Pastor Paterson is from UK and have been in this place for 40 years. The very first time I knew about him was I came across a programme on tv. He did the sermon all the way in Chinese. Actually, his Chinese was pretty good and I was really amazed to listen to him spoke idioms after idioms.
This week we had him came to share some messages with us. I am not going to repeat what he was talking about. There is only one thing I want to write down. He encouraged us to have "breakfast/ dinner" with Jesus everyday. Then he mentioned if we are too busy to have breakfast with Him, then we should consider to cut down our load of serving Him. I really think he is a pastor who really cares about ppl's life. In our culture, pastors seem care more about what we do for Lord rather than our spiritual life. Yes, it is our priviege to serve Him and I want to serve Him. But I agree with pastor P, our first priority should be our relationship with Him. I don't think God wnat His children work so hard for Him but don't have time to be with Him.
I do have some struggle in this area since I work here. I have tried but somehow I don't feel that's enough. What an emptiness and pain, serving Him yet without a close relationship with Him. Pastor Paterson just reminded me about this.