A husband, a wife, and a sister
Tonight one of the my couple friends in the fellowship has invited me and another sister to have a meal in their house. Long time we didn't have dinner and have a good chat with one another.
They are of similar age with me, and they came to know Christ one by one during their stay in Guildford. The husbands, followed by the sisters, and then the wife within the same academic year almost 3 years before. At those days, the fellowship was still a small group. They were living very close to one another, so on some occasions we will have dinner with other friends in their residential hall. I still remember the scenerio, that during their second semester of that academic year after 2 of them have became a christian, we are having the new-believer bible study together in the husband room for a few weeks (since then, I have to confess that I seldom do one-to-one follow up work anymore with new christians). Their lives has undergone many changes and challenges in the past 3 years. The husbands has became my housemate for a year, then got married with the wife, and this year they were having a new-born baby. The sister has graduated already and became a young working adult.
I thank God for tonight dinner. Looking back, it's amazing how God's has allowed them to encountered Him and transformed their lives during their stay here: from being a new friend to the one who has built roots and foundation in Jesus Christ; from being students to become parents; from being the one whose ears had heard of Him, to the one whose eyes have seen Him. Compared to them, my past 3-year life was a bit dull. I was still a student, still living in the same place, and carrying the same role in the fellowship. I am not saying that I was not growing, but I realised that they were experiencing a much steeping growing curve in Christ in the past 3 years, and I thank God for it. May God keep His seed and His calling within their heart, so that one day it can bloom according to His timing.
They are of similar age with me, and they came to know Christ one by one during their stay in Guildford. The husbands, followed by the sisters, and then the wife within the same academic year almost 3 years before. At those days, the fellowship was still a small group. They were living very close to one another, so on some occasions we will have dinner with other friends in their residential hall. I still remember the scenerio, that during their second semester of that academic year after 2 of them have became a christian, we are having the new-believer bible study together in the husband room for a few weeks (since then, I have to confess that I seldom do one-to-one follow up work anymore with new christians). Their lives has undergone many changes and challenges in the past 3 years. The husbands has became my housemate for a year, then got married with the wife, and this year they were having a new-born baby. The sister has graduated already and became a young working adult.
I thank God for tonight dinner. Looking back, it's amazing how God's has allowed them to encountered Him and transformed their lives during their stay here: from being a new friend to the one who has built roots and foundation in Jesus Christ; from being students to become parents; from being the one whose ears had heard of Him, to the one whose eyes have seen Him. Compared to them, my past 3-year life was a bit dull. I was still a student, still living in the same place, and carrying the same role in the fellowship. I am not saying that I was not growing, but I realised that they were experiencing a much steeping growing curve in Christ in the past 3 years, and I thank God for it. May God keep His seed and His calling within their heart, so that one day it can bloom according to His timing.
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