I have been spending a lot of time at my computer these few days due to the heavier workload than usual. I sit here for days, cracking my head over something. So, to clear my mind from all those thinking and experimenting, I turn to the Bible in Bahasa Malaysia which is next to my laptop.
Usually, I don’t open the Bible that regularly. But after Father Momo (I learned that his parishioners call Moses Lui that) advocated praying five times a day, I do flipped open the Bible more often. Praying, in my daily lives mean reading some parts of their Bible. Sometimes, I am in awe with God’s awesome being, sometimes, I amused with the silly things some of the people did, sometimes, I am totally bowled over by Jesus and His Words.
Today, I was reading Yesaya or Isaiah. I have always loved Isaiah because it has one of the easiest to understand chapters and none of those silly stuffs like offering how many yards of cloths, how many numbers of things like the older books in the Old Testament. I wonder how many people really read the Book of Numbers, huh?
I find this verse from Isaiah very soothing. Yesaya chapter 38, verses 16 to 17 :
Ya Tuhan, aku rela hidup untuk-Mu,
dan untuk-Mu sahaja.
Sembuhkanlah aku
dan biarlah aku hidup.Lalu kepedihanku akan menjadi
kententeraman.
Engkau menyelamatkan aku
daripada segala bahaya
Engkau mengampunkan
segala dosaku.
This was the praise heaped by this Raja Hizkia whom God allowed him another 15 years of life when he was dying. Someday, I know this verse will come in useful in my ministering. This Raja Hizkia prayed and cried and God told Yesaya to tell the king that God has seen his tears and heard his prayers. Kepedihan yang menjadi kententeraman, i.e. sorrows turned to peace. That’s what I felt when I had done grieving for the loss of my son. I found God and it has been total peace since then. Amen.
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