Kuala Lumpur March 2026 "Friends in a time of need"
09/03/26 23:28
Today is a special day in the Christian calendar, Good Friday. There is an evening service at our church and I am instructed to set off early so we are not late. Well I managed that part alright and we arrive with an hour to spare. We had plans to eat once we got there but for some reason we let time slip by window shopping and long after I had decided we must be eating afterwards I am told that we must eat beforehand. Well the service starts in twenty minutes so we're not going to eat much and we're now not going to be on time.
Sigh, I'm slipping into one of my "misery guts" moods as we are already five minutes late as we leave the restaurant. Then the lift won't come! I can't believe it, if it is not one thing it is another. The lift doors open but none of those waiting in the queue get in to it. I don't understand that as the lift arrow was pointing in the right direction, or so I thought anyway. We eventually get there over ten minutes late and my wife says she then has to go to the toilet. I don't know what to say or think but I'm sure it isn't good and my lips ought to be sealed. We walk into the auditorium to see it packed, over 800 people are already in there and it is packed from front to back. The ushers are super efficient here and we are led to a nearby back row of seats where there are still a few empty ones. One of the seats is temporarily pulled back to give us access to that row and we squeeze in. I have moved from being a misery guts to a lower level of depression, our evening has not gone well. I turn my head to acknowledge those I am standing next to and there are three faces looking straight back at me, the faces of three of our best friends who live nearby. I'm at a loss for words but that depression is instantly lifted, gone in a flash. I smile, laugh at the amazing coincidence of finding myself standing next to our friends in a room of 800 people. Had we been a minute earlier or later then that might not have happened. All wrong thoughts are cast out of my mind and peace is restored, now what are the words of the song we are singing?
Sigh, I'm slipping into one of my "misery guts" moods as we are already five minutes late as we leave the restaurant. Then the lift won't come! I can't believe it, if it is not one thing it is another. The lift doors open but none of those waiting in the queue get in to it. I don't understand that as the lift arrow was pointing in the right direction, or so I thought anyway. We eventually get there over ten minutes late and my wife says she then has to go to the toilet. I don't know what to say or think but I'm sure it isn't good and my lips ought to be sealed. We walk into the auditorium to see it packed, over 800 people are already in there and it is packed from front to back. The ushers are super efficient here and we are led to a nearby back row of seats where there are still a few empty ones. One of the seats is temporarily pulled back to give us access to that row and we squeeze in. I have moved from being a misery guts to a lower level of depression, our evening has not gone well. I turn my head to acknowledge those I am standing next to and there are three faces looking straight back at me, the faces of three of our best friends who live nearby. I'm at a loss for words but that depression is instantly lifted, gone in a flash. I smile, laugh at the amazing coincidence of finding myself standing next to our friends in a room of 800 people. Had we been a minute earlier or later then that might not have happened. All wrong thoughts are cast out of my mind and peace is restored, now what are the words of the song we are singing?