Belated Sunday Post

I am so glad my sister was understanding enough to let me take the car to attend service @ FCC on Sunday despite having to be at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal @ 1p.m..A could follow too, and I picked E and C along the way. It was nice being "home". She took the train down to Aljunied to meet me. I think that's really sweet of her. And I am definitely glad that I went to FCC this week because I have to be @ Covenant next week. A friend has stopped attending church for a while now and she doesn't mind attending Covenant, so I shall accompany her.

Worship was awesome.

2 takeaways from Clarence's message.

1) remember milestones in your life to testify about God's faithfulness in your life.

I guess I could tell of a few milestones in my life as a christian where I can clearly see God working, but I had not put down everything on paper. And like what Clarence said, we are forgetful people and tend to forget how good God has been to us. So I shall take this holidays to do just that. And give thanks for His faithfulness in my life.

2) Clarence was sharing how when he stopped expecting his dad to be someone he could look up to, then did his relationship with his dad improve.

I think it is a great revelation to Clarence at that time because that is the start of a relationship for him and his dad, though it had become more of a peer to peer kind of relationship.

I guess I have always believed that dads and mums should set themselves up as authoritative figures in the family, not the tyrant kind of take charge, but someone who could be in control, and someone who could guide and lead the way. It is sad, but I expected more so if they are christian parents. I salute churches and organisations which conduct workshops for parents to learn how to be better parents.

I know for one thing that it sure helps the teachers better. I have seen enough of disrespectful students who follow their parents' way of relating to people, and parents allowing their children to have their way, spoiling them. These are kids who turn out to be ill-mannered and rude. Distressing.

Having said that however, we do have parents who can't be everything we want them to be, or everything that society deems them to be, so we need to have the wisdom to see that and make do with the situation. Afterall, we still have our heavenly father who's a great role model. :)
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