5. One Finger is Too Much

Since Mrs. Chu was in Mainland China, I lived by myself in her perfectly renovated light blue bedroom and pink bathroom.  It was so wonderful and comfortable.  When I visited my half brother and his wife, who are the son and daughter-in-law of the first wife of my father, I encouraged them to trust in the Lord and love him.  I saw how simple their home was and boasted about what a wonderful place the Heavenly Father had prepared for me.  They admired me so much that they even wished I could find a better house for them.  It is well known that Hong Kong has been such a busy city and scarce of housing.  People always said: “Come to eat, but not to stay.”  In fact, how could I have the ability to find housing for them?  It was all because the Heavenly Father moved those people whom I had never met before to receive me, that I could enjoy such kindness without effort. 

However, one has to be fearful with trembling in grace.  One day, when I was resting and enjoying my room, I saw that there was a shining raised bronze pellet on the doorknob of the bathroom. I stretched out a finger and pressed that bronze pellet.  I heard a sound of “ga da,” then the bathroom door was locked and could not be opened.  I was so anxious that I asked the son-in-law of Mrs. Chu whether they had the key to the bathroom.  They replied: “No.”  All of the keys were put away by their mother, and they did not know where she put them.  It was all because one finger was too many that I could not use my personal bathroom anymore.  From then on I had to use the bathroom shared among the rest of the house members.  How inconvenient it was!  I regretted that one touch of a finger caused such a mistake.  I taught me that every act and deed should be conducted in the name of the Lord in grace.  Even one finger is too many.