I am in God's Own Family Now, Michele Kong

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Day by day the World goes on,

Just as it has gone before,

Millions grasp and clutch at life,

Wondering if there could be more,

Such was I and would be, yet,

Mercy found me out somehow,

With what gratefulness I say,

`I am in God's own family now'. (Hymns, # 1238)

I grew up in a small family, in a fishing village in Malaysia. From my youth, my parents taught me to be hard working and to excel in everything that I did. Although it seemed financially impossible at times, they encouraged me to pursue my dream of being a medical doctor. I strived hard and pursued my dream relentlessly. My life in many ways was centered on achieving this dream.

In my high school years, I came into contact with some believers from the church in Sibu. They were full of life and love. I saw God among them, expressed in humanity. I started meeting with them in my final years in high school. O what joy! I began to realize that I had a human spirit. Not only do I have my physical body, my soul, comprised of my mind, emotion and will but, most importantly, I have a human spirit. I learned how to use my spirit to contact God by praying and by calling on His name. Ever since my salvation and regeneration, my life took a big turn.

I started reading my Bible and meeting with the brothers and sisters. I found the meaning of my human life. In the past, my joy came from getting good results in school. This joy was often temporary and I was never really satisfied. After receiving Christ, my joy came from enjoying Him personally and corporately with all the believers. John 4:13-14 says, “Jesus answered and said to her, Everyone who drinks of this water shall thirst again, But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall by no means thirst forever; but the water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water gushing up into eternal life.” I was so happy to be drinking from this water, from the fountain that never runs dry!!