The smell of heaven

Yesterday was a rainy day, and I don't know, there are times when the smell of the moist air invokes a sense of nostalgia. A sense of peace, a sense of heaven. Just that one moment gave me that extra boost of joy needed to finish the day.

Just reminds me the promised home in heaven. One day where we can finally rest. One day when the battle is over. =)



Just met up with my Bible school friends yesterday. Yet another taste of the heaven to come. I love the fellowship of these people. =)

We had a really interesting catch up session.

Willy told us about his trip to China to perform in the choir for the Olympics. There was no audtion and the choir team from the church is definitely perform for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Wow!

Sheryl shared with us about her challenges at work, and really, working in the church's affliated organizations is really good training. It's amazing for her how she managed all the kind of work she's handling now. =)

Daniel's getting married at the end of year.

Kelyvnna's an advisor to a major Indonesian group now. Promotion. After SOT. Haha.

and Jac! Haha. Jac had the most interesting story to share about her encounter with Jim Rogers. For those who are less financial savvy like me, Jim Rogers is like this super famous investor, on the level of George Soros that type ( Xinhong you should know hor. Haha)

She was in an event where Jim Rogers was there, and there were like 400 people at the dinner, alot of them trying to get their namecards into his hands kinda thing. But then somehow, Jim Rogers came to her table, and because Jacqueline was doing interpretation for the hearing impaired that was present.

So Jim Rogers starting talking to the hearing impaired person through Jac who was interpreting. So the girl shared her story about how she was impaired since 10 years old...

And then after that Jim Rogers turned to Jacqueline and asked her:" So young lady, how do you manage to speak and sign at the same time?"

And he took his own photo from his pocket and signed it and pass it to her! And took a photo with her! After that, Elim Chew's PA even approached Jac and ask her if she wanted to be Jim Roger's PA. Wow!

It reminds me of the story of David. When Samuel the prophet came to find the appointed king for Jerusalem. The Mom and Dad bascially brought out all the strong, fit, eligible brothers to Samuel to anoint, to choose. But David was somewhere far away, in the fields tending to the sheep.

But guess what, in the end Samuel rejected all the supposely eligible brothers, and found David, a songwriter, a shepherd and appointed him as king!

For Jac, she's like a servant quietly sitting in the corner doing signing for the hearing impaired, and guess what, she got the attention of the 'prophet'.

Proverbs 22:29
Have you seen a man who excels in his work, he will stand before kings...

Faithfulness. Sometimes all we have to do is to stay faithful in the little things and love our God.

While everyone was fighting for his attention, wanting to be special, but God chose to let the faithful person in the corner be noticed and open that door for her for promotion. Wow.

Faithfulness. Servanthood.

Is the key to promotion. To authority. To destiny.

Let's never fight on the same level as the world. Love God, love people. That's all we have to do to find success in every area of our life. =)