He's Got The World In His Hands

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Yunnan

'Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.' Joshua 1:9

Recently, Singapore joined many other countries to 'Live with Covid.' The high take up of vaccination (more that 84% of the population are fully vaccinated), and the protection accorded against severe disease allowed Singapore to take this approach. Severe restrictions hurt the Singapore economy and our status as a international hub, a serious threat to our livelihood and future.  However the delta variant of the Corona virus is highly contagious and breakthrough infections post-vaccination occur at a significant rate albeit mild or asymptomatic.

Living with Covid comes with some restrictions. It is not without difficulties. Unfortunately many citizens gripe and rail against the government especially the netizens in internet chatrooms. These pampered and overly cared for complainants are unwilling to live with difficulties. What ingratitude! 

There may be another reason why people complain at times of crisis and difficulties, insecurity. Some may feel that life has bottomed out and they feel uncertain and insecure. At such times, it will do well for us to remember God's promise in Isaiah 54:10,

"Though the mountains be shaken and hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

The grumblings of Singaporeans reminds us of the attitude of the Israelites as they wandered in the wilderness during the Exodus. The wandering Israelites grumbled against Moses and then God Himself. Despite all that God had done for them, providing manna, quails and water, they were not satisfied and rebelled against Him.

It is true that life in the Sinai desert was not easy. Pippa, Nikki Gumbel's wife said, 'Life for God's people doesn't seem very easy. They didn't spend their days having fun, playing in the sunshine. There were difficulties everywhere; hunger and thirst, aggressive neighbours and snakes!' As Mark Twain once said 'Life is just one darn thing after another. God doesn't seem to take difficulties away but He does help us come through them.' (Ref 1) 

God may be silent at such times of crisis but He is never absent. We are not insulated from a difficult life but in the difficulties, God is there for us. Recognise the value of God's promises and presence.

There was a dialogue of God with Moses in the desert recorded in Exodus 33 that underscores the importance Moses attached to God being present with the Israelites in their exodus out of Egypt. This was right after the Israelites committed a grievous sin by worshipping the golden calf they had forged. Moses was so incensed by their idolatry that he smashed the tablets with the Ten Commandments, tossed the idol into the fire, ground the residue and forced the Israelites to drink the sludge.

Following the commotion, there was a respite when Moses met with God. God instructed Moses to leave the area and to carry on their journey but this time, without Him. 

'Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way.' Exodus 33:3

But Moses flatly refused to accept that condition. He argued,

'If Your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that You are pleased with me and with Your people unless You go with us? What else will distinguish me and Your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?' Exodus 33:15-16

 

Despite all their shortcomings, the Israelites knew that the distinguishing mark that made all the difference, was God's presence with them. They are the people of God. And so, they journeyed for forty years in the wilderness towards the promised land always with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night  signifying God's presence. 

The experience of Living With Covid can be seen in the same context. In our lifetimes there will be such times of crisis and challenge. God did not promise skies always blue. Nevertheless at such times, God is there for us.

'Don't be afraid, I've redeemed you. I've called your name. You're mine. When you're in over your head, I'll be there with you. When you're in rough waters, you will not go down. When you're between a rock and a hard place, it won't be a dead end. Because I am God, your personal God.' Isaiah 43:1-3 The Message

Are we worried about Covid virus? Are we concerned that this pandemic has ravaged the world? Do we live in fear of Covid? We need not fear. Jesus said,

'In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.' John 16:33

He's got the whole world in His hands! Sing along with African Children Choir

He's got the whole world in His hands

He's got the whole wide world in His hands

He's got the whole world in His hands

He's got the whole world in His hands

He's got the little bitty baby in His hands

He's got the little bitty baby in His hands

He's got the little bitty baby in His hands

He's got the whole world in His hands

He's got you and me brother in His hands

He's got you and me sister in His hands

He's got you and me brother in His hands

He's got the whole world in His hands

He's got everybody here in His hands

He's got everybody here in His hands

He's got everybody here in His hands

He's got the whole world in His hands

Lionel

Ref 1. Niky Gumbel Day 85, Bible In One Year  2020

Feel That Breeze - Awareness, Attention, Action

Mykonos, August 2012

'Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in humility that comes from wisdom.' James 3:13

There is a resident pelican on the Greek island of Mykonos. Chancing on this  pelican at the right moment, I took the picture as the bird was enjoying the sea breeze and spreading its wings. It basked in the sunshine. That bird demonstrated an at-one-with-nature experience as it was taking in the sun and wind.

The same wonderful sensation can be felt when meditating outdoors as the  gentle breeze lands on your face. With eyes closed and mind relaxed, that breeze informs you that you are not alone; that you are surrounded by God's creation. Then you become aware of the presence of God.  

In 2007, my daughter Rebecca, wrote to remind me that God is everywhere; we just need to become aware of His presence. She wrote, "I've always been amazed at the wonderful things that God has done for us. It isn't just nature that is a testament to God's creativity. Even man-made things like skyscrapers and cityscapes also attest to the greatness of God. You don't have to go very far from home to some remote place like New Zealand to enjoy these sorts of things either. Just step outside to take a  look at the things around you.

I recently watched a movie that was about being quietly thankful for your experiences. Every experience that we go through in life, whether good or bad, has a hand in making us what we are today, in shaping our personalities, our relationships with others and even our walk with God. So, as written in 1 Thessalonians 5:18, 'In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.' 

Take a look around you, that is awareness. But awareness is just the first step. As, Father Laurence Freeman pointed out in his daily wisdom page in WCCM on 24 Sep 2021, 'You could be aware of somebody in need but just objectify it, look at it, think about it. But then awareness should naturally move up the scale into attention to the personal needs of that person; and then it should naturally move even further up the scale into compassion. And compassion has this sense of identification or this sense of oneness with, and then that must lead to action.' (Ref 1)

Awareness. We have five senses, sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell. Yet we may go through the day unaware and oblivious of our surroundings. There is a constant preoccupation that seems to insulate us. Perhaps urbanisation and crowded streets with traffic snarls forces us to shut our senses and we move quickly ahead to our destination. O that we may enjoy awareness with our five senses! John Keats (1795-1821) clearly expresses this awareness in his wonderful poem 'To Autumn.'

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,

Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;

Conspiring with him how to load and bless

With fruit the  vines that round the thatch-eves sun;

To bend with apples the moss'd  cottage-trees,

And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;

To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells 

With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,

And still more, later flowers for the bees,

Until they think warm days will never cease,

For summer has over-brimm'd their clammy cells.

Attention. Beyond just being aware of surroundings and things, we should become aware of people and then pay attention to their need and plight. Just as we can become oblivious to our surroundings, distractions can cause us to completely ignore the person next to us. How often friends walk by without even a greeting? We live lives, focus only on ourselves, seldom do we think of others.  We lose all opportunity to show our appreciation to other people. Here is a modern poem 'Our Worlds Collide' by Lyric Man

I would love to be your comfort

A blanket when you're confused

A bright sun on every dark day

Warmth and hope you cannot lose

To be the canopy to cover you

When life's storms come your way

I can be one you've longed for

Because I see the words you can't say

Action. Father Laurence went on further to suggest that it is no use just being aware or  paying attention. The next step is to take action. Amos Russell Wells wrote a poem 'Saying and Doing.'

It isn't the talk that will count, boys,

But the doing that springs fom the talk.

To what will your walking amount, boys

With no goal at the end of your walk? 

What's the use of a ladder set up, boys,

With the end resting only on air?

What's the use of a nobly filled cup boys

If no one to drink it is there?

What's the use of a capital plan, boys

That never is more than a scheme?

He makes a poor, scatter brained man boys

That begins his boyhood to dream.

No; talk on and plan as you will, boys

But remember, if you would succeed.

It isn't the talk that shows skill, boys,

But the end of the talking, -the deed!

Turning awareness to attention is a tenet for practical Christian living. This is called 'faith in action' and it was pointedly encouraged by the Apostle James when he wrote,

'Dear friends, do you think you'll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does mere talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? For instance, you come across an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved and say, "Good morning friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!" and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup - where does that get you? Isn't it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?' James 2:14-17 Message

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, 

'What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.'

That Mykonos pelican enjoying the breeze? After the photograph was taken, it spread its wings and flew. Aware of the sea breeze, it took action. 

Come, let us take action. Let us live and sing the the old song, 'I Would Be True.' 

1. I would be true, for there are those who trust me;
   I would be pure, for there are those who care;
   I would be strong, for there is much to suffer;
   I would be brave, for there is much to dare.
2. I would be friend of all—the foe, the friendless;
   I would be giving, and forget the gift;
   I would be humble, for I know my weakness;
   I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift.
3. I would be faithful through each passing moment;
   I would be constantly in touch with God;
   I would be strong to follow where He leads me;
   I would have faith to keep the path Christ trod.
4. 
   

Lionel

Ref 1: Laurence Freeman, Daily Wisdom, inspiration for every day, 24 Sep 2021, The World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM)

When I Run, I Feel God’s Pleasure



The pioneer staff of the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
From left, Andrew Ang, Rachel Lau, Lionel Lee, Lydia Tan, Chan Wei Chuen, Janet Teo



'But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not be weary, they will walk and not be faint.' Isaih 40:31

 

In the movie, "Chariots of Fire", Eric Liddell in explaining to his sister why he wanted to run in the Olympics said, “Jenny, when I run, I feel God’s pleasure”. My friend, Benjamin Ng noted Eric Liddell's statement with this comment, “What a change it will make in our lives and what an impact God will make in our society when we can say that we feel God’s pleasure when we work”.

 

The photograph of the pioneer members of Singapore's newest Medical School, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine was taken in May 2011. At that time, we all felt that by God's grace we were given the mission to establish the School on a firm footing. It was time to be of service to the country once again and work hard to start-up the new school which saw its first intake of 54 students in August 2013. By 2021, LKCMedicine celebrated its 10th anniversary. Within 10 years, the school is listed in the top  100 medical schools list in the university rankings, an unprecedented achievement.

All of us save one person had since left the School. We left with a deep sense of a mission accomplished. We felt that to be of service to church, society, friends and country is a calling and privilege. Like Eric Lidell, it seems that we can feel God's pleasure at work. The Bible puts it more clearly

'Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Jesus Christ you are serving.' Col 3:23-24

Once, at Dover Park Hospice, an interviewee for the post of CEO, asked the panel, "What was expected of me on the job?" The answer that the interviewee got was Servant-Leadership. In some jobs like in working at a hospice, from the CEO to the kitchen staff requires an attitude of dedicated service. Leadership in such jobs needs an attitude and action of a servant; not to lord over others but to serve.

Around the same time in 2011, Singapore experienced a very exciting, some say a watershed general election. There was a groundswell of expectancy of the electorate to have  politicians who will serve the people and not just their own interests, the party’s platform or indeed even the government’s agendas. That election brought a shift in the once one-party dorminance returning more opposition members into parliament.  

Notwithstanding, the People's Action Party who has been in government from 1959 and eversince, won by a huge margin. But what ensued soon after was interesting. After winning a unexpectedly hard-fought election, the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, in introducing his cabinet said, “Politics is not a job or a career promotion. It is a calling to serve the larger good of Singapore.” On 28 May 2011, the PM issued a 'Rules of Prudence' letter to the PAP MPs and he reminded them of their responsibility to uphold the spirit of service to the people and work hard on their behalf.

This stance indicated an emphasis on people-centred leadership. I think the Prime Minister has demonstrated then and since, the ethos of 'Humility of Service.' This was well expressed by the apostle St. Paul

'We are encouraged to have the same mindset as Christ. He did not consider equality with God something to be used to His own advantage; rather, He made Himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant' Philippians 2:5-7

'Humility in Service' was dramatically demonstrated by Jesus Christ who took a basin of water and with a towel, wiped the feet of the disciples. Jesus’ example with the basin and towel is not only for the spiritual service of the church, the mission field or the monastery but for the everyday tasks in a busy world at the market and work places.

It is certainly required of our political leaders, especially the Covid-19 task force leaders, at these very trying times of the Covid pandemic in Singapore. They have to navigate and balance between imposing restrictions to curb the spread of infection and opening up the community and country to protect economy and livelihood. They need to promote vaccination to a stubborn 20% of the population who continue to resist. They have to convince the population not to fear the inevitable endemicity of the virus for many more months and years ahead. (We hope that this endemic phase will be one of  attentuated severity achieved by a high vaccination rate.)

Every press conference is clearly difficult for these leaders who, not only have to relay information but to assuage the worries of people and businesses. Few appreciate their efforts. Some criticised these leaders vehemently and with much vitriol, which goes unabated in internet chatter and chat groups. It is very sad to watch. 

How can our doctors, nurses, medical workers, nursing home staff, frontline workers and leaders carry on? Many have a sense of passion and purpose. It is not the money, it is a service-mentality often characterise by humility  

The Greek word for humility tapeinophrosunē is literally translated 'lowliness of the mind'. How we treat other people depend entirely on how we think of them and how we evaluate them. In our mind’s evaluation of our subordinates, our bosses, our colleagues we are to count them better than ourselves. This means to place a value of others as being more important than ourselves; to consider their dignity and worth. Humility is the attitude, mindset and basis for all our relationship building, our collegiality at the workplace.

Humility begins with the mind but it continues into conduct and service, that is to say, humility is 'action-able'. Jesus took actions:

• He emptied himself,

• He became a servant

• He was made in human likeness

• He humbled himself

• He became obedient

• He died on the cross

After winning the men's 400m gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Eric Liddell followed in his parents' footsteps and served as a missionary to China from 1925 to 1943. He served in Tianjin and Xiaozhang. He was interned during the Japanese occupation of China and died in 1945 just five months before liberation. In 2008 near the time of the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese authorities revealed to his family that Liddell had refused an opportunity to leave the camp and instead gave up his place for freedom to a pregnant woman.

Serving like a servant at our workplaces; is this possible? It becomes possible when we realise that it is not just our colleagues or bosses whom we serve but God. Like Eric, we hope to feel God’s pleasure. 

In 1991, a memorial headstone in Eric's memory was unveiled at the former concentration camp in Weifang and on it is inscribed, "They shall mount up with wings as eagle, they shall run and not be weary." Isaiah 40:31

You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord

Who abide in His shadow for life

Say  to the Lord, "My Refuge, 

my Rock in whom I trust'

And He will raise you up on eagles' wings

Bear you on the breadth of dawn

Make you to shine like the sun

And hold you in the palm of His hand

You need fear the terror of the night

Nor the arrow that flies by day

Though thousands fall about you,

Near you it shall not come 

For to His angels He's given a command

To guard you in all of your ways

Upon His hands they will bear you up

Lest you dash your foot against a stone

And He will raise you up on eagles' wings

Bear you on the breadth of dawn

Make you to shine like the sun

And hold you in the palm of His hand

Lionel

Updated 1st published on 28 May 11.

Exponential Multiplication

Tabgha's Mosaic (480 C.E.)

"Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?" John 6:9

Nicky Gumbel told this story (Ref 1), Hatti May Wiatt, a six-year-old girl, lived near Grace Baptist Church in Philadelphia, USA. The Sunday school was very crowded. Russell H Conwell, the minister told her that one day they would have buildings big enough to allow everyone to attend. She said, "I hope you will. It is so crowded I am afraid to go there alone." He replied, "When we get enough money we will construct one large enough to get in all the children."

Two years later in 1886, Hattie May died. After the funeral Hattie's mother gave the minister a little bag they had found under their daughter's pillow containing 57 cents in change that she had saved up. Alongside it was a note in her writing: 'To help build bigger so that more children can go to Sunday school.'

The minister changed all the money into pennies and offered each for sale. He received $250 - and 54 of the cents were given back. The $250 was itself changed into pennies and sold by the newly formed Wiatt Mite Society. In this way her 57 cents kept on multiplying.

Twenty-six years later, in a talk entitled, 'The history of the 57 cents', the minister explained the results of her 57-cent donation: a church with a membership of 5,600 people, a hospital where tens of thousands of people had been treated, 80,000 young people going through university, 2,000 people going out to preach the gospel - all this happened because Hattie May Wiatt invested her 57 cents. 

This story reminds me of a famous miracle by Jesus, the multiplication of the loaves and fishes. Today this miracle is commemorated at the Church in Tabgha by the shores of the Sea of Gallilee. This miracle, described in John 6:5-13 has some similarities with the Hatty May story. From a meagre 5 loaves and two fishes of a small boy, first divided and then multiplied several times, five thousand men and more women and children were fed. A measly 57 cents savings of a small girl divided into pennies, then multiplied by donations into a foundation that provided charity and humanitarian relief to countless people. 

These two miracles demonstrated a mathematical concept of exponential multiplication in which something multiplies by itself over and over again; such as the pennies, fish and loaves. Just a few pennies? The answer is found in the passage in Matthew describing the miracle of exponential multiplication in which Jesus instructed, "Bring me what you have." 

"We have here only five loaves of bread and two fishes," they answered. "Bring them here to me," He said. Matthew 14: 17-18 

Whenever we offer to the Lord our ordinary resources, Jesus Christ will work a miracle of transformation to answer a need in the community and in our lives. 

John Bunyan in the Pilgrim's Progress posed a riddle, 

'A man there was, though some did count him mad

The more he cast away the more he had.'

Çharles Spurgeon commented, "It is certainly so with talent and ability, and with grace in the heart. The more you use it, the more there is of it."

It is not the numbers of loaves nor the fish that matter. The boy packed just enough to feed himself that day. The point was that he gave to Jesus all that he had and from that donation, the miracle of exponential multiplication could ensue. 

Another real-life account of giving all that one had is recounted in Mark 12:41-44

'Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. Calling His disciples to Him, Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything - all that she had to live on."  

My father in law the late Rev James Kao Jih Eng, a Chinese-speaking Methodist Pastor, took this two coins lesson to heart. I watched him collect milkmaid tin cans, washed them, restored the covers and wrapped them up with a donation appeal for the church building fund. He placed them at the door of the church. He told me that he noticed only the poor and elderly ladies collected those donation tin cans. They would dutifully save whatever they could, small change, and hand over these tins during the offering. 

I watched my father in law empty those cans and count them at end of the Sunday. The men and the young people seemed to be too proud or embaressed to take those tin cans, they were happy to donate their money in the offering bags. Little though these tin-can donations may be, I know that my father in law raised money to build Foochow Methodist Church and Geylang Chinese Methodist Church in Singapore, Chin Hock Methodist Church in Kampong China, Sitiawan and another church on Pingtan Island in China. 

It does not matter how much or how little you give, God will multiply your gift many times over. He owns the Cattle on a Thousand Hills

He owns the cattle on a thousand hills
The wealth in every mine,
He owns the rivers and the rocks and rills,
The sun and stars that shine,
Wonderful riches more than tongue can tell
He is my Father so they're mine as well
He owns the cattle on a thousand hills
I know that He will care for me.

Lionel

Ref 1: Nicky Gumbel, The Bible in One Year 2020, Day 55 

One Moment In Time

Yap Pin Xiu, Singapore's double gold medallist at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics

'Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise making the best use of the time, because the days are evil' Eph 5:15-16

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics Games are both over. Both were held in Jul-August 2021 delayed by the raging Covid-19 pandemic. Even so the pandemic especially in Tokyo raged on during the Games. Many criticised holding these games at such bleak times. I was not one of them. I felt for the athletes, the time and sacrifice they gave to training, should not be downplayed. For  many these games gave them the opportunity of that one moment in time

'One Moment in Time' is the theme song of the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul Korea. The sentimental ballad expresses the very sentiments of the Olympian; the sacrifices and the crowning glory of an Olympic medal. It is exactly the pride that Singapore's paralympian swimmer, Ms Yap Pin Xiu must have felt when she received two gold medals. 

Each day I live

I want to be a day to give the best of me

I'm only one, but not alone

My finest day is yet unknown

I broke my heart for ev'ry gain

To taste the sweet, I face the pain

I rise and fall, yet through it all this much remains

I want one moment in time

When I'm more than I thought I could be

When all of my dreams

Are a heart beat away

And the answers are all up to me

Give me one moment in time

When I'm racing with destiny

Then in that one moment of time

I will feel, I will feel eternity

I've lived to be the very best

And I want it all, no time for less

And I've laid the plans

Now lay the chance here in my hands

Give me one moment in time

When I'm more than I thought I could be

When all of my dreams

Are a heart beat away

And the answers are all up to me

Give me one moment in time

When I'm racing with destiny

Then in that one moment of time

I will feel, I will feel eternity

You're a winner for a lifetime

If you seize that one moment in time

Make it shine

Give me

One moment in time

When I'm more than I thought I could be

When all of my dreams

Are a heart beat away

And the answers are all up to me

Give me one moment in time

When I'm racing with destiny

Then in that one moment of time

I will be, I will be free

I will be free

I will be

I will be free

This song captures the moments of personal achievements; feats that we should all recognise and celebrate. Yap Pin Xiu has achieved much and being young, she will achieve more in the future. Do you know that in 2018 she was a nominated member of the Singapore Parliament? She is a five-time Paralympic gold medallist, a one-time IPC gold medallist and holds two world records. She was awarded the Singapore Pinjat Jasa Gemilang (the national Meritorius Service Medal). She deserves her one moment in time.

The ancient Greeks have a word for this defining moment, Kairos (καιρός) meaning the opportune or critical moment. It defines time in terms of the meaning of time as distinct from Chronos (χρόνος) which can be defined as the movement (passage) of time.

Kairos suggests that time has value and is not just a quantity. In the New Testament, Kairos is used to describe the appointed time or the God-ordained time. For example,

'You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.' Romans 5:6 

'The time has come, He said. The kindom of God has come near. Repent  and believe the good news.' Mark 1:15

Indeed there are God-given moments such as the times when Jesus walked this earth. For many Christians, there is not one moment in time compared to the time when we received salvation and confessed Jesus as Saviour and Lord, 

"In the time of My favour I heard you and in the day of salvation I helped you." I tell you, now is the time of God's favour, now is the day of salvation.' 2 Cor 6:2 

On hearing the Olympic anthem sung by Whitney Houston, we would have concluded that the singular acheivement, well deserved no doubt, is made possible entirely by human efforts. Not detracting anything from the celebratory moments of the Olympian medallists, it will do well to remember especially for Christians, to appreciate God's hand in all our greatest moments and achievements. 

'So let's not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don't give up.' Galatians 6:9-10

We should learn to recognise the God-appointed times, those times when His will and His times intersect with ours. That will be our one moment in time; God has made all things beautiful in His time.

In His Time

In His time, in His time,
He makes all things beautiful, in His time,
Lord, please show me everyday,
As You're teaching me Your way,
That You do just what You say, in Your time.

In Your time, in Your time

You make all things beautiful in Your time

Lord my life to you I bring

May each song I have to sing

Be to You a lovely thing, in Your time

Lionel

Photo from Straits Times