Sunday, July 09, 2006

I felt like blogging so here I am. Haha. Today I did not go for 'The Journey' as I went to witness Joel's baptism. It was interesting as it was different from PMC. Their 'pool of water' is a large rectangular hole on the stage. What I found interesting was what the pastor asked/said before he baptised the person. He asked all of them the same thing and of course, all of them had the same reply, 'Yes.' But then He said a different verse for each one of them after that. Cool eh? Hee ;) O and I found out that Joel's aunt is attending PMC. At first when I saw his aunt, I was sure she looked familiar to me but I could not figure out where I saw her. However, I was pretty sure that she looked familiar to me. Only when Joel asked his aunt that I realised she is from PMC. Haha. What a small world.

After that, I went to attend his youth service and I was quite surprised to find that it was small, really small. There was no ushers or anything. The worship was quite rock and I found the music louder than the vocals. As for the message, it was not really a message but more of a sharing. The surprising part was they actually talked about their youth service 'system' during the service. Whoa. No comments. But I saw and knew that the leaders and some youths were worshipping God freely. Nothing was going to hold them back from praising and worshipping God in ways they want to. When the service ended, I knew one thing for sure. I was really glad that I attended and experienced all these.

It made me looked at things from different perspective in regards to YMPACT. It made me realise and appreciate all the time and effort the youth committee has put into building the youth ministry to what it is today. Without them, I think we will still be a ministry with no proper 'system' and direction. It finally drawn onto me that it is easy to start one but difficult to continue and even build it up. I really really want to thank the Lord for each one of them. If any of the committee members (existing or non-existing) are reading this, I would like to express my appreciation for all your hard work and time and from the bottom of my heart, 'THANK YOU SO MUCH!!' :)

Another thing that struck me was during worship. As I was singing the songs, an image came to my mind. It showed youths with their hands lifted up and worshipping God freely. Rows and rows of youths. It was an awesome sight and what was fascinating about the image, was that I recognised the place the youths were in. It was the chapel that YMPACT is using now. I was overwhelmed that I felt tears swelling in my eyes. Emotions came that I could not understand. My prayer right now is that what I saw in my mind, will become a reality. How marvellous and wonderful it will be when it actually does come true. However there is one thing that I am still not sure about. The image I saw was from was a top view. Is it suppose to mean something or am I just looking too much into it? Is my passion a calling from God?

There are so many questions yet very few answers. *sigh* Anyway, I really thank God for all I had experienced and saw today. It had made a difference in me. Thank you Lord!! :)

Dre@my JeSs Life Written @ 4:59 PM