Today I want to share about Sammi Cheng. I like some of her songs and do sing some of them at the Karaoke. But I like her even more now because of her courage to walk out of herself.
Please to share with you: Her story.
For Bonita:
Sammi Cheng is one of the top female recording artistes in Hong Kong. After her last movie three years ago, she disappeared from the scene and went into hiding for 3 years. In the movie she had to constantly changed her weight. Gain weight, lose weight repeatedly as she enacted scenes of different age groups. She has to be thin so she will look like a young girl. She went on a diet of 2 apples for 7 days and still would train for the show. After the movie she decided enough is enough and went into deep depression. At first she denied she has it because she wants perfection in all she does, she couldn't let this blemish be on her life. But slowly she admitted to her deep depression and by God's grace she walked out of it. There was a voice inside her asking her to kneel before Him and to pray.
When she was a child, she said the sinner's prayer but continued to live a life like she doesn't have God. She has a sister who is a Christian and I bet this sister must have prayed really hard for her. As she became more and more successful, she also went to the fortune teller to seek her fate. She did all things except coming to full surrender to the Lord. She was nasty, alwasys loved by her family no matter how rotten she was. But in her deep depression, the Lord reached out to her. She locked herself from the world and prayed for 8 months. She cried out to GOD for help. Some days she would yell out her desperation for God, some days she would pray silently.
In these 8 months she met God and now she has walked out of it. Everything in her life is now back in order and only better. She is no longer the selfish, bitter, difficult artiste and is now learning to love and care for the people around her.
Once again testifying to God's unchanging love.
She has everything, boyfriend, family, money, fame and lots of beautiful stuff but she has no joy. She found the joy of the Lord when she surrenders everything to Jesus. She never knew her gospel album will top the charts and it did. Not only did she get back into fame, she is now using her fame to win souls for God. The money she made from her gospel album has ALL gone to charity.
Back to the basics in life is very good. No frills. At the end of the day, what matters most is whether you have time to enjoy it with your family. Young people today want everything but God wants us to choose. Mammon or Jesus.
A very good testimony.
