A Most Enjoyable Dinner
James, Claudia and I had invited a couple that we wanted to bless and encourage for dinner at Holland Village.
It was a rather well known eating place and the food was quite good. But the company with and the stories from the couple was the main highlight for me.
Allow me to give you some background. This couple came to know Jesus through their children who are from our church. This took place around 1 year and 9 months ago.
The couple shared with me about how God has blessed their business, families and their relationship. The husband was like a typical father who only knew how to support the family financially. He thought that by bringing home the bread, he would have fulfilled his family duties already.
Now, as the wife testified, the husband has a strong love for the children and wife. He cherished the family time greatly. The wife gave quite a substantial testimony of how her husband has changed for the better. He even quit his smoking habits that he had been hooked on for the past 40 years of his life!
When someone as close to you as your spouse can testify that you have changed for the better, you really have changed for the better!
Throughout the dinner, the sense of closeness between the couple could be felt around the dinner table. The wife was so joy-filled and authentic in all her sharing. She talked about how she has grown with her temper issue.
The husband was an ex-temple boy, who worked alongside the temple medium. When he first came to church, the leaders could feel the “dark presence” that enveloped him.
He shared with us that he used to have this amulet that would grant him all his wishes. He said that people had offered him up to hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy it. But after he came to know Jesus, he got the church leaders to come to his house and they willingly burnt all these amulets in expressing their new found faith in Christ.
When the last dish was served and consumed, I left that eating place thanking God that He is indeed real and He does indeed transform lives. James, Claudia and I had the privilege of front row seats to witness two such lives unfolding before our very eyes.
Thank you Jesus…
It was a rather well known eating place and the food was quite good. But the company with and the stories from the couple was the main highlight for me.
Allow me to give you some background. This couple came to know Jesus through their children who are from our church. This took place around 1 year and 9 months ago.
The couple shared with me about how God has blessed their business, families and their relationship. The husband was like a typical father who only knew how to support the family financially. He thought that by bringing home the bread, he would have fulfilled his family duties already.
Now, as the wife testified, the husband has a strong love for the children and wife. He cherished the family time greatly. The wife gave quite a substantial testimony of how her husband has changed for the better. He even quit his smoking habits that he had been hooked on for the past 40 years of his life!
When someone as close to you as your spouse can testify that you have changed for the better, you really have changed for the better!
Throughout the dinner, the sense of closeness between the couple could be felt around the dinner table. The wife was so joy-filled and authentic in all her sharing. She talked about how she has grown with her temper issue.
The husband was an ex-temple boy, who worked alongside the temple medium. When he first came to church, the leaders could feel the “dark presence” that enveloped him.
He shared with us that he used to have this amulet that would grant him all his wishes. He said that people had offered him up to hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy it. But after he came to know Jesus, he got the church leaders to come to his house and they willingly burnt all these amulets in expressing their new found faith in Christ.
When the last dish was served and consumed, I left that eating place thanking God that He is indeed real and He does indeed transform lives. James, Claudia and I had the privilege of front row seats to witness two such lives unfolding before our very eyes.
Thank you Jesus…
posted by Jeff Chong at 10:23 pm
4 Comments:
Thanks for sharing such good stories. It's very hlpeful. LCK
Hi LCK, I will continue to share more of such life transforming stories when I hear them. It encourages me greatly as well.
This entry is so very encouraging to read!! Somehow, God must have led me to wake up early in the morning & visit your blog.
Indeed Sandra. We should read more of these kind of news in the morning!
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