"Don't be sad. YOU WILL LOVE AGAIN" | Our Testimony at CCF Main | Ardy & Miriam #Redemption
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Have you ever lost hope, needed to hear from God, and needed encouragement to carry on? We've been through many seasons in life when we needed to know and feel God's love. Be encouraged that He is faithful! He is our redeemer.
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This was our testimony at the CCF Center for the May 14 Mother's Day service where Peter Tanchi Jr used this for the story of Ruth, Naomi and Boaz.
Here's part of the script:
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Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story-- those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, - Psalm 107:2
Ardy:
I’ll always remember that September day, 29 years ago, when God used Tingting, my ex-girlfriend who would later on become my first late wife, to bring me to a CCF Bible Study in Makati. I was a 29-yr old entrepreneur, writer and Playboy publisher wanna-be, who was depressed and broke, fresh from a failed business venture.
At the Bible Study, God’s word became alive to me like never before. When the gospel was shared I received Christ as my Lord and Saviour. And that turned out to be Tingting’s answered prayer.
Tingting and I got married a year later, but after 5 years, she was diagnosed with life threatening lupus and almost died in the hospital. Miraculously, God healed Tingting and she lived lupus free for 10 years. But then in 2012, the lupus came back with a vengeance and after six months of intensive care, Tingting took her last breath as I held her in my arms.**
So I became a widower at the age of 47, a single parent with a 5 year-old son named Josh. Every time I would grieve and eat tears for breakfast, God would comfort me saying, “Anak, don’t be sad. You will love again. I’m going to give you one more great love.” And it’s true. The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.* **
The Lord also used my son to encourage me. On my 48th birthday, after blowing the candles of my
