Interesting Moments 2

so.. this is an answer to those asking.. "Oh so what will you be doing now? which college r u going to? bla bla..

Well.. let me tell you another story..

Time: After final exam, wednesday 21/11
Place: Somewhere in the forest in Mantin (on d way to seremban)

So after a long year of SAM and finishing up the finals, dealing with all kinds of stuff including the cat story which is below, Japheth decides to spend three days alone with God in a forest, without food, just water.. and what a better place than the prayer land in mantin, which has a couple of cabins in a forest which has like ponds and waterfall, and lots of bugs. So with just him, a guitar, bible, couple of books to pass time, he heads of to spend some time with God.

Day 1: Unloads stuff, checks out cabin (eww bugs), checks out window (eww lizzard), checks out the pond (eww it's infested with water lilies).. "oh come on city boy! you can do it" he tells himself. He got stuck up the hill for some time cuz there were some geese that came out of nowhere.. and mind you, there were like heaps of em! like 5? *honk honk... Did devotion at night, read some chapters, wrote a long note to God and slept (ok so far so good)

Day 2: woke up in the morning.. toilet full of bugs.. *persevere persevere.. haha.. no food (fasting remember?) He gets up, starts reading some books. Sang songs in between.. Finished reading 3 whole books before falling asleep in his room. Wakes up.. *growl* "ah.. hungry.. but cannot eat.. fasting.. takes a gulp of water.. "This is a delicious meal (takes another gulp of water)".. by the 2nd night he couldnt take it anymore.. So he approached one aunty who was staying there:

J: Hi auntie, can pray for me ah?
A: Yes boy, why what's wrong?
J: err... weak la
A: haiya, normal la for people who first time fast so long.. sure weak one.. normal la, go drink water
J: err.. ok
(mum calls Auntie)
M: hey how's my son doing?
A: err.. weak.

Through God's grace he survived through the second night, and got his answer, he felt that God was laying down a couple of options for his future, these included college, bible school, ywam, or work. God was saying 'choose and I'll bless you' kind of thing, but he was insistent that God were to show a clear path and speak to him. He couldnt sleep until 5.30am that night.. tossing and turning until he decided to just wake up and say "Ok God, I know you want to tell me something so do tell me so I can sleep" he said. And it was at that point where God said "if you put your hands on the plow, don't look back", he felt that God wanted him to continue his studies and get a degree before taking the next step. So he drew lots, and college came up again.. and he slept peacefully until like 11.30am..

So that's the ending of the story.. moral of the story, God can speak to anybody if they are desperate enough to seek Him. Even through drawing lots (hey that's how the disciples chose matthias!). God honours those who spend time seeking Him.. and it's really worth it in the end, little bit of sacrifice is all we need..

So yes I'll be going to university next year.. most probably monash malaysia, hopefully!! and probably doing economics since I love it ;) their CF rocks!.. and while waiting, I will be working for a bit in my parent's kindergarten and chilling out! (futsal anybody?)! ;) so do keep in contact!!

ciouz!