The Servant of the Lord

"1 Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations.
2He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets.
3A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;
4 he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his law the islands will put their hope.

5 This is what God the Lord says, he who created the heavens and all that comes out of it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it:
6"I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, 7 to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness."



I used to dream of fantastical things. Adventures of the wild, magic, the enchanted... impossible things of this world. Little did I know, I was creating this world of my own. I could make up my own beginnings, middles, and ends of stories, all boxed up in my little head. As a child I was strongly attached to shows like Sailormoon, Digimon, Pokemon…anything that seemed to pull me out of reality. Things like Disney and Final Fantasy remain strong interests in my life today.
It wasn’t until grade 10 when I first started to take up an interest in drawing from my imagination. What new opportunities I had to let all my crazy adventures on the loose! I was so excited about story writing, picturing every scene in my head, imagining the full beauty of all my made up characters. It was then that I started drawing comics (and even made it to 52 pages!).
I started to come up with more stories so that I would draw more and more comics for my own pleasure. But my drawing skills were inadequate so I eventually stopped.
And then I began to question…
What am I doing all this for?
I had no real reason but self-enjoyment. I never liked showing my work to others as they were very personal and I was afraid of criticism.
So I began to look for deeper meaning in my stories. During that time, I was reading Bleach, a Japanese manga. I thought to myself, this story is so influential to teenagers! So many people are into this kind of stuff. Swords, magic, ninjas, power. If I could create something like this, that would be so awesome!
In the meantime, I started looking into the real world. God was reminding me:
Why are you looking to such impossible things for beauty when I have created so much beauty right before your eyes?
And the answer has now become so clear to me.
A testimony is a very powerful message. Personal experience, not something made up, but reality that is from God…is beautiful.


I draw because God has given me such an amazing gift of creativity. The skills that I have are only a taste of what our Father in heaven can do.
Praise God!