New, blissful and blessed
2-in-1

Today I witnessed Mr Boy’s wedding ceremony.
It wasn’t an especially grand affair, but the church service was brilliant, the ambiance pleasant and warm, the food impressive and the strong presence of genuine love heart-warming.

The prayer and praise session was especially gratifying, because I was painfully aware that many of my classmates around me were experiencing their very first.

I vividly remember my very first prayer and praise service in Uncle Joshua’s church.
No more than a child then, I was greatly intrigued by the whole event.
When I was told during communion that they were drinking “Jesus’ blood” and eating “Jesus’ body,” I remember asking the silliest question “har? So many people drinking His blood, won’t drink finish meh?”
Haha! A relentless spirit of questioning, and an unabashed gumption for blurting out raw, unadulterated thoughts. All the signs of childhood.
There were many questions I had then, and questions are very dangerous things when it comes to getting the right answers that point you to the right direction.
It was by God’s grace that I had the naïve, trusting spirit of a child; to carry the answers I got on blind, innocent faith.

Come to think of it now, it’s nothing short of a miracle that God has kept me going through all the different phases of my walk with Him.
Sometimes I was running, sometimes walking, sometimes crawling, sometimes tumbling, sometimes flying.
This journey has just been so amazing. The most blessed thing that has ever happened to my life.

And it’s like you’ve solved a mega-tough sudoku puzzle, or built a 100-storey house of cards, you just want to shout it to the world, get them to “come see” and come experience for themselves.
I want others, especially those I love and care about, to know the love of Christ!
As the songs were playing, I prayed fervently for the Holy Spirit to descend upon us all, break barriers and melt hearts.
Having been through this very stage of non-believing myself, I guess I can only pray for God to work in others the miracle he’s worked in me.
If I as a child had so many doubts and questions, how much more so the cynical and self-respecting adolescent mind?
The stakes are high, and time is short.
I pray with all my heart that the seed of life has been sown in all our hearts today.


Mr Boy and his new wife’s union ceremony today inspired much joy in all of us.
Joy in witnessing the love, hope and new life in their union.
Yet to all of us, it’s plainly apparent that the blessed union took place way before the moment they took their first kiss.
The devotion and love they have for each other is apparent in the very way they speak and act. And that is the mark of genuine and blessed love. It is with much excitement that I pray for wonderful things to come out of it.

Dear God, please bless this union between Mr Boy and his wife.
They have allowed a glimpse of your grace, glory and love through their conduct, and in so blessing the many lives around them.
May they grow ever stronger as a single unit in you, covering each other’s weaknesses and amplifying each other’s strengths. May they continue to touch and change the lives of the people you put in their lives,
and their union become a living testimony to your amazing love. Amen.


I wouldn’t say it’s Mr Boy’s big day,
I believe it’s just the beginning.