The church had a service which started at 10am, so the team went down to join them but because I was still not feeling so good, I stayed at home to rest. But Agi and I did join them at 11am.
The team were in the basement of the church practising the drama and singing. We were going to do a drama (Bench Drama), sing two songs and Tim was going to give his testimony in front of the church.
The songs we were singing were 'God is so Good' and 'Soon very Soon'. When we were practising these songs, the tears were running down my face. We sang 'God is so Good' in English, and Jamiey and Pinoki sang a verse in Korean, Ying Hwei in Malay and Ava in Chinese - this was very moving. Our team are one in body yet we come from 9 different countries, this is so amazing.
The other song was 'Soon very Soon'. the lyrics are....
"Soon and very soon we are going to see the King, no more crying here, we are going to see the King, no more pain here, we are going to see the King.'
Wow, how true, we are going to see the King. All the pain, frustration and tears will be no more. God will bring rest. However, he can also bring rest now on earth if we give all our pain, frustration and tears to him now. The Holy Spirit was definately with me during this practice session.
I could feel God's love come down on me and I was wondering if there were tears whilst we were practising, would I be able to sing the songs in front of the church without crying!
We went out to our 'performance' - the gathering was held outside because it was hot and also because there were lots of people there. Nick introduced us first of all, saying who we were and were we came from - All Souls, London but also that we came from many dfferent parts of the world.
We then sang our songs, again the Holy Spirit seemed to be there, woking inside me, and the tears were there. We are going to see the King, no more pain and no more crying. Through the Lord, peace will come.
Pinoki, Nick, Tim, Dave and Ava then performed the Bench drama. Pinoki is so great at drama, a complete natural. No wonder she is a drama therapist.
The Bench drama speaks about someone who is lonely and looking for a friend and someone to share her life with. Along comes a painter, a reader and a jogger - the all show a little interest in her, but finally leave without accepting her offer of friendship. She is lonely and dejected every time. At the end she is depressed and when someone comes alog who want to get to know her, she rejects their offer. But as they persist and she sees that they meat it, she accepts their friendship and walk away together, very happy.
God wants friendship with us. He will pursue until we accept. Fulfilment in life is through our relationship with Him and no one else.
Tim then gave his testimony which focused on the ministry he does with the homeless through All Souls Local Action Network (ASLAN). It was amazing, very profound and challenging. We are called to help those in need, but we do not have to do it alone as God will always be with us helping us.
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