As I gaze down at our newborn baby, I can't express enough the love and gratitude I have for God and this blessing He has bestowed upon us. However, reaching this point was a long journey for me and my husband, and thus we would like to share our testimony about how we were "Touched by Jesus".
Back in March 2010, our friends Dinah and Adrian brought me and my husband, Mark, to the Touch Jesus, He Heals! healing service at CVC. At the time, I was still mourning the loss from my second miscarriage and upset about being unable to have a baby like other 'normal' women, after all I was very healthy, didn't smoke, didn't drink and fairly young. My faith in God was slowly fading as I wondered why He allowed this to happen to me. I kept asking Him "Why me? What did I do wrong? Did I not pray hard enough? Am I not worthy to be a mother? Why let me get pregnant and then take away my babies?" Yes, you could say that deep down inside I felt abandoned by God. Yet strangely enough, something in me told me to ask Dinah to bring me to Touch Jesus, He Heals! after hearing her own testimony. Being our first healing service, Mark and I really did not know what to expect and came with some scepticism.
At the service, we heard the testimonies by Rev Francis and a few others, though at the back of my mind I still wondered what God had in store for me here, as I could feel His presence particularly strongly. The turning point came when Rev Francis asked those seeking help to come forward, and again something in me stirred. I recalled that it was very crowded at the altar call, but we were somehow brought forward to the front row and the first thing that Rev Francis said was that he felt that there were some people with problems having children, including those who could not carry. I was completely dumbfounded. Could he be talking about us out of all these people? How could he know so specifically what we were there for? We nervously stepped forward, he listened to our story and told us that God would give us children (note plural!) and prayed for us. By that time, tears were streaming down my face, as I knew that God was always there listening and now speaking to me directly. That marked the beginning of our journey.
We were deeply moved by our experience at Touch Jesus, He Heals! and believed that God brought us here for a reason. We decided to attend CVCC more regularly, and over time with the support and prayers of the pastors and church, our faith in Him and His promise steadily strengthened. Over the subsequent few months, our attempts to conceive were unsuccessful. However in early July 2010, Rev Francis revealed during a Sunday service that he had a message for the couple who had problems having children, and that this would happen soon. Could he be talking about us?
This was also around the time my gynaecologist took the initiative to call me to see him as he wanted to monitor my ovulation cycle, and by early August, I was pregnant! To me this was not a coincidence; it was simply God's perfect timing. While it was not exactly smooth sailing over the following nine months given the scares arising from the various tests and unexplained bleeding, we continued to pray with the pastoral team praying alongside us. Our fears subsided and we felt peace in our hearts, knowing that God would watch over this baby and fulfill His promise.
I am delighted to say that by God's grace, Rebecca Ong Rui En was born on 10 April 2011 at 10.19pm. Although the labour was very long (21 hours!), God protected Rebecca whose heartbeat remained strong and steady throughout.
Written on Monday, 14 November 2011 11:37 by Administrator