A Thankful Heart

Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!
As we are heading towards the end of year 2010, I'm ever grateful to God for what He has done in my life for the past one year.

As I was preparing myself to be a fulltime housewife at the end of 2009, God spoke to me that He will release me into new ministry.  I wondered what could it be then?  And yes, I doubted it.  I couldn't understand how could it be possible to involve in a new ministry when I resigned from my current job to take care of my toddler fulltime.  But again, God has His marvelous plans installed for me. 

As I adjusted myself to be a housewife, Grace approached me one Sunday in April and asked me to take the lead in teaching at Vacation Church School (VCS) in June.  As usual, my immediate reaction was:  I can't.  I have to take care of my girl. 

Back home, I prayed and requested God to give me the main theme of VCS, if I would to take charge of the teaching.  One week passed by.  No words from the Lord.  Two days before I decided to answer Grace, God spoke to me as I was reading a book on marriage.  "Everyone is special in the eyes of God.  Everyone has something unique and wonderful in them.  Even the worst man on earth.  Because we are all made in the image of God.  We are God's chosen treasure."  I am one who is guilty of turning away to another direction when I see someone who is 'bad' coming towards my direction in church.  Just don't feel like to have anything with these people.  But God convicted my heart.  And I know instantly that this is the theme for VCS.

The many days and weeks before VCS, I burned lots of midnight oil to prepare for the teaching.  I had not been involved in children ministry for a number of years but I was excited in sourcing out the materials and resources.  I have some experiences in the past on how to prepare for lessons.  But it was not an easy task.  Many thanks to hubby for helping me to prepare some of the props and my in laws for taking care of Elyse whenever I need some time out.

Though throughout the entire VCS we did not experience God coming down to us like thunder storm or lightning  :p  I'm certainly grateful for such wonderful opportunity to minister to the children from various background.  The youth and adults who helped out during VCS were excellent and may God bless them abundantly.

Just when I thought everything is over and now that I'm back to my routine, I was asked to choreograph a dance for the GB girls.  It was yet another experience for me as I have not been dancing for a long long time, and I'm not familar with ribbon dance at all.  But thank God for seeing me through.  The feedback was simple and nice.  Taking into consideration that the two girls did not have any background or formal training from dancing and we only had 2 to 3 times to practise.

It was indeed a fruitful year for me.  I may not be able to involve actively in ministry like I used to be, yet God has opened new doors for me to launch in.  Hubby is ever supportive when I take up these challenges and juggle between ministry and home.  My in laws are always there whenever we need help.  These are my family.  I truly thank the Lord for each of them.