LOVE THAT GOES BEYOND ALL LANGUAGES
Language barrier was
one of our biggest challenge, no doubt. However, I also learned that love is
one thing that transcends all languages. Love itself is a language on its own.
While we were at the
Hope Chiang Mai cell group, I was deeply moved and encouraged just to see
people worshipping God in their own languages. We were singing and praying in
Mandarin, English and Thai, we couldn't understand what others were saying, but
we felt the presence of God so tangible in that place. Right then, I finally
understood what they meant when they say "Every knee will bow and every
tongue will acknowledge God". When we love the one Lord God our Father in
one spirit, language barrier no longer remains as a challenge.
While spending time
with the kids at the home and in school, I truly experienced how love speaks
louder in actions than in words. We had almost no means to communicate with the
kids and vice versa, since they can barely speak English and we can barely speak Thai. However, they just
showered us and one another with so much love despite not having parents to
first love them. Although we were there for just two evenings, I felt like I
could already call that my home because of the hospitality the kids showed.
TO RECEIVE AND NOT ALWAYS GIVE
Always we tend to
try to be strong, refusing to receive help from others. But through this trip,
I was taught to be on the receiving end. I was reminded of a conversation I had
with another friend a while ago, in which she told me she had to learn to give others chance
to bless her as well, instead of her always being a blessing to others.
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