God is Divine. He sure knows how to plan His time well. Every second matters in His precise arrangement. The people we meet, the things we do, the troubles we face, the place we are born in, the parents we have, the looks we have, our future, all these has been planned out perfectly in the wisdom and knowledge of the Most High God. I am truly amazed at how God works in our life. All the little details and how it all forms up together never fail to keep me awe.

The reason for this sudden proclamation is my divine meet with Xiao Guai, a Chinese from China.

The story begins when Yi Qin and I happen to be at this void deck area around his house. We were practicing worship for Caregroup the next day and we chose that spot because there were sockets for me to charge my laptop. This is the first thing I thank God about - POWER SOCKETS AT VOID DECK AREA!!! Continuing, honestly, we could have been at any other place to practice that night, and the truth is, we have never been there at that spot together before. Well, my believe is that that was how God planned it to be.

Soon later, halfway through the second song, we saw this smiley red topped guy and gentle faced, walking around us with his hands placed in the back pocket. Yi Qin’s first thought was if we were too noisy and had disturbed the neighbors. So he asked if we were. It turned out that he was just strolling around. Ok, next thing to thank God about -We weren’t disturbing the neighbors though we were pretty loud.

Out of a curious mind, he then asked what we were doing. Well, he asked in Chinese and with the accent he spoke in, he is from China. And obviously, being a sucker in Chinese, I don’t know how to reply him telling him ‘Praise and Worship’ in Chinese. Yi Qin, being the smarter one only in Chinese, said ‘Zhan Mei Jing Bai’. His smile grew wider. Then after a few rounds of questioning, we realized that he was from Marine Parade’s Church Of Singapore. And he actually knows Hope Church due to an incidental meet up with a Hope Church member from the adults group. Our smile grew wider. Thank God for the connection.

He sat beside me and watched us practice ‘The Potter’s Hand’, trying to sing along with the lyrics, though he could not catch much of it. But thankfully he knows the song and knows a bit of English. After 5 minutes or so, we paused. Yi Qin had to do some things. I felt weird leaving him there sitting by my side being so quiet. So I post a question, ‘Do you know the song?’, and yes he did, there is even a Chinese version of that song. Then, Yi Qin continued asking some questions regarding his stay in Singapore and how he got to know God and such.

This is where the real interesting story begins.

In summary, he shared about his job in Singapore, how he got to know God, the experiences that he had with God, how he got into the church in Marine Parade, how has God been leading his life and basically, his spiritual journey with God.

The whole story is freaking long. And so, I have decided to post this up first and continue my story, or rather his story, in the next post.

To be continued…