Thanksgiving aplenty!!
Indeed, it's been ages since I last blogged. For the longest time ever, I had problems with my PC. So until it was thoroughly overhauled, I had no functioning home PC from which I could log in to check my e-mails, blog etc. Felt rather cut off from the world and realised I had become fairly reliant on the Net.
Anyway, the first thanksgiving is with regard to a new kid I've been blessed with looking after in Sunday school. W joined the Sunday school group that I am currently teaching, and I quite liked him. He's a good kid, and I've 'staked' my claim on him as my sheep. Looked forward to seeing him and teaching him about the values and stuff in the Bible, as he is keen on it. He has been a real blessing too, in that he actively engages his unsaved cousins to attend church with him, and he will speak to his parents about God etc. Praise God!!!
On another note, I've also been extremely blessed. Just started work at my new workplace in a foreign bank yesterday. Amazed, humbled and awed at how God has moved in my career. Sometime around end March / early April 2007, I was in the regular office fellowship group meetings with my brothers and sisters. We were praying and worshipping, and I got a prompting to 'move on'. Wasn't quite sure if it was from my own desires, or from the Holy Spirit, so decided to sit tight and do nothing about it. I was praying to God, that if this is indeed from Him, He will open the way. I won't have to write in to any bank to apply etc. Previously when we had a major gathering of the various fellowship groups in the CBD, I noticed that my current workplace was not represented, and I did wonder if God is calling me to go there to connect with the believers and non-believers alike, and link them to the various office fellowship groups in the CBD.
Anyway, that same weekend, saw a job advertisement in the papers for a role that, at one glance, I knew I could perform and I had this assurance that the role was mine. But I resisted from writing in to apply, as I wanted to be fully sure that it's not from my desires. Somehow, this head hunter whom I have known since my days in Credit Suisse called me and spoke to me about the role. So my profile was presented to the hiring manager (now my new boss) and I went for the interview, sat through a few tests, and got the offer at a fairly decent wage. Everything fell into place so seamlessly that it had to be from Him. Tendered my resignation, and then I went to Hong Kong for a holiday. Previous boss had asked me to reconsider my resignation, so out of respect, I did. In Hong Kong, I received a call from a HK recruiter who wanted to place me in a similar role and in a similar capacity, except that this was for the HK office of my new bank. So this was the 'sign' I had been waiting for. Totally wanted to claim Jeremiah 29:11. Indeed, God is an amazing God.
Further to this, I had a health 'scare'. Spoke to my previous boss about it, and she mentioned that I'd do better to stay on since I was already a confirmed staff member there, and they'd no issues if I have to go for medical check-ups and appointments. Told a few people, and when I realised that this was simply a ploy by the evil one that will thwart God's glory and His plans, the health 'scare' went away immediately.
Even at my new workplace, the portfolio I have been given and tasked with is exactly the one I would have gotten if I had stayed on at my previous bank, which is a portfolio I really wanted as I am more inclined towards it. Thank God!!
Praise the Lord!!! Sing with me, How Great is our God......
Anyway, the first thanksgiving is with regard to a new kid I've been blessed with looking after in Sunday school. W joined the Sunday school group that I am currently teaching, and I quite liked him. He's a good kid, and I've 'staked' my claim on him as my sheep. Looked forward to seeing him and teaching him about the values and stuff in the Bible, as he is keen on it. He has been a real blessing too, in that he actively engages his unsaved cousins to attend church with him, and he will speak to his parents about God etc. Praise God!!!
On another note, I've also been extremely blessed. Just started work at my new workplace in a foreign bank yesterday. Amazed, humbled and awed at how God has moved in my career. Sometime around end March / early April 2007, I was in the regular office fellowship group meetings with my brothers and sisters. We were praying and worshipping, and I got a prompting to 'move on'. Wasn't quite sure if it was from my own desires, or from the Holy Spirit, so decided to sit tight and do nothing about it. I was praying to God, that if this is indeed from Him, He will open the way. I won't have to write in to any bank to apply etc. Previously when we had a major gathering of the various fellowship groups in the CBD, I noticed that my current workplace was not represented, and I did wonder if God is calling me to go there to connect with the believers and non-believers alike, and link them to the various office fellowship groups in the CBD.
Anyway, that same weekend, saw a job advertisement in the papers for a role that, at one glance, I knew I could perform and I had this assurance that the role was mine. But I resisted from writing in to apply, as I wanted to be fully sure that it's not from my desires. Somehow, this head hunter whom I have known since my days in Credit Suisse called me and spoke to me about the role. So my profile was presented to the hiring manager (now my new boss) and I went for the interview, sat through a few tests, and got the offer at a fairly decent wage. Everything fell into place so seamlessly that it had to be from Him. Tendered my resignation, and then I went to Hong Kong for a holiday. Previous boss had asked me to reconsider my resignation, so out of respect, I did. In Hong Kong, I received a call from a HK recruiter who wanted to place me in a similar role and in a similar capacity, except that this was for the HK office of my new bank. So this was the 'sign' I had been waiting for. Totally wanted to claim Jeremiah 29:11. Indeed, God is an amazing God.
Further to this, I had a health 'scare'. Spoke to my previous boss about it, and she mentioned that I'd do better to stay on since I was already a confirmed staff member there, and they'd no issues if I have to go for medical check-ups and appointments. Told a few people, and when I realised that this was simply a ploy by the evil one that will thwart God's glory and His plans, the health 'scare' went away immediately.
Even at my new workplace, the portfolio I have been given and tasked with is exactly the one I would have gotten if I had stayed on at my previous bank, which is a portfolio I really wanted as I am more inclined towards it. Thank God!!
Praise the Lord!!! Sing with me, How Great is our God......
posted by DeRi@c | 10:38 pm
2 Comments:
hello wow congrats.which job are at now? it seems so long since we last connected.:)
Indeed God is an amazing God. May the Lord bless u plenty in your new workplaces then u know what to do la, God bless u to bless others like me. mwahahahaha. we must meet up for lunch sometime. =)
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