Reflections on Disasters and Suffering

Shing-chi Chung (B.Th. 1), a first-year theology student, revisited the path of faith. After graduating from college, I received many job opportunities and was appreciated by my seniors. I was ambitious and determined to develop my career, but my relationship with God grew increasingly distant. Thank God, He pulled me back from the brink of success. An accident injured my left foot, requiring me to stop working for six months. All my professional achievements vanished, but this gave me time to rest quietly and reflect on my life. Looking back on my growth, I realized that God had always bestowed abundant grace upon my life: growing up in the church from a young age, being built up, and receiving love; deciding to believe in the Lord in high school, being reborn, knowing God, and being baptized into Christ. At that moment, I realized that I had sinned against God because I was attracted by the "bright future" before me and had forgotten the Father's abundant grace. ...

Marco Cheung, a first-year Master of Divinity student, experienced the love of God from a young age, growing up in a Christian primary school and listening to teachers explain the Bible. From then on, I simply believed in God and obeyed Him. Later, someone introduced me to church worship services, which began my church life. However, at that time I only attended worship services, and later, after studying abroad for many years, my relationship with the church was not close. ...