Sunday, May 23, 2010
One of Life's Pleasure
One of life's pleasure...the ability to see the unseen; feel things you cannot feel; hear unspoken words; understand the incomprehensible...truely orgasmic.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
I was introduced to Mary & Cecil through my association with a group of people in church known as the Livingwaters in Singapore. Subsequently, I had the privilege of assisting him in starting a youth group as an alternative for the many young folks at the threshold of their teenage years that Cecil was concerned. He trusted in me when many consider me nothing more than a young upstart. Also, the circumstance then was one when the charismatic movement (synonymously associated with a spiritual revival attributed to the working of the Holy Spirit) was supposedly sweeping through Singapore. A sort of spiritual fad. It was a confusing time for some of us, not least me.To me, Cecil was like an anchor in choppy waters. His spirituality was firmly grounded on Scripture. At that time, I was also pursuing entering into full-time Christian ministry. He was and still is a very important influence and example for me. The resolve he had in making the word of God the centrality of his life and ministry was without compromise. His pulpit ministry was par excellence. The way he managed his ministry provided invaluable lessons that I was privileged to witness.
But what I probably love most and will cherish most about Cecil isn’t this. Neither was it any of his animated personalities – his funny Irish accent, his even funnier Cantonese and the little Sing-lish he slips in his conversations. He loves to joke and I remember vividly many of his loud laughter. I most certainly did not like the football team he supported – Manchester United. I am a die-hard Liverpudlian.
What I love most and will cherish most about Cecil was his ordinariness. He was never pretentious. He never had a holier-than-thou attitude. In all my encounters with him, he never talk down to me. He never preached his spirituality. In fact, he almost never hide his true personality. And trust me, he did not hide his Celtic tempers too. He did not put on any act. Clich̩, he did not spew. Cecil was as humanly transparent as he could with us Рunless he thinks it would cause us to stumble. He was actually humble and shy.
Yet he was an able minister, my spiritual mentor, my marriage counsellor, my father, my friend and my encourager.
I know for a fact, Cecil and Mary are loved by many here in Singapore. Cecil and Mary sacrificed and devoted a colossal part of their lives especially to us in Singapore. I suspect they are probably less known in UK than they are here. For this, I will always be indebted to Cecil and Mary. And their children, Ceri and Ian. They had to share their parents with us. I will miss Cecil. My world will not be the same without Cecil.
May the God that Cecil love and serve with all his heart, and with all his soul and will his mind, bless and keep him, Mary, Ceri and Ian in His peace and love.
If I may have the last laugh with Cecil, “you’ll never walk alone”.
Love
Crosby ONG
Monday, November 16, 2009
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“I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.”
Martha Washington (1731-1802), wife of George Washington, first US President, 1789–1797
Martha Washington (1731-1802), wife of George Washington, first US President, 1789–1797
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There are some things in life that we do not because they are popular but because we believe it is right so to do regardless.
Sunday, November 08, 2009
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