wonderment

I was very amazed at God’s work last night.

My body was definitely out of whack yesterday. I was feeling as if a flu was coming on, weak-kneed, very slightly giddy…PMS (nasty stuff, that is). It was exacerbated when Nic and I ran through City Link to get her shoes. The shop was way too crowded and I hung around for too long. By 640, I was racing back to get dinner before zooming off to church.

By the time I actually got to the room, my heart was palpitating. At that moment, I wasn’t even thinking of my group, I was just praying that I would survive the evening!

I sat very quietly during the video, hoping that my heart would stop beating so fast. My Subway sandwich went uneaten even though I was ravenous. The video was skipping worse than usual and that was giving me a royal headache.

However, my rather down evening took a turn for the better when I began to realise that the people who were streaming in during the video were all my group members. I did a headcount and I realised that yesterday’s turnout was the largest and most complete since the beginning of Alpha. Even Samuel came!

I silently thanked God for His goodness but the usual jitters that went undiscovered in the busyness of the day began to resurface. What was there to say? How would I lead such an eclectic group of Christians? Suddenly, a vision came and I saw myself curled up in a fetal position in the arms of a man. I could only see the arms and not the face but I instinctively knew that those were the arms of God. My jitteriness went away and I trusted God that no matter how hard the VCD skipped, He would say what He wanted to say to the people present.

We stopped the VCD 10 minutes before it finished and launched into the discussion. Supernaturally, my heart had returned to normal, I was breathing properly and the sickness I was feeling went away. The best part? I forgot to be nervous during the discussion. Praise, praise God.

The fun part of the night was when we went over to the Padang to have fellowship over sparklers, lanterns and mooncake. Wonderful, wonderful, sweet fellowship. Now I know why fellowship is so important. It just makes you experience the goodness of God so much better.