Contributed by Wendy ML Tan • Nov 26, 2024
“All for one….” 8 of us gathered last night at one of our CG member’s homes. It was a night to celebrate a year of 3 surgeries for one of them. Perhaps it may seem odd to an outsider, “celebrating surgeries”? Even though he lost some of his sight, he is content that he could still see with what is remaining. Unlike the time when he experienced double vision and blurred vision. Some of us would take turns to fetch him to and fro his home.
In reflection, I remember too, when a CG member texted to say that she had driven herself to the ER because she had a very high fever. I was at my campus and was unable to drive back to SJMC to accompany her. Anxiety would have set in if not for the response from a few who told me they will be available to go over to the hospital if help is needed. Evening came and I made my way to the hospital. Another friend came as well. With no beds available, we fetched our sick friend back to her apartment, spent some time with her until she was comfortable before leaving.
Still another checked himself into a hospital when he experienced discomfort in the middle of the night. Some of us carpooled and drove down to the hospital in Klang to visit and pray for him. The same brother who lives alone also needed help when he was shifting from one house to another.
There were those who had to work late into the night or the weekends, or travel frequently to hit sales. Those few were constantly tired out but they would try their best to make it to CG gatherings whenever they could. Through the years, I have seen how my CG family rally together to help one another should one fall or struggle in one way or another. They would still serve one another wholeheartedly. Most of the time, we come out stronger though we do have some misses as well with a few people leaving the CG.
At different timelines of our lives, we have been the crippled, the community or the crowd. As a Cell Leader, I am thankful that I don’t have to do it all on my own, and it is my joy and privilege that I have a CG family who genuinely care and love one another as a family, a ‘kampung’. We celebrate our wins, and our failures together.
Most importantly, through it all, we have that same stance, that no matter what the situation is, the good times and the tough times, Christ has to be the centre of it all. He is our helper (Jehovah Ezer) and our healer (Jehovah Rapha). He is our eternal hope. Jesus is our “One for all”.
My personal desire for my CG is that in knowing Jesus is the One for themselves, that they would continue to grow on, deeper in Him, and wider in extending His love towards others outside of the CG. To be a pleasing sacrifice, in praise and thanksgiving to God, to the glory of His name. Amen.