UNITED

this past thursday, friday and saturday, i experienced the body of Christ in a fresh and new way. if you've been following my updates here, you'd know that i was helping my mom do make-up for a chinese evangelistic drama. the organization that put it on was Showers Of Blessing Evangelistic Ministry (they have TV and radio shows as well). the experience was new for me in several ways. i'd never really done make-up before for any show, i'd never worked with an all chinese-speaking group and i'd never worked on a drama where the cast and crew were all Christians.

although doing make-up was fun, it didn't thrill me as much as knowing that every single person was there for one purpose. we were all there to serve God and bring people closer to Jesus. each moment was completely covered in prayer. the whole company met from 1-2pm for a prayer meeting. then, an hour before showtime, we met again to pray. when the drama was over and the pastor was speaking, everyone backstage met to pray again. it was just awesome.

another thing that brought much joy to my heart was that even though i was the newest (and youngest) person in the group, they all accepted me with no hesitation. and no one minded that i would always pray in english. the unity was both incredible and very beautiful.

looking back, those three days were yet another gift of grace in a seemingly endless stream that was the past four months. this summer, God has poured out his blessings on me. time and again, He placed me in situations i'd never expected or asked for; proving His faithfulness and relentlessly pursuing my heart. Lord, who am i compared to Your glory? Lord, who am i compared to Your majesty?

Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
Romans 12:4-5