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DENNIS & KAYE (May 2010)

Dennis:   I have been a Christian since 2008. My then girlfriend, Kaye was the one who led me to know our Lord Jesus Christ. In the relatively short time I have been a follower of Christ, I have already experienced a lot of His great and miraculous love that sustained me in my walk with Him. It was last May 27, 2009 that God really put my young faith to the test. During the peak of the world wide economic crisis, I was retrenched by my employer where I have worked for 3 years. It was also during that year that Kaye and I decided to get married. Confident with myself and my accomplishments, I never really worried because I know I would find a job soon; but God had a different plan. Immediately, I searched and applied for work. Days turned into weeks and weeks into months, only a few called and set up for an interview. I patiently waited for final interviews but to no avail. I was really getting frustrated and down. Each day made me feel depressed. It was hard for me to accept that with my work experience, I still can’t find a job. The pressure was mounting as the date of our wedding was getting near and we already had to pay some of the suppliers that we hired. Our savings was not that much as we are also helping out with some expenses of our families back home and I’m supporting my mom here in Singapore. I began to feel sorry for myself, started to be irritable and impatient. There was a time that I felt so far from Him.

But truly our God almighty can turn every bad experience into a blessing. I remember praying to God one night, surrendering the situation to him. It was difficult at first, removing all my anxieties and trusting everything will be okay. Through the support of Kaye and church mates who prayed for me, I was able to strengthen my faith in the Lord. I started regularly attending our D-group meetings as now I have plenty of time to spare. When I was working, I always missed our Friday sessions as that day is our software release which made me to always render overtime. My quiet time with the Lord became frequent. The feeling of letting it go made my heart seemed so light. My perspective of what was happening turned around. I started to realize that this may be God’s way of telling me to slow down and take time to know Him better. That he took away something I value more than Him so that I can deepen my relationship with Him. From then on, I really felt God assuring me of a better opportunity. He replaced my pride and over confidence with humility. He taught me to depend on Him alone with all my needs. That He is bigger than any difficulty we are facing. As Isaiah 55:9 says "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts", one of the many verses that struck my heart during one of my devotional time with Him.

Kaye:   It was also during the time when Dennis was not working when we discovered that I have rheumatoid arthritis. A systemic condition that affects the body’s immune defense system, making my tissue joints swell, causing pain in my knees and right wrist. The medication prescribed to me that was supposed to make me feel better did not help me for the first few months. Then I found myself focusing on the pain, the medicine’s adverse side effects and the expenses we had to think of to pay my monthly check-ups and laboratory tests. But God reminded me to focus back on His word about my healing. God wanted me to pay attention to who I am and what I have in Christ. I know that I have God’s power inside me, as what Ephesians 3:20 says, "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us," God is slowly but surely healing me. Last March 2010, the specialist decided to give me another medicine with a lower dosage. Now, as I wake up each day, I don’t feel the pain and the side effects anymore. God is indeed our great healer.

It was indeed a miracle how we were able to last financially for 6 months when Dennis was not working and we’re paying for my monthly medical fees. How we were still able to support both of our families back home and how our funds for our wedding were barely touched. God has taught us to be a good steward of his blessings in preparation of how it would look like if we already have our own family. In the right time, Dennis found a work which he has been waiting.

I was also able to witness how God has changed Dennis from being passive to being enthusiastic in his faith and love for God. This was evident in how he handles circumstances, how he responds to God’s word and how he prays.

God has certainly blessed us with people who have been so supportive and has constantly been praying for us. We are thankful because of how He had used them to impart real-life experiences to us. Not only did God test our trust in Him but also our relationship. He used that time to prepare us to the many trials of marital life. This experience gave us plenty of time to reflect and acknowledge that we cannot do anything without Him. Our relationship became stronger as so our dependence and devotion in Him. As for our wedding, we happily tied the knot on the 24th of April this year. Kindly include us in your prayers that we may continue to walk according to His plans as we build our own family. To God be all the glory that He deserves.

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