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I’ve heard it said that a man would climb a mountaind
Just to be with the one he loves
How many times has he broken that promise?
It has never been done
I’ve never climbed the highest mountain
But I walked the hill of Calvary
Just to be with you, I’d do anything
There’s no price I would not pay
Just to be with you, I’d give anything
I would give my life away
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God Is Our Provider
The LORD is my Shepherd; I shall not be in want. (Psalm 23:1)
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Lisa's Story
Growing up, I had a hard time making and keeping friends. Bad experiences with friendship made me feel like I wasn’t “good enough” to have friends. But I desperately wanted friends, true friends, so I constantly sought friendship. In friendship I hoped to find things like acceptance and security.
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My freshman year of high school, five girls I thought were my friends started to form a clique. I tried to stay friends with them, but as the clique got tighter, the girls ignored me more and more. Finally, things got so bad the five of them wrote me a letter. In the letter, they rejected me, saying they weren’t my friends. At the bottom, they all signed their names.
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I felt like the letter confirmed all my worst fears. Fears like: Nobody wanted to be my friend, or that something was wrong with me. I didn’t know who would be my friend the next day when I went back to school. I could only think of one or two girls to sit next to during lunch. And in a way, that’s how I survived high school: I always found friends to “sit next to.”
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When I went to university, I met some people who were different. They had a value for true friendships. This value came from their Christian faith. Slowly, through the friendship of these people, God healed me. Really, He healed my heart. I realized that I didn’t need to “seek” friends anymore. God helped me to forgive. And most importantly, He gave me the courage to open my heart to friends and friendship again. And in college, I made some awesome friends!
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During my senior year, a verse from the Bible, John 15:13, really touched me. It said, “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” I realized this was one of my purposes in life—to lay down my life, or sacrifice, for my friends. And not just for my college friends, but friends in other places—even countries—which I would go to. God’s healing was complete. I no longer felt I had to seek friends for the acceptance and security they could give me. Now I was willing to give myself for my friends.
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And as I have followed God and done that, He has blessed me abundantly! God is the ultimate Provider of all I need. He knows my everyday needs and my deepest needs, and He provides for them. God has given me great friendships—but He is my best friend. The love I receive from these friendships is awesome—but His love is the most pure, most true, and it never fails. I know that because of Him, I will never lack anything.
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God's Word
Matthew 7:9-11:
“Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!”
Mark 10:29, 30:
“I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life.”
Psalm 23:1:
The LORD is my Shepherd; I shall not be in want.
Philippians 4:19:
And my God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
John 15:12-14:
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this that he lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command.”
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God Is Our Hope
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28)
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Billy & Yen Ling's Story
Our second daughter, Savannah, was born on June 14, 2006. I remember standing beside Yen Ling’s bed after the delivery. We were exhausted, but happy. Though Savannah was born three weeks early she looked beautiful and healthy. But then a nurse came into our room and asked to talk to me.
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The nurse took me to see Savannah and showed me the roof of her mouth. She had a cleft palate. About four or five nurses tried to explain what this meant, but I was only half-listening. That day I felt scared and even disappointed in God. Why did my little baby daughter have this challenge? Why didn’t God protect her? Those questions only lasted for a moment, though. I knew that God was in control and that we’d face this challenge together as a family.
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A week after her birth we had to take Savannah back to the hospital. She had lost 1/6 of her birth weight and had jaundice. It was very scary and difficult to see her lying on a plastic hospital baby bed with bright lights shining on her and needles in her arms. After a few days she was OK, but there were more challenges to come.
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Savannah’s muscles have been developing too slowly. She should be able to lift her head up and turn over, but she can’t. Yen Ling has had to take her to weekly physical therapy sessions. Savannah also has mild to moderate hearing loss in both ears. This means she’ll need to wear hearing aids and take speech classes. And in November doctors took blood to test Savannah’s 15th and 22nd chromosomes. If there is something wrong with her DNA it will be her (and our) biggest challenge yet.
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Just a few weeks ago Savannah had her cleft palate surgery. That night I sat by her bed wiping the blood away from her nose and mouth as she slept. It’s difficult to watch your baby cough up blood and struggle to breathe. But as I sat there I felt complete peace; I knew God was holding her in His hands.
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Savannah has now fully recovered from her surgery. She’s talking more than ever; and she even laughs! We received one DNA report from the doctor two weeks ago. The general report showed that her overall DNA structure is OK. We’ll find out about the specific chromosome reports soon. It can be scary to think of all the challenges Savannah faces. But God is our hope. And He is Savannah’s hope, too. As her parents, Yen Ling and I would give everything to make her well—we’d even take her challenges upon ourselves so she could be OK. But we can’t do that. The only One who can give us hope is Jesus. We hope in Him because He says in Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you [Savannah],” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Savannah has a beautiful future ahead of her and we’re excited to see what God has planned for her life.
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God's Word
Psalm 42:5:
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Proverbs 3:5,6:
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.
Lamentations 3:25:
The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him.
Jeremiah 29:11:
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Romans 8:28:
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.
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God Has a Plan for Our Lives
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.(Jeremiah 29:11)
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Angus's Story
I feel very blessed to have had loving parents and a very good upbringing. I grew up in a Christian family. My dad was a music professor and my mom was a high school English teacher. I was greatly influenced by both of them. I learned to play musical instruments at a young age. I wasn’t the best, but I was confident and had some pride in my abilities. I attended contests for my playing. My mom thought English was something worth investing in for me as well. So even though we weren’t wealthy, I had private American tutors teach me English.
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Later we moved to England for three years while my dad was studying for his degrees. During those three years, I was able to brush up on my English and spend a lot of time developing my musical ability.
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When we came back to Taiwan, I went right into high school. You all know how horrible that can be! We are told that everything we do is for the ultimate goal of entering a good university. The message is drilled into us that we will be miserable or even useless if we don’t attend a good university. So, when I failed the college entrance exam, I felt like a loser! I was sad, my mom was sad, and my dad was silent. God, however, was working. I studied and took the exam again, which was a lot harder. Inside my heart, I felt no hope at all. Yet, God helped me. When I got the results back, I was thrilled! I knew it was a miracle, because I had failed the easier entrance exam, only to pass the harder one. I have no doubt that God made that happen!
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In university, I learned how to arrange music. After graduation, God led me to work at Studio Classroom where I now use both my musical ability and my English. I can clearly see that God had every step planned out for me.
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I now have many opportunities to visit high schools. I always think back to those stressful days when I was a student. I want to encourage the students I meet. I want to tell them it’s important to study hard, but it’s not the only thing in life. I want them to know that God loves them and has a plan for each of their lives–a wonderful plan!
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The same is true for you! Let God plan your future. He did a great job with mine, so He can do it for you. Just Ask!
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God's Word
Psalm 139:13-16:
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
Proverbs 16:9:
In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.
Jeremiah 29:11:
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Proverbs 3:5, 6:
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your path.
Isaiah 55:8, 9:
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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