Courage

When we hear courage, we expect stories of people doing deeds no normal human being would do. Rescue babies from fire. Bungee jump without ruining your pants. Acting nonchalant when the phone dropped on the floor.

This weekend (17th Oct), I was part of the wedding of 2 very courageous people. Xu Xiuzhu and Christina Toh.

They are not fire fighters nor adventure seekers. And Xiuzhu probably doesn’t use his smartphone the way we do. So why do I use courageous to describe this 2 people? 

Christina comes from a family with disabilities. And despite this (or even because of this), her love and compassion for such people are especially strong and outwardly evident. She throws herself into working with people with needs and people around her are affected by it. She is doing things most Singaporeans would shun or just pay good money for someone else to do. She is courageous.

Xiuzhu is a Taiwanese who is legally blind. But his handicap didn’t stop him from living his life to the spiritual fullest. He is a vocalist in a band who travels the world and give performance towards salvation for Christ. He can’t see and enjoy the sights of these places he has been to but that doesn’t stop him from saying Yes to God. And he is going on an adventure with God as his travel guide. He uses his condition sometimes as a joke to break the ice between social awkwardness. Although he is mindful and sensitive to the people around him on his condition, it won’t stop him from going out to do some of the things normal people are still dreaming about doing. He is courageous.

And now courage is a team.

Praise God.