Spiritual Milestones

I lost count of how many times I cried during our CHC 20th anniversary last week. 20 years is a long time, thankful that I'm still here by the grace of God.

I still can remember the first time I came to church. I didn't even know it was church, my friend told me it was a "Youth Festival" so I thought it was a national day thingy for youths. I was 16 then.

Waiting at KFC opposite the old hollywood theatre, I stopped eating my food and pointed to the building and said, "woah, so many people queuing up ah. How come?". My friend just smiled and said, "Ya, later we will be inside."

Didn't understand anything I sang during praise and worship. "How come got lamb, die, lion, whats all this?" And when everybody prayed in tongues, I thought to myself, "Cheam man, I think they praying in foreign language I didn't learn".

I still remember the first sermon I heard from Pastor Kong. It's called, "Crossing the line to the other side." I was so impacted. I was hesitating all week whether or not to cut a short funky hairstyle. After the sermon, I just did it.

It's a personal spiritual milestone. My first stone. Subsequently, my first tongue, my first bible study, my first tithe, my first friend to church, my first year in church. All these are spiritual milestones.

Josh 4:5-6
And Joshua said to them: "Cross over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of the Jordan, and each one of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of tribes of the children of Israel, that this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, 'WHAT DO THESE STONES MEAN TO YOU?'"

God forbid that I should ever forget these stones, or that I should be complacent and stop placing stones in my life. Pastor says that we have not arrived yet, it is still a journey. May God continue to place landmarks in my life in the next 20 years. Amen.