By Wendy Choy-Chan

I was strolling the grounds of the Jesuit Center during a three-day conference, being able to squeeze in some time between breakfast and a fully packed schedule on the second day. The LORD is good. 

I took a peak into the chapel. Upon entering, a metal plague on the back wall indicated “IV.” Ah! An indoor stations of the cross, sheltered from the hot sun outside. The LORD is good. 

When I came to station II, I stopped at my track, my heart pounded, and tears flooded my eyes. Not the usual station II of Jesus bearing the cross, but just the word “Acceptance.” The LORD is good. 

Just earlier, I was sharing with a sister whom I did not expect to see at the conference. We have only met a few times in the past, but every time we met we had very deep sharing. The LORD is good. 

I shared with her the difficulties I had been facing, not sure how to go forward. A sense of discouragement, disheartening, and wanting to give up, yet there was also a sense of mission, purpose, and a heart for those I am serving. Then she shared her journey of the past year, how God broke and built her up again, leading her to a place of holy indifference — “as the Lord wills,” where she now finds freedom amidst her turmoil. That was exactly what was missing in my heart — holy indifference, and what I yearned for — freedom. The LORD is good.  

Station II pointed me to the first step to holy indifference — “acceptance.” I had been trying to change my lot. I had been trying to avoid and escape from the rough and tough spots, but God said to me, “Accept where I have put you for I know what I am doing. Free yourself from wanting to be in control, from thinking you know better. Trust me and wait.” The LORD is good. 

I walked the rest of the stations which ended at a painting of the resurrected Christ beside the last station. The path of the cross is not easy, but it leads to the resurrected life in Christ. The LORD is good. 

In this short morning hour, I tasted and saw, again and again, that the LORD is good.

The LORD is good. I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Wendy became a Christian while attending Queen’s University in Canada. She graduated from Fuller Seminary in 2016 with an MA in Theology, and from Multnomah Biblical Seminary in 2023 with a DMin in Heart-based Spirituality and Christian Formation. Wendy lives in Seattle with her husband and two daughters, and serves as a minister at Evangelical Chinese Church of Seattle.