I just received a testimonial from my trainee whom i trained back in the force...

Started thinking back to my own training days and... true enough.. i was pretty crazy.. haha.. still remember how we trained so hard till either one of us will just passed out. Do silly things like challenging and daring each other to perform "stunts" thou we are not require to do so..

Jumping off 2 storey high platform into 3m deep (drain) water... zip line release to drop ourselves into the water.. side travesing on cable suspended 3 storey high in mid air with no safety line.. =p

haha.. come to think of it.. it wasn't guts man.. pure pride and ego.. haha.. ask me to do again? i probably would? i dont know.. but i definitely love the adrenaline..

Ah.. ring fight.. haha.. my fav.. cause so far.. i'm unbeatable *ahem* =D

probably because i was crazy.. there was one time i remember waking up floating on my back with a bright white light blinding me with a figure of a man standing over me asking "oei, are you ok?!" i don't know if i'm knocked out or if this is a near death experience but i figured it was "oscar" because if it was God, HE wouldnt have to ask.. haha..

the next time i stood in the ring.. i asked for the same opponent.. and he looked terribly scared.. well.. cut long story short... i floored him..

i always told my trainee this.. that the fight is won or lost, long before it was fought. It is won or lost, far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before i dance under those lights..

hmmm.. the thing is this.. i have a very big God.. nobody saw that fear behind this face.. nobody heard the trembling voice praying... no one saw the tear-filled eyes and weak heart in the face of the challenge... nobody knew i was afriad of heights!! and i'm not a survivor class swimmer... but i still took the challenge..

all because..

The wings of God covered and sheltered me.. His hand upheld me.. His word strengthen me.. The strength of God was made perfect in my weakness..

Without God.. i would have accomplished nothing..

Jeremiah 17:7-8
7 “ Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD.
8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear[a] when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

"will not fear when heat comes... will not be anxious in the year of drought.."

trouble comes and you will not fear or be anxious because.. your trust and hope is in the Lord. And you are well entrenched and rooted in the truth (words, represented by water, rivers).

It's your secret life with Jesus that matters...