My own personal experience.

Thanks, Jo for sharing dat wonderful post! Made me wana share mine too.

Yep, juz ytd i was listening to Shout To The Lord Kids album songs. Those songs reminded me of my journey with God as a little girl, the familiar feeling juz rushed back to me. so awesome. =)

In secondary school, every time there's a netball match, without fail on the bus trip to the match, i would juz pull out my disc-man (at dat time) n listen to these songs. The anxiety would be so great dat u cant sleep e last night or eat food dat day, esp if it was a crucial match. But the songs really gave me peace n calmed my heart before the game. But really, it was juz God's presence with me, whispering soft words of assurance n love. It reminded me how much i relied on God for strength n wisdom on how to move on court. ya, n im really sure most of e time when i was there at the right place n right time to intercept the ball, its really e holy spirit that guided me there.

Another thing was dat there were times when i wonder how come my parents never wanted to see any of my matches or how i play. Since i was really into netball, how come they din seem to be interested? But of coz i dun blame them, as in probably e lack of time. Once, juz b4 i left for dat day's games, i asked my mum for some good wishes juz for fun, but she told me she hoped my team wouldn't make it to round 2, so i could go back earlier to study. Though it could be a joke or sth meant well for me, but it really hurt me a lot.

Dat's y i understand when our heavenly father can cover up the void or empty-ness which ur earthly parents cant, even though they dun mean it. I believe my heavenly father was there with me for every single match, jumping up n punching the air with a super wide smile everytime i intercepted a ball or when our team scored. Even smiling at me, n mouthing the words, 'its gonna be alrite' when i fail to be fast enough or tall enough. His presence n support really meant a whole lot to me. =) It's like our own close relationship, juz me n him. awesome.