God uses St. Mark the Evangelist to give joy to me!

Well yesterday (Friday), I was so happy the whole day and its was happy than the usual happiness, it was much more. So in the morning I presumed that God was extra happy maybe! But what I didn’t was it was it was my feast day, where I was reminded by Sury, Kenny & Corrine. Praise God for these people who were used as God’s instruments to tell me this message of super great joy for me!

The whole day was good and all! Before mass, I really had an excellent 30 mins of silent time with God in the adoration room. Then I went for mass and really experienced the Eucharist in a really deep level with God! And as I received Jesus, there was a huge smile on my face which I just couldn’t remove. I have experienced this before but this time, it was extra special. But do remember that we all have a God who is full of surprises!

So after the choir sang the thanksgiving hymn, Father Anthony Ho stood and just said a few words as usual. And then I thought he was going to congratulate the choir for singing so beautifully, but then he said, “Everyone in the congregation looks very happy. But there is one person who is the happiest person here, and he is Mark Abraham! For today is his feast day!” After he said this, I felt so honored and also so much in awe of God!

This brought great joy for me and then the smile on my face just became bigger! I was just incredibly happy and joyful but most importantly, in awe of God! Father Brian then asked me why I kept smiling. This got me thinking and I came to a conclusion that its because I am in awe and in love with Jesus!

Praise you O God for St. Mark and the beautiful & joyful day yesterday! I just wanna ask all followers of this man, Jesus, to put on the face of Christ and smile more cause I’ve realized that through your smile, others will see Christ in you and they too will be able to experience the joy that Christ Gives!

SMILE everyone! Christ will surely smile! Amen!

Being in the Grace of God

Life is really sensational just living in the Grace of God and at times it’s really so hard to believe whether life can be this good! It’s really been something that I’ve been experiencing this week, despite this week being one of my busiest weeks ever. But I guess all credit goes to the Risen lord who has just granted me every grace I needed to grow deeper with him.

About 3 weeks ago, I felt the Lord calling me to go deeper into prayer with him. It was a called to start going into deeper prayer with him like the Lectio Divina and just more silent prayer. And my reply to him was, “Lord, you I am not the type of meditative type and all. But if this is what you want to do, then please grant me the graces cause without it I know for sure that I will never be able to do this.” So in the past 3 weeks, I been spending much more time in the adoration room and all I have to say is that the Lord provides yet again. It’s just been an amazing journey because I’ve been really enjoying my silent time with the Lord!

But some of you may ask, how does all this help in our growth of our spiritual journeys with the Lord! Well all this gives us spiritual energy and joy to serve better in our ministries and also all this gives us stamina to run the race. If we don’t have this, we find ourselves at times really weak to carry on this race! I will certainly testify to this, because there’s been so many times when I felt like giving up and falling into sin or the easier way out which is to be unlike Christ! But it’s been like the Sprit of God got stronger within me and always kept me restrained from giving up. It’s something that’s really hard to explain and I guess in many ways that this is sort of living in the grace of God. But despite all this, I still do make mistakes and fall again and again. But everytime and I fail once; I try to do better the next day. Yet again this is part of living in the grace of God!

Anyway this week, I started school again as I just started my 2nd year in Temasek Poly and yes, I am enjoying life in poly but its getting a lot tougher. It all falls in place cause before this semester started, I made a decision to study much harder compared to the previous year in poly. So I guess there was a reason for God to instill the idea to study harder this semester. I struggled quite a bit this week but I have just submitted to God all the struggles I’ll be facing! I just am so sure that God’s going to be there with me all the way. And I know that God will grant me the grace still to manage to ensure everything is well with my studies and my church work! So I have nothing to fear! How awesome is that!

And I am totally in awe of all this! I testify yet again that God’s plan for us is the BEST! But we must have an open-mind at all times! May you experience the joy I experience everyday! Seek it and you’ll find it! Amen!

I'm in love

Yes I'm in love! I bet the first thought that came to your mind was, "Hmmm, now who has stolen Mark's heart that's he's in love! Must be someone really special" Haha! No I haven't fallen for any girl or something! I’m so deeply in love with my Jesus!

It may seem so weird but its really true my friends! I'm in love with Jesus! Best part is that the love is not from this world but its given from above in the heavens by our loving Father!

This has happen because Jesus has created me anew and transformed me into a person for God! I am just so happy of recent because of Jesus! I praise god for giving me life and its really fulfilling when we are given life from up above!

And in this fulfilling life, God gives us really simple stuff. In this life, its not about money, appearance, how worthy we are but its just about being loved and comforted everyday! And God says this to us so many times in the Bible, that when we go to him, he will give us life! I finally believe it to be so so true! I am just so happy and in love with Jesus as he continues to amaze me! One of the really positive stuff about this, is that I'm really enjoying my prayer time and slowing spend more and more time in prayer!

Life seems to be getting better and better with Jesus in it! Anyway, I had cell on Saturday at SMU and I realized something at the stall Mr. Tea, the drinks there are really nice and also really cheap! There was this drink called "Chocolate Heaven" and its like really awesome and its only $1.80 and I always thought that its was like $3 plus and that was why I never bought it! Haha! But finally I bought after cell sharing. I shall start getting that more often if cell happens to be there next time! Anyway that wasn't the highlight of cell! Kinda amazing! I was so happy to see Pris Tan come back after such a long time! But nevertheless, there were a few of us only but what can I say! Boy the sharings were amazing! So I'm really glad and happy! I felt honored too that people were looking up to me in terms of closeness with God and all! So that felt really good!

I guess I am in a world of my own with god! Now to forget Sunday which is today. I gave my first talk ever and felt really good about it. I was so happy that the Holy Spirit was guiding me all the way man! So happy about that too!

I am happy all the way as long god is beside me and strengthening me! I'm so happy I suffered during Lent! I guess it proved to be really worth it! So I urge you to believe me when I say that God will give Life to you! Here's an invitation that Jesus is giving to us! And answer this call so that you too may join me delighting everyday! Amen to the Life that Jesus gives!