It's December already! The month has been very packed, rushed, nourished and yet satisfying. With so many things in hand sometimes it goes beyond the capabilities of what 24hours can do, but thankfully, everything fell just into its perfect place, just as if there was a mastermind behind making sure all the jumbled up puzzle pieces fits.
or maybe there is :)
It's December! And its Christmas! This year is a very different yet significant one. Christmas to me, use to be following my Christians relatives to the Cathedral where the roads jammed up and you barely can find any car park. Multitudes of people with their family would bee into the majestic Catholic Church where the song of organs filled the air. A large cross would hung in the air with Jesus hanging on it while the priest with the altar boys are things that my Christmas cannot miss. I would be singing with the church choir accompanying while making funny faces with my brothers on the wooden chairs with hymn books. And as the service end, we would stay overnight at our relatives' place and expect to be given presents the next morning. That was how Christmas was to me :)
But ever since I grew up and came to World Harvest, Christmas was very different. There isn't as much festivity and Christmas trees with the ever so familiar baby Jesus in a manger with mother Mary and Joseph beside. No more Santa Clause outside the church giving sweets to kids or car parking jams.
Well, i've learned that Christmas though celebrated in December, means more than a festival. And with all the years put in, I am still on my way to understand how much Christmas really means to me, to the Christians, the non-Christians, and the population as a whole.
For the pass 3 years, I've celebrated Christmas in KL with this church through staging up Christmas events to tell the world about the true meaning of Christmas. They may not be jolly carol-lings, but there is worship songs, real life testimonies, and sharing of Jesus.
I myself went up on stage to give my testimony of how wonderful the true meaning of Christmas really is 3 years ago. The true meaning of Christmas comes from Jesus Christ, and the first Christmas was when He was born to this Earth through a virgin birth as a God-man, to let us know God isn't someone that sits in the clouds waiting for us to do wrong, but is a God that understands our weaknesses, our inabilities and came to this Earth to die for our inabilities and imperfection.
I shared of how God blessed my life and blessed others through me. And non of this could have happen if Christ did not come and die to make me whole and perfect in His eyes.
I give thanks that the past two years after, more people went up and gave their life testimonies. And Christmas to me then changed its definition once and for all. It wasn't a one year thing for me to go to church and enjoy the festivity anymore. Christmas was a time for me to share the good news that Jesus loves us, and die for us. This year i was involved in two Christmas organizing, one in college and the other in my local church.
Despite the long hours and the time management, I understand it was a privilege to be able to give others a good Christmas experience, the give them something better than the most expensive Christmas presents, to let them know the true meaning of Christmas :)
16th December, 630pm, Canteen 1 TARCollege. 500 students gather in a confined area with a light up stage and a few musicians and actors. Above all that, God was there because when two or three are gather in His name, He is in our midst. That night, many heard of the meaning of Christmas, a few teared, and a handful accepted the Reason of Christmas into their lives.
19th December, was our church's Christmas Celebration. It was the first time that we used such a hotel and I knew this year was gonna be a different one.
I served in the worship team, helped up in the sketch team as well as the decoration team. I have no plans to write about how tough juggling these different roles are because it was such a great honor to be used in which ever area that i can be involved and help up in.
The church might be undergoing some challenging times but I am truly amazed by God to see how He strengthens and unite His people to run the race and labor for His kingdom despite the challenges. For all energy invested, even if one life could be change and transform, i would say it was totally worth it.
But that day, people didn't just felt peace in their hearts, they didn't just have a revelation of what Christmas is, they weren't just touched by the staged up programs; people gave their life to Jesus, i saw people in pain and hurts restored by the Lord right in front of my eyes, i saw people with physical illness and pain instantly healed by the Lord, i saw people went under the power of God, and above it all, i felt God myself.
Its December! And its amazing how everything changes once your heart comprehend on something greater than yourself. Even though the year is coming to and end, i don't feel the momentum going any slower. Things are working out pretty fine :) Even in hard situations or in broken heartache times :)
It's December! And my brothers are having their school holidays. I have two brothers by the way, one ran away to Taiwan for his youth exchange program after he finished his SPM, and the other who is one year younger seem to be stuck in KL.
I brought him around, malls, public transport, Uniqlo as the picture above, Chilis, my college, my class, my classmates, my room... but he doesn't seem to know what to look forward to. Well, he's still 16 so i guess it ain't wrong to be blur.
Oh, i guess something slightly more interesting to him (which he was still giving the "slamba" face) was the charity haircut in college. His older brother was asked to bald his head if the charity amount could reached RM1500 in a week's time :)
However the amount only reached RM272 that afternoon at 12am and it was 3 hours to the closing hour. Seeing this i bought two tickets to cut my hair and my brother's in the event and i ended up looking like this
I was quite happy with it, what a new look for Christmas i thought :) and so happily i went to KLCC for a movie. But right before the i bought the movie tickets, the charity event person called and say, they've reached RM1500 and i were to come back immediately to get my head shaved =.=
*The shavee list.....
And hence, i am officially a bald guy for next few months.
It's alright, for charity its worth it even if it means getting weird stares or wrong impression of being dangerous or a pervert, which i do get =.= Oh wells! Hair grows!
With a great year behind, a bald head and a great God, I am ready to face the new year 2011 with great boldness and faith!
Are you ready!
