- GIVE THANKS -
How wonderful is God?
He is wonderful beyond measure.
God has been good to me even in my dry and darkest seasons in life.
Regardless of what I go through, He never lets my hand go.
He has always been, still is and will always guide me to His right path.
Thinking about how blessed I am with what I have in my life, it just make me cry;
because He gives me His amazing love even though I'm not perfect.
He loves me -> For who I am and for who I am created for -> Him.
There is nothing else that I can do to make Him love me more;
because He already loves me for the imperfectness that I am.
And His grace extends beyond the highest mountains and the deepest valleys.
What can compare to such Amazing Love?
He calms the storms in my life and gives me wisdom through the tough seasons.
Together with a team, I joined a competition "48 Hour Melbourne Film Project".
My team and I had to compete with 48 other film teams
(Which consists of professionals)
I was the audio recordist as well as the sound designer.
I went for the Film Screening yesterday night, and it was heart-thumping.
There were 16 other films which were solid films, and it was a very tough competition.
Being there with every other filmmakers makes me really nervous.
I expected to leave the competition empty-handed and just be there for the experience.
But much to our surprise, the emcee announced my group as one of the finalist.
I was bubbling out with joy, but thought perhaps we wouldn't win anything.
Tonight (A few hours ago), I went to the Awards Ceremony with the Top 12 Finalists.
The night began with the Top 12 Final Films being played in the cinema.
After the screening, the emcee began announcing the teams that won each awards.
There were many Awards like Best Actor, Best Editing, Best Director and so forth.
And then it came to the Best Sound Design.
The moment the emcee said, "And the Best Sound Design goes to...", I was expecting him to say a Western or European name like "... Tommy!" or "... Bryan!" or even "... James!"
But then, he said, "... The best sound design goes to... this guy who knows how to make thriller and suspense in a film, he is... Yong Zhen Kheng."
At that moment, I dropped something... Yes, it was my jaw.
I went up ahead and took the award and gave a not-so-prepared-cause-I-was-still-shocked speech.
After receiving the award (All the way until now), I felt that I didn't deserve it.
I know that other films had better sound designs compared to mine, but yet I won?
I couldn't quite get a grasp on why I won the award.
But on the way back home, I realized something.
"God planned the entire thing that I may not be too proud because of what I have done, but to be humbled because He has blessed me with this award and provided me with such a great team."
It was all because of Him, that I was even there in the first place.
And it just brings me to tears because God is so good to me.
Even in the down parts of my life, He never fails to lift me up in His grace.
Therefore if you ask me:
How wonderful is God?
He is wonderful beyond measure.
"GIVE THANKS in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus."
[1 Thessalonians 5:18]
- For everything He has done in our lives, let us GIVE THANKS :) -
