The madness to complete the new Education Centre at the Sabah Theological Seminary (STS) was finally over. When this centre was declared opened by the CM this morning, certain areas were still off limit as they have yet to be fully completed yet.
When the seminary leadership committed the opening date so far in advance (when the reinforced concrete frame was half way done) and with all invitations sent out to all parts of the world, the building has to be completed by whatever mean. Somehow, by the grace of God, it was just ready literally at the last minutes !
Personally, I was not very happy with rushed job when contractor simply ignores good construction practice in the name of meeting the deadline !
One of the guest speakers for this occasion is this man called Morley Lee. I first met him in the sixties when I was just a secondary student attending the church youth convention in Sandakan where he was the convention speaker.
I consider him a man of exceptional quality in that he is the only speaker whose lecture I heard some forty years ago still inked deep in my mind.
I recalled he started by saying that we are all familiar with the Proverbs in the Old Testament. He asked, "Do you know that there are only three proverbs in the New Testament ?" Of course, I did not know then. He just used those three Proverbs for the theme of the Convention. The verses are still fresh in my mind:
2 Peter 2:22 "The dog turns back to his own vomit, and the sow is washed only to wallow in the mire".
John 4:37 "One sows and another reaps".
Luke 4:23 "Physician, heal yourself".
When we met yesterday and talked about that convention, he could not recall what he said. But when I mentioned the three Proverbs, he could immediately remember and was amazed of the impact of his sermon on me. He specifically asked to have a one-to-one photo taken and then emailed to me which is now uploaded.
Rev. Morley Lee and me ( in the sixties). How young we were then !! See, only b/w photo then!
30 April 2010
