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Mother's Day

Well it's all too joyful to be contained! Today was certainly a day of many firsts:
The first time I shouted my mum (& sibs) to a meal; the first time i did it for Mother's Day; the first time I penned her a card for it with a couple of my favourite verses from the Bible hand-written in English and Chinese; and the first time I've been able to give her a pat on the back for no reason other than to show her my support.

I love God so much!! Thank you!!

As an aside, it's also the first time I've hemmed up 10 nappies for CMIAid (yesterday) and many more to come with the help of lovely Barbara who provided the flannelette for it. I can't wait to make the bags and bunny rugs for them too. See, we're going to send it all off as a "package" and i can definitely see future work in this (in terms of hobbies). Something sad did happen today though- my knitting needle broke near the middle of my third project! *Sigh* I feel slightly aggrieved. But the joy i feel in being able to spend quality time with my mum & sibs makes it pale into a quirky little trifle. The Lord also gave me opportunity to tell her more about Him and let me know what i need to pray for; I was able to share the simple but powerful fact that every ancient prophecy concerning the promised saviour was fulfilled in Jesus and as a result, we can trust what He says in his Word. It was marvellous being able to just sit down and have a chat with her about it; never expected it to happen so soon.
I certainly wouldn't have been able to unless we had lunch first, paving the way for the relaxed session afterward. And the idea for lunch popped into my head only just earlier today! Even my cat helped in his own way, by charming and distracting the kids while mum and I had the important 'chat' - if this could lead to her been saved, every little bit leading up to that moment is significant. God knows how often i pray for her. Oh how mysteriously and wondrously the Lord works in all things, bringing things together and tying up each loose end one by one! :D

posted by "/umin @ 7:20 PM