Tuesday, October 2, 2007
A Life Story

How many of us have a story to tell about our lives? Those who have lived till a ripe age certainly has one to tell. I was talking to my grandfather this morning and I just sense a prompting that I should ask him about his life. Indeed my grandfather has gone through a lot of sufferings in the past and he just shared one of his many stories to me.

Through his stories, I took the effort to be engaged in the conversation though my chinese wasn't that superb and I found out that we youngsters or so to speak are very blessed and fortunate as of today. You might have never thought much of the transport or the living conditions we have today. In the early years of my grandpa, there wasn't any of these transport and certainly there wasn't any high-rise flats or condominiums.

I thank God for teaching me to appreciate the things I have in my life through my grandpa's stories. In fact, I have asked my grandpa to write down his many interesting life stories in a book and to get it published next time so that his grandchildren would be able to know his very own life story. That way, we can be sure that his story would be passed down to the generations after us.

In all, God is really teaching all of us the meaning of being grateful in our lives. Indeed, God is really creative and each of our life stories has been written by Him before we even came to this world. I give him all the praise for all He has done for me. God has reminded me of my very own life story and I just want to leave a question for us all to ponder about: ‘Do you have a life story to tell?’

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