May 24, 2020

The Shepherd's Corner

THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER

We can never fully understand God’s timing. The question of “Why now, not then, or later?” is something we must gnaw whenever we must accept unpleasant reality that comes to us like a thief in the night. However, having surrendered our lives fully into the hands of God and having trusted in His good and perfect will, we choose to accept the lot He has apportioned us. On Tuesday we accepted His divine will to take our brother Oom Tek Sioe home.

Just days before he was fine. He walked off to the front porch, then, suddenly lost his balance and fell. He fractured his hip but what immediately became a serious concern was that he also suffered internal bleeding in the head. By the grace of God, the hospital allowed Tante Lena to visit him in the ICU, so she was also there when her beloved slipped into eternity. Oom Tek Sioe has moved from beautiful Pasadena to peaceful Heaven to be with Jesus.

Andrew Murray, a South African pastor of the yesteryear defines a humble person as, “not one who thinks meanly of himself; he simply does not think of himself at all.” To me this description fits my view of Oom Tek Sioe. I cannot recall hearing him talk about himself; I am sure like the rest of us he must have but apparently, he did not do so frequently. When he talked, he simply talked about the topic of the conversation—whatever it was. He did not seem to have the need to show off—what he thought and knew.

I will miss his singing and his spirit to keep singing. The last song I asked him to prepare was One Pair of Hands, by Elvis Presley. “One pair of hands formed the mountain, healed the sick, raised the dead, nailed to a tree.” He did not get to sing it. Well, he did not need to, because that Pair of Hands have now welcomed him home.

Pastor Paul

More Shepherd's Corner Articles

The Shepherd's Corner - May 22, 2016
[:en]THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER Last Saturday morning our sister Achin was admitted to the hospital for a light stroke. Tuesday morning she suffered another stroke while she was still in the hospital. But, by the grace of God she is recovering with virtually no signs of stroke. Also by the grace of God...
Read More
Shepherd's Corner - December 7, 2014
Thirty eight years do not fly fast, especially if we are to spend it in a jungle.  But, that’s what Rachel Saint did.  For 38 years she lived in an Ecuadorian jungle among the Auca Indian who killed her brother, Nate Saint, a pilot with the Missionary Aviation Fellowship, along with four other m...
Read More
The Shepherd's Corner - January 12, 2020
THE SHEPHERD’S CORNER During a Bible Study with some of you this past week, somebody asked a question, which I had no answer for, “Why do some good people have to endure misfortune so badly and so frequently?” I know God is good and He loves us so much that He gave His Only Son […]...
Read More