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WOOED BY GOD
WOOED BY GOD
By Lee Lee Wah
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I finally accepted Christ after decades of resistance. I had always believed there was a God but I did not know where to find Him. This, despite being educated in a mission school for 10 years, where I learnt how to pray and sing hymns to the Lord.
My late mother was a Taoist but she never imposed her religion on me. When I was in my teens, I was put off by a street evangelist who called me a sinner without explaining why. Although this caused me to harbour a grudge against Christians, I still allowed a neighbour, whom I didn’t know well, to bring my daughter to Sunday school. My neighbour said a van would pick my child up and send her back each Sunday. I initially thought going to church would be good for my six-yearold daughter until my late grandmother-in-law cautioned me of the dangers involved.
Many Christian colleagues also tried to convert me but to no avail. I always replied that God had not called me yet.
My daughter, Pearlyn, was baptised in her twenties and invited me to her church. I went three times but was not comfortable with their way of worship. On one occasion, I even raised my hand during the altar call but was too shy to go up on stage.
On reflection, I think God miraculously saved my life three times when I was at the threshold of death. The first instance was when I was five years old. I was so ill that my mother called the sinseh ma in the wee hours of the night. I heard the sinseh ma saying “if only she can make it through the night”. The second incident happened when I was 50 years old. I suffered a hemorrhagic stroke and was in ICU for five days. I am thankful my friend drove me straight to hospital that day.
The third incident happened about 10 years ago. My stomach was very painful and I felt extremely cold; it was as if I was walking up a snowy mountain. The pain was still tolerable but the extreme cold that enveloped me was unbearable. My daughter drove me to Changi General Hospital A&E and they found I had a fever of 42 degrees. I had acute appendicitis and was immediately operated on. Still, I did not turn to God, yet God remained so patient, merciful and loving to me.
But God has his ways of reaching me. In the 1990s, I taught Bible Knowledge to Secondary three and four students from various schools in Katong. I enjoyed reading the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John with them but it was superficial reading. I did not understand the true meaning of the WORD.
Next, I felt the urge to sing the hymns I had learnt in school so I asked a friend to buy me a hymnal so I could sing them at home. I loved `Amazing Grace’ so much that I told my daughter to play it at my wake even though I was not a Christian.
Some classmates and my in-laws even said I have a “Christian look”. Were these all coincidences? I think not.
In March last year, I went for my first China Bible distribution trip. I was not a Christian then but went along because my cousin, Li Cheng, and Helen invited me. They had invited me twice before but I’d rejected them. When they asked me again last year, I initially came up with excuses. As the date grew closer, they invited me once again. This time, I accepted willingly. I observed how Frankelites cooperated well and showed love, care, concern and kindness to everyone, especially to Woon Pheng when she fell ill. I saw the miraculous hand of God at work throughout the trip. I was touched. I witnessed the joy and happiness on the faces of our brothers and sisters in Christ in China when they received their first Bibles and the joy of the elderly when they worshipped God. All this convinced me that this is truly the Wonderful God whom I want to give my life to.
When we returned to Singapore, my cousin and her church members invited me to attend BFEC’s 8 a.m. service, Evergreen on Wednesday morning and cell group meeting on Wednesday night. Through these, I have come to love, understand and appreciate the WORD, the Holy Bible, better.
I have embraced my True God who promises me SALVATION and ETERNAL LIFE! I was baptised on 18 Aug 2019. My sincere thanks to Jesus Christ, the Son of God. HALLELUJAH!

Lee Wah (4th from the right) at the March 2019 Bible Distribution Trip

Getting baptised on 18 August 2019

Lee Wah and daughter Pearlyn