Image © 2011, Timothy Lee. Used with permission In Singapore, we have the Yellow Ribbon Project to increase awareness, highlight the plight and facilitate the integration of ex-offenders back into society. For a man with a criminal record, this is an uphill task because many are still doubtful as to the sincerity and genuineness of this personʼs repentance. Yet, is it not true that God can take the vilest offender, transform him into the image of God and to use him for His glory? Notice the wickedness of Paul Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: 1 Timothy 1:13 Paul, though a religious Pharisee, was a blasphemer…

Image © 2011, Jamsari Ahmad. Used with permission Psalms 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Psalm 126 highlights two groups of people: one rejoicing because the Lord has intervened to allow them to return home to their homeland after their captivity, and the other, still in captivity, looking to the Lord for His help. God is ever-ready to assist us in our trials. Has He not said that He is our Helper in times of need? He is our strong refuge and high tower? God stands ever ready to bless us even in our needs and trials. How do we receive the Lordʼs blessings? In this…