{"id":3398,"date":"2016-08-22T18:56:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T02:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rainbowpaullai.com\/?p=3398"},"modified":"2016-08-30T20:06:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T04:06:47","slug":"i-know-who-holds-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rainbowpaullai.com\/p\/3398","title":{"rendered":"HE WALKED BESIDE ME AS MY PARTNER\u00a0 (Yvonne\u2014My One and Only Beloved)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By:\u00a0 Paul Lai <\/strong><\/p>\n

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When the doctor diagnosed nasopharyngeal carcinoma (cancer) in me, I wanted to know to what stage it had developed.\u00a0 The answer was late stage three going on stage four.\u00a0 I gathered all the relevant information I could at the library and learned that 90% of stage one patients recovered, but very few were diagnosed at this early stage.\u00a0 Most patients were diagnosed at stage two or three and their chances of recovery were 30% to 50%.\u00a0 As for stage four patients, only a few out of a hundred had a chance of recovery.\u00a0 I belonged to this latter group. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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I asked, \u201cMust life be so short?\u201d\u00a0 Death was just before me and darkness seemed to suddenly overshadow the light of God.\u00a0 My usual liveliness and faith were gone and my spirit struggled in depths of gloominess and doubt. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Thanks to the Lord, the hymn came to me:\u00a0 yes, I did not know about tomorrow, but I knew God held my hand while I walked through that difficult road.\u00a0 I knew \u201ctoday\u201d was in the hand of God, and \u201ctomorrow\u201d would be in God\u2019s grace.\u00a0 He walked beside me as my partner.\u00a0 Although I could not completely understand, I knew He held my tomorrow and I no longer feared or worried.\u00a0\u00a0 In the silence of night as I lay in bed, the tape recorder played the hymn.\u00a0 My heart was filled with hope and faith.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hymns express our feelings and love for God.\u00a0 Whether we sing them aloud or softly, hymns chase away our loneliness, sadness and worry.\u00a0 Sometimes our lives seem like dying flames, but the beautiful melody and moving lyrics of the hymn can relight our flames, recharge our lives and resettle faith and joy in our hearts. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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