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TESTIMONY
Born in a dieties-worship family, I accepted Christ when I was about 8-9 years old. Being afraid of letting my parents know about my Christian faith, I had to keep it secret, did not attend church, but regularly prayed secretly to God. I had facial "deformity" during my teenage years. My faith kept me praying, whithout a slight hint how God would answer my prayer. I just believed that "we can move the mountain if our faith is strong". I went to study in Australia when I was 18 years old. God finally answered my prayer when I was 21. I had a major jaw adjustment surgery and rib craft in Sydney, free of charge, paid by the Australian Medicare. After the 8-10 hours surgery, my face was swollen severely and I had to beathe through a hole punched through my throat, for almost a week. It was horrible and torturing in the first 2 days, choking and coughing, like drowning in the water. One thing I did experience was; I blamed God during the suffering, and once the suffering was over, my love for God became so strong. I am a black-sheep in my family, and went through lots of hardships (mental and financial). I had big financial problem during the early years of my marriage and it was worst, at the time when we were expecting my baby daughter, in year 1998 (Asian financial crisis). God never failed me, he kept answering my prayers, again and again. 5 months after my daughter was born, I received a free grant (no repayment required) of RM286,700.00 (approx. USD80K) from the Malaysian government, as the capital to start my business venture. In view of our government's policy, getting the grant was close to impossible. My business venture subsequently succeeded, but to what extend, that's not really important anymore. Now I have a lovely wife and a lovely daughter who I love so much. I am contented, and financially, I have been given more than what I need. God is my life, and I am his. Pains and sufferings made me love him (but not hate). Perhaps I am a stubborn one, he had to make me love him in hard ways. I thank him - loving him is the greatest joy I can find. God gives me enough intelligence to know that my experiences were no coincidence, he had left me no room to doubt. Just want to share briefly. For more details, please read my life-long testimonies; BELIEVE - the purpose of life. |