Yesterday it was a special day for me. It was an interesting conversation with a Malay lady from JB working in SG. Sharing a table with her in a cafe at Toa Payoh bus interchange, I felt led to buy her a cup of hot Milo as she was eating mee goreng for her dinner without any drink.
Knowing I am a counsellor, she began to share about her struggle with various life challenges after the demise of her husband 5 years ago. Her only daughter living in JB is a single mum, unemployed, and now parenting her 6-year-old son. Her daughter divorced her husband because of his adulterous lifestyle. While working in SG, she has to support daughter and the grandson. Moreover she has to pay regular visit to her brother-in-law at Changi Prison who had committed some drug offences.
Giving her a listening ear and showing much empathy, I left her with these words and calmly assured her in Malay that God loves you and you can pray to Him. She was grateful and thanked me with a warm smile. Both of us indeed experienced something unusual and out of the ordinary. This is indeed a divine arrangement. May she experience the love of God soon.
As I took the mrt train home, the thought of having demonstrated an act of kindness to a stranger warmed my heart. Then this verse just flashed through my mind.
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? - Micah 6:8 ESV
Thank you for reading and let’s continue to be a blessing to hearts that long to have a divine touch from our Lord.
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