God-incidences

:) i learnt this word from someone on the ship... can't remember who, but i am sure it was on the ship...
here is my God-incidence for the day...
this morning i was late for church... so i decided to have my own little service, at home... some worship music and an online sermon (which i still have to choose)...
how about chris tomlin? i thought to myself... i know almost all his songs and i like to sing along when i listen to music...
track 2 is "holy is the Lord"... i remember i heard this song for the first time at pre-ship, in that freezing hotel in kotor... during a spontaneous worship night daniel uhm asks "do you guys know holy is the lord?" and then he starts singing... wow.. that guy has a voice, i thought... and what a song!!!
the god-incidence is that i was reminded of this today, feb 13... 7 years ago tomorrow the kotor pre-ship boarded the ship for the first time to help cleaning after dry dock... i was assigned to the section 6 bathrooms... and seeing the cabins i remember thinking "oh god, please not here"... and there it is, my name on one of the section six doors... God has a great sense of humor, doesn't he?

and while i am at it.. here is what made me almost cry...
i love these moments on my own... and i love to share them with the people i love... :)

Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God
...
Incomparable, unchangeable
You see the depths of my heart and You love me the same
You are amazing God

Great is Your love and justice God
You use the weak to lead the strong
You lead us in the song of Your salvation
And all Your people sing along
So remember Your people
Remember Your children
Remember Your promise
Oh God

Sing with me
How great is our God,
And all will see
How great is our God
...
Father, Spirit, Son
the Lion and the Lamb
...
My heart will sing
How great is our God
Name above all names
You are worthy of all praise

Lift up your gaze
Be lifted up
Tell everyone
How great the love
The love come down
From heaven's gate
To kiss the earth
With hope and grace
Sing
Who is this King of Glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty
...
There is one God
He is Holy
There is one Lord
Over everything
There is one King
He is Jesus
King of glory
Strong and mighty

wake up call

this morning i had a very nice wake up call... my dad...
and he did want anything... he just wanted to say hello and to ask how i was...
the small big pleasures of life...

memories

... this morning i went to a new church in the area i had never been to before... it was a bit of a strange service since a lady from the church died this morning and the church did not want to act as if nothing had happend...
at some point a lady stands up and reads hebrew 12:1-2... memories come back, wild...
sri lanka, port orientation, over christmas, can't remember which year... seelan had read those same verses... and every once in a while i still think about them, in that context... a great cloud of witnesses... in the midst of 350 people from 50 different countries... that's indeed a great cloud... and a special cloud... i couldn't help it... tears came to my eyes... the lady next to me must have wondered why i was crying, since i don't know the lady who passed away... but she doesn't know me... she doesn't know what this passage means to me...
so i came home, i decided to email seelan about it... and i read carlien's blog... guess what... i read that the ship was sailing over new years, through the suez canal first and then into the read sea... and where was i on new years? on the sinai peninsula... no wonder ship's memories became so alive again those days...
seeing jordan from israel knowing that the last time i was there i was on the other side, looking at israel from jordan... the people i was with, the jokes we cracked on the decks, the shawarmas we ate... the blessings we received... the fellowship we shared...