Redress   Repay
God is Great

It was amazing and unbelievable for me to catch up with Pastor Chamraeng in December 2015. It was more than 20 years after our last meeting in Singapore.

From the moment I got the idea to visit him and until the day we met, it was only nine days. I bought the air ticket, sent him the message through Facebook, and then went to the village in Thailand where I had never been to.

Everything went smoothly. When I arrived at Bangkok, I took the taxi. I planned to go to Mochi Bus Station to take a bus to Sikhio. But I changed my mind when I was in the taxi. Instead of going to the Bus Station, I let the taxi driver driving me to Sikhio, where was 224 kilometres from airport.

I was looking for Pastor Chamraeng imperatively six years ago. I did not get any help. Other than his daughter Som who communicated with me through e-mails, nobody helped me. I made up my mind then that I must find him and know what's happened.

God is great!
We finally met each other.
I did not know the details of the past. But I felt it. It deeply hurt.

I also did not tell him much about my wounds of the recent years. I just said a few words.
Praise the Lord! We did not need to tell the long stories. But we felt the pains of each other.
I ever attended the online worship. When I heard about "forgive" mentioned by Pastor Rony, I was very angry. Immediately Pastor Rony said, "I don't mean that you invite him for a cup of tea, or invite him to your home ..."

After Pastor Rony continued to explain, I got the fresh understanding of "forgive". That was one of the reasons I respected him very much.

God has been warning me since I was young, "Do not get angry."
But whenever anyone talked to me about "forgive" anybody, I would be very angry.
After that evening, I got the idea of "forgive" from Pastor Rony and changed my mindset.

The Bible gives the advice to the Christians.
Do not repay anyone evil for evil.
Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody.
If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath,
for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," said the Lord.
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Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Do not speak out the grievance, give room to God and wait for God to punish them with His ANGER!


15.02.2016