Mary was interviewed on one of Thailand's top chat shows, Joh Jai, in March as a part of their series on how to overcome personal's tragedy.
The videos are in Thai, unfortunately. But Mary discussed God's role in her life she already wrote about here in this blog.
Thanks LadyEdnaMode for the videos.
Part 1:
Part 2:
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Chapter 26: The Noodle Stall
O Lord….. Not too far from my office there is a new noodle stall that is full of customers each day. At the beginning it was just a small stall. Not long after business expanded, and now we can see people riding in expensive cares stop by to eat at this noodle place.
Being a friendly person, I chit chat with the owner of the stall. He is a young man in his 30’s, and comes from up country with his wife to look for gold in the City of Bangkok. Seeing that this plot of land was empty, he offered to rent the place to sell noodle. With hard work and good culinary skill, both of them have attracted a long list of regular customers, one of them being me J
After a while I noticed there were more vendors selling other types of food rather than just this young man’s beef noodle. One day I asked him whether he had brought his relatives from his home town to help him expand. He said with a sad face, “No. These new vendors are not my relatives. They are new comers coming here to cash in on my customers. You see, the owner of the land seeing that my business is doing very well, decides to find more vendors to join me. He also increases the rent. It’s really unfair. When I approached him, this plot of land was vacant, and had been for a long time. Now that I have made it well known, he is doing this to me.” His face was filled with disappointment as he spoke to me.
With so many vendors crowding the place, customer get distracted. They come to eat the beef noodle. Now each vendor is trying to sell his/her own treat. And frankly speaking, not all the new food was tasty.
Last week I dropped by that place, the original beef noodle vendor was gone. I felt sad that I did not have a chance to say good bye. I never went back to that place again. When I did a couple of months later, the whole place went back to being a vacant plot! Evidently, most customers were like me. They went there to eat the beef noodle, not the other stuff. Once the main attraction was gone, people stopped going altogether.
I couldn’t help thinking of the land owner. Wasn’t it his greediness that brought about this sad saga? Now his land is just sitting idle without generating any income for him. Many people are like this. They don’t appreciate the preciousness of the goose that lay the golden eggs. At the end greed will ruin their lives.
Then I think of You, my Lord. You are more than the goose that lay the golden eggs. To those who believe in You, You are their Savior, their true Love, and their real Lord. However, there are so many in this world who do not appreciate the preciousness of Your presence in their lives. By the time they realize it, it might be too late.
Being a friendly person, I chit chat with the owner of the stall. He is a young man in his 30’s, and comes from up country with his wife to look for gold in the City of Bangkok. Seeing that this plot of land was empty, he offered to rent the place to sell noodle. With hard work and good culinary skill, both of them have attracted a long list of regular customers, one of them being me J
After a while I noticed there were more vendors selling other types of food rather than just this young man’s beef noodle. One day I asked him whether he had brought his relatives from his home town to help him expand. He said with a sad face, “No. These new vendors are not my relatives. They are new comers coming here to cash in on my customers. You see, the owner of the land seeing that my business is doing very well, decides to find more vendors to join me. He also increases the rent. It’s really unfair. When I approached him, this plot of land was vacant, and had been for a long time. Now that I have made it well known, he is doing this to me.” His face was filled with disappointment as he spoke to me.
With so many vendors crowding the place, customer get distracted. They come to eat the beef noodle. Now each vendor is trying to sell his/her own treat. And frankly speaking, not all the new food was tasty.
Last week I dropped by that place, the original beef noodle vendor was gone. I felt sad that I did not have a chance to say good bye. I never went back to that place again. When I did a couple of months later, the whole place went back to being a vacant plot! Evidently, most customers were like me. They went there to eat the beef noodle, not the other stuff. Once the main attraction was gone, people stopped going altogether.
I couldn’t help thinking of the land owner. Wasn’t it his greediness that brought about this sad saga? Now his land is just sitting idle without generating any income for him. Many people are like this. They don’t appreciate the preciousness of the goose that lay the golden eggs. At the end greed will ruin their lives.
Then I think of You, my Lord. You are more than the goose that lay the golden eggs. To those who believe in You, You are their Savior, their true Love, and their real Lord. However, there are so many in this world who do not appreciate the preciousness of Your presence in their lives. By the time they realize it, it might be too late.
Writing to this point, I feel so blessed to have You in my life, my Lord. May I hold on to You tightly. I’ll never let You be far away from me, ever.
“Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, and not grow weary. They will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:31
Amen
A Child of God’s
Amen
A Child of God’s
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Chapter 25: The Night When the Light Was Out
O Lord…..The other night around 9:00 p.m. the electricity went out in our house and all neighborhood. When it happened, all members of my family were busy doing our own business. My eldest son was taking a shower. My youngest daughter was doing her homework. My youngest son was watering plants outside our house while I was jogging around the compound.
At first I thought the electricity would be out for just a while. So, I continued with my exercise. It’d be better off outside with fresh air since the air conditioners in the house did not work anyway. However, after a long while the neighborhood was still in the dark. That was when my children came out with their flash lights looking for their mommy. I reluctantly went back with them. It happened to be a full moon night, and I enjoyed the serenity and beauty of the atmosphere softly illuminated by the moon light.
Once back in the house my children and I agreed that we would not lit any candles. It’d only increase the temperature of the room. So, we each took out a flash light and pointed the light up to the ceiling. It gave us an atmosphere that was almost adventurous. After another long while the electricity was still not back. My children finally decided to immigrate to my room. The next thing we did was to take out a fan each. My eldest son decided to take his T shirt off and lied down on the floor. My youngest son followed his elder brother’s footsteps. Pretty soon my daughter also joined the gang. Not me. I stayed put on the sofa.
After settling down comfortably, each one of our family started to share his/her story. This one told the things that happened at the factory that day. The other one shared about the orientation of new juniors at her university or about his friends at school that day. Pretty soon all of us, mother and children, were laughing with each other’s jokes and stories. It was such a hilarious and joyous moment for all of us in a room dimly lit by lights from flash lights only. We totally forgot that were taking ‘refuge’ from the darkness that was engulfing our neighborhood. Moreover, our room was becoming an oven recently turned on.
We enjoyed our company of each other to the point that we were oblivious to the atmosphere surrounding us. All the sudden our room was lit up . Electricity finally returned. My children clapped hands and cheered. We reluctantly had to leave the room to continued doing what was left off before the light went out.
After my children left the room, I thanked You for giving me such a wonderful family with children as loving as they are. Whenever something happens, no matter how big or small they would gather around me because they “love and trust” me. I’m the center on whom they can depend. They are willing to go through any circumstances with eagerness and courage without complaints. They can even turn around a ‘threatening’ situation into an enjoyable one.
How about us as Your children? Do people love You and trust You and depend on You no matter what happens to their lives? If so, we will have no fear in our lives even when the light goes out in our lives sometimes. We’ll be able to lie down, take out a fan, and enjoy the atmosphere of darkness.
I love and trust You, my Lord.
“If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me, even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day for darkness is as light to you.” Psalm 139:11-12
Amen
A Child of God’s
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