Awesome God

Christ "is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him." (Colossians 1:15-16)

I hiked up Gunung Jerai (Mount Jerai) early this morning with some of my friends. For those who never knew Gunung Jerai, it is located in the northern state of Kedah and has a height of 1200 meters above sea-level . In the olden days, it played an important role as a navigating point for sailors from as far as the Middle East and Europe. It also holds one of our country's (Malaysia) permanent jungle reserve.

Mount Jerai

It was a beautiful morning. The sun raised slowly and thick mist blanketed the rolling paddy fields of Kedah. The air was refreshing and cooling. We arrived at the foot of Gunung Jerai and took our breakfast-- I took two 'pau's (some kind of Chinese bun) and a glass of hot Neslo(Nescafe and Milo mixed). Others took nasi lemak with fried egg.

Initially, our plan was to drive up the mountain (14km long road) to reach its peak. However, due to some undergoing road construction, we had to walk instead. We came across quite a number of people coming down the mountain, some were exercising and some were taking a brisk walk. These are some of the pictures that I took on the way up:

A spectacular view of Kedah, the paddy fields are at the far right

Isn't God's creations marvellous?

The sun shining through the leaves and lightening up the path reminded me of this Bible verse (at left is Daniel, above photo:me): "Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory be over all the earth." Psalm 108:5

"Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours." (1 Chronicles 29:11)


About 1 3/4 hour later, there was still 8km (not 180) till we reach the peak. We were a little speechless when we saw it. We took a short rest and continued upwards.

An hour passed. It was more shocking when we knew that the peak is still 4km away from us. Due to personal reasons and time, we had to stop here and head back, bearing in mind that we will scale the mountain next time---with a car. Photo above: a record by us (height-720m, distance-approx. 10km)---walking (From left: Liang Ann, Daniel, me, and Jasper)

Halfway down the mountain, we stopped at a resting hut to cool ourselves down. We soon heard a car's engine sound from a distance, coming nearer to us every moment. My friend quickly walked to the road and tried to take a hitch for us. The driver slowed down his four wheel drive Pajero. From a distance, we saw our friend asking for the driver's help. We soon got a go from the driver. My heart praises God for the driver's help cause it'll be very tiring and time consuming if we were to walk down by ourselves.

Thank God also for the good weather and for bringing us back to our home safely. Not only did I gained some experience from this trip, I felt more grateful and thankful for what God has given to us. He is indeed a living God worthy to be praised forever and ever!

Till then, I'll be quite busy in the days to come. Please pray for me and take care.

God bless. Jesus loves you! :-)