - she believes in GA!
Wait, there's more - she said that it was really suitable as she reads a lot!!!!
:-)
I was so tempted to tell her about all the trouble i went to get it to her - but somehow, that din feel right. Like trying to sell meself, only! ;-P
So i have to tell you lor!
But prolly someday, i might tell her bout this blog - and she'll still get to read about it!!! ;-)
So if you are reading about it now, then know how much i sufferred for it! :-) Hahaha. Really! The things i do for you! I must be truly mad about you to do such things - usually, if i have a migraine, it's really bad!
But Wan, believe you me when i say that she is worth it! She really is! :-)
Take care. God bless.
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