God at Work in our House

Hahha.. I should be preparing for my Advanced Abnormal Psy presentation and Forensic Sci test tomorrow but I just felt that I should post this. On Sunday, after hearing about the Family Harmony at service, I felt so prompted by God, that I had not been right with my parents, especially my mom. After repenting and asking for forgiveness from Him, I went home and decided I had to make an effort to make things good with my mom. Ever since I started to be committed to His work plus with sch and work, I've spent lesser time with my family and many a time, when I'm finally able to sit down to rest and watch Gilmore Girls on my laptop, I find myself turning deaf ears to my mom when she comes to my room and wants to speak to me. Rev. Richard Ong mentioned in service it was akin to "shutting off". Quite apt actually.

I realized that unless I make a concerted effort to talk to my mom, our relationship would be very shaky and unstable. It's just like with God. Constant communication is crucial (the power of alliteration, haha).

This week I find myself making a point to even walk into the kitchen after I reach home, just to talk to my mom about what happened in school and she's always listening to me. And whenever she speaks to me, I'll make an effort to focus on her and listen too. And hahaha, usually when she calls me on the cell when I'm outside, I would talk to her for less than a minute. But yesterday while I was making a decision at the school bus stop as to whether I should go to town to look for something or to go home straightway, and my mom called me, I had initially wanted to hang up on her as quickly as possible but I ended up telling her exactly what I was thinking about and I felt so much better cos if I had hung up on her quickly as usual, I'd feel like I lied to her (the usual feeling that I feel when I don't tell her the actual thing I was planning to do). Today, I approached her, wanting to borrow some money from her to buy something (cos I'm ultra broke) and I was surprised at how ok it was for her to want to give me that money. I think it's really because I was very upfront about it and told her the reason honestly.

Last night, my mom came to me and asked if we could pray for our family, especially for someone, together. I was quite surprised also hahah. Cos usually I'm the one who initiates the praying together. We then prayed together and even as I was praying, I felt the pain in my mom's heart for that someone as I heard her crying but also the faith that she has in God that He will make things right and that He will heal her own knees and to break down that 5cm cyst in her womb. I think this little prayer time has even brought to the two of us together even closer than before. I praise the Lord for what He has done in my family.

Labels: family, God, Mummy