LOVE

Yesterday, just like every usual Saturday nights, we had our little bible study gathering in my room. I remembered that the room was filled with laughter, as though nothing had happened before. Those who were emotionally frustrated were calm and happy, unlike before. They must have come with a godly heart; a forgiving and a loving heart. Does time heal wounds? Or is it that people tend to change the way how they used to think with time? Maybe they just can’t be bothered anymore.

For the past few years, I and my friends used to celebrate Chinese New Year together. But this year was exceptional. We were forgotten. As expected, we were really hurt and were raging with anger. How could these people forget us? Are we not important? Don’t they feel that something is missing? Most importantly, WE THOUGHT that we WERE a family. But then again, maybe we were the only ones who thought so.

During Chap Goh Mei, our friends had a celebration by themselves. Everybody was present except us. We knew about it but we were uninvited. What can we do? How do we respond when all our other friends ask about it?

Yesterday night, some of these people came to talk. We had a heart-to-heart talk. All our emotions spilled out. For once everybody was frank that night. We all said what we had wanted to say for so long. Some friends cried and so did I. But I was aware about the reason I cried. It wasn’t because I was hurt of what they did, but it was more like hurt recalling every bitter memory I had with them.

At one point, I cried profusely. It was uncontrollable when I shared about my life experience I had 2 months ago. My testimony touched hearts that night. I shared about my walk with God and how I felt about Him. The one thing I stressed most was love. I told them to love one another while they still had the chance to. I told them to seek for forgiveness immediately when they realize that they have done wrong. Life is short. Not many people get to live till old age. I was really grateful for His mercy on me, that He gave me a second chance to live to seek for forgiveness, as well as forgiving others. I am now able to meet with my family again. He has been so gracious to me. He truly is a Father in heaven who will never ever forsake us. He constantly puts us through tests, but as long as we have faith just like Job, He will add everything unto us. After an eventful night, we were exchanging forgiveness.

In a nutshell, we were really grateful for the bunch of friends that came that night. If they hadn’t approach us, this conflict will never be solved and we will all graduate with a thorn in our hearts. As for me, the most important lesson that I learned is to ask for forgiveness for every wrong doings that we do. Don’t wait as we may not know what will happen in the future. Last but not least, have FAITH and everything shall fall into place.

AMEN!!! GBU.