Happy Chinese New Year to all of you in advanced... Here is ur 3rd installment of testimonies from members in the LG. Remember people to send me your testimonies. Many thanks to Samuel =].

My All For Him: From a second Gener’s perspective.

Many of us think second generation Christians, or second geners for short, have it easy. Yes your mum and dad and brother are all Christians, yes you grew up singing ‘Jesus loves me this I know’ and ‘Give me oil in my lamb’. But ask any of the few second geners around they will tell you a different story. Yes your parents brought you up well, good. Yes you do not worry over how to break the news that you believe in Jesus to your family, excellent. Sounds pretty easy you say!

No. This journey is no less challenging then that of the first geners. Second Geners face a time in their youth where they face a difficult question and they have to make that decision. Sometimes growing up in a church may not be such a good thing either. The fact that you are so complacent with whatever that you are and are so used to Church and God that you become less and less sensitive to God and begin to fall off. I can name you fifteen of us, all second geners, all knew Jesus. But I can easily say that the only one surviving is the guy writing this! Not that I am proud of myself, I know that this is but God’s grace and mercy in my life and he has blessed his unworthy servant too many a times.

So what happened to my friends you ask? Well here’s the catch. Whether first gener or second, whether you can recognize Jesus in the toddler’s Bible while googoogahgah-ing, or you knew Jesus only yesterday, we are faced by a Y fork in the road of life. It shows two ways, the long and narrow road which takes a winding turn, or the big nice one with little billboards at the side. The narrow road, if chosen, means losing your life, your dignity, your pride, your selfish ambitions, your all that the world would tell you good job. And that choice is hard, I took many many years contemplating to stay on the wide road with billboards and enjoy my life. Some chose to stay on that road. They failed in life’s journey. All the way for God is my for myself prayer daily .The world has trained us well to do things by our own. But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these shall be added unto you. Surely that path is weird!! By losing it all away not only do you gain but plus blessings? YES! That’s the amazing path of God! But sadly, too few made the right choice.

I too struggle to stay on course. I am no superman. I am weak, I WILL fail. But I know a of a superman who will NEVER fail in helping us in this journey, a God who will guide and bless his children.

We are at the fork of our lives daily. Which road will you take today? God help us to make the right decision!

Here’s a short phrase from a poem which I wrote in Secondary 4, may it bless you in the hardest days of your life=D :

‘Though I walk thru the valley dark & deep;
Though the race seems hard to comm-plete;
The Lord shall be my strength and my guide!’