Who am i
Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the bright and morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours
Who Am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
and watch me rise again
Who Am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
whom shall i fear
whom shall i fear
i am yours
Happenings
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
-2:54 AM
Burnt shophouses
Dead and charred body of son. Can you spot his hand?
The recent hougang shophouse fire occurred a few metres away from my house on thursday. That night, i was supposed to meet joel, kahwan and james for supper near these shophouses after their gym workout, and maybe we would have been at the scene of the fire. But they had a change of plans, so i didnt meet them eventually. Yesterday was the cremation of the 2 siblings who died in that fire, i was at their funeral wake and there were SO MANY people crowding round to look.
God convicted me in this incident. First thing in my mind was, could it be the 7th month burning that caused the fire? Im really very against the 7th month burning because which god would encourage air pollution??! In my heart i was praying that it could have been the 7th month burning which caused the fire, then perhaps the government can ban it. Then God convicted me that if He were me, He wouldnt think and pray like this. He would pray for comfort for the bereaved family, He would cry and weep with them regardless of their religion, He would be there for them. I realised how selfish I was, totally thinking about my own interests. So there and then, I prayed for comfort for the family and that they will be able to resume life again. I feel very sad for them especially when i visited the burnt shophouses. Lord, even in the midst of all these, I pray that the family can come to know about Your everlasting love for them.
"Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his plans perish. Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God." Psalms 146: 3-5
How true man. One day someone is here, and another day they will be gone but how happy and blessed we are to have the Lord as our hope.
