Joyful Offerings

- Beyond lunar year end

In knowing the coming lunar new year eve, I was flattered when I saw a few rolls of red paper and bottles of black ink I had kept in the garage. In a glimpse, I found myself traveling backward in a time zone: I was writing Kanji (Chinese characters) in calligraphy on red paper for neighbors in City of Millbrae and Foster City in the cultural events for Chinese Lunar New Year. The purposes for being there were to serve and make fun to city residents, regardless of race and body type. I recalled that a chief police officer and his wife and daughter pleasantly asked me to select their names in Kanji and, finally, were satisfied with what I wrote for them, followed with a photo taken together for my memory. Time flies in a set slot beginning in year 2006.


All the sudden, I had a strong feeling that I must do the same thing for kids and youngsters around me, and I was then eager to deliver the message on the will of God. Timing is so tight, given a short notice in the final week of the ending lunar year. All I know -- I would have reached the sister earlier for a proactive arrangement, if I had planned for it at my own will. Oh Lord replenishes us with His fresh anointing -- knowing and testifying His will is such a fulfilling encounter ever.


Joyful offerings in His love never end!


"Not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart." (Ephesians 6:6)



Written on February 11, 2010