Lunch at Singapore International Airport

Treated to a Japanese lunch at Singapore Airport on the way back to Penang after spending 10 days catching up lost time with my daughter and relatives.  How we wish we have more days to spend after thinking of going back to normality again. 

Dim Sum at Tim Ho Wan

We were blessed with an early Hong Kong Dim Sum dinner by Pas. Paul, Sis. Maggi and Melody at Tim Ho Wan Restaurant at Westgate, Jurong East, Singapore.

Dim Sum - which means "touching the heart" - is a Cantonese style cuisine from southern China, often served with pots of tea.

Tim Ho Wan, the 1 Michelin Star Dim Sum restaurant from Hong Kong is famed for its Baked Bun with BBQ pork, Ma Lai Gou, Pan Fried Carrot Cake and Vermicelli Roll with Pig's Liver known as the 4 Heavenly Kings.  Others include Har Gao, Siew Mai, Steamed Chicken Feet, Crispy Salad Fish Roll and Fried Dumpling.

After dinner we joined them for their Friday Prayer Meeting at Good Shepherd Assembly of God, Trade Hub 21, Jurong East, Singapore. 

Visit to Gardens by the Bay - Marina Bay Singapore

Supertrees

On 24 April 2014, we visited Singapore's new icon, a 101-hectare horticultural attraction.  Less than 5 minutes walk from Marina Bay.  We saw 9 to 16-storey vertical gardens (Supertrees) where rainwater are collected and used to generate solare power and act as venting ducts for the park's conversatories.

A suspended 128-metre long walkway between two Supertrees, the OCBC Skyway offers a bird's eye view of the Gardens and the Marina Bay urban area.

Supertrees at Night

OCBC Skyway

View from OCBC Skyway

 

Joy in Suffering

Peter gives 6 reasons why we can 'keep on rejoicing' when the suffering comes.  They are all related to God :

1)  It is not a surprise but a plan :

2)  It is evidence of our union with Christ :

3)  It is a means to attaining greater joy in glory :

4)  The Spirit of Glory and of God will rest on us :

5)  It glorifies God; and

6)  God is faithful to care for our soul.

True joy has nothing to do with circumstances.  It is really about faith and trust in God.  Paul writes in Galatians that the fruit of the Spirit includes joy (Galatians 5:22) .  That does not mean we enjoy the suffering and difficulty.  It does mean, however, that we have the strength and resilence to endure -- because the JOY of the Lord is our strength and God Himself will deliver us.

The assurance of the believer is not that God will save him even if he stops believing, but that God will keep him believing - God will sustain you in faith, He will make your hope firm and stable to the end - John Piper