Dr Peter Chung CEO Eminata Group Part 2 of 2

Dr Peter Chung http://peter-chung.com/
Eminata Group http://eminata.com/

At its peak, I had 14 businesses, and as they grew, unfortunately so did my ego and arrogance. I lost humility, and this coupled with a significant business reversal resulted in a loss of 95% of my assets. At this point, I turned back to God, and asked "why me"? I had made many donations to mission groups, Christian charity and helped the poor. I asked God why He was putting me in these circumstances. I became very lonely because most of the people who I thought were my friends quickly ran the other way. I realized that the only trust I had was in God. I turned to my wife and family and we prayed together. I realized I can only eat one meal at a time, sleep in one bed at a time, and wear one pair of pants at a time.

I used to think that I was a big shot, now I know now that I am not. God is the biggest shot of all. I am nothing without God.

So I repented, asked for forgiveness and asked God to make me humble again. I promised myself and promised God that I would give all credit to Him if I were to be given another chance, and that is how I am standing here in front of you tonight.

In our world, there is little certainty. We try to define success with words like fame, power, honour, wealth, status. There is nothing wrong with being successful as long as we understand God is the one who gives us ability to produce success. Also we must understand all these are temporal measures in our temporal world. When I die, I am not going to take any of these with me. The most important thing is, as said by King Solomon, "vanity is vanity, all is vanity. Fear the Lord and keep His commandments. Do good while you are living, this will bring you happiness." To me, this is key to success.

Through all of this my wife Stephanie and I were blessed with five wonderful children. We thanked God and offered our 1st son Joseph as a missionary and devoted ourselves and Joseph to do God's work. At the age of three, Joseph was diagnosed with autism, and by the age of seven, he had developed a seizure disorder that would eventually be diagnosed as epilepsy.

We asked God why Joseph was given these difficult challenges. After all, he was dedicated to the Lord as missionary. Thru many prayers and tribulations, we realized Joseph was a missionary to our family.

Thru Joseph God taught us humility
Thru Joseph God taught us to be generous
Thru Joseph God taught us patience
Thru Joseph God taught us empathy
Thru Joseph God taught us to have compassion for others
Thru Joseph God taught us to do good.

On September 26 6:35pm, I received a phone call from Joseph's caretaker. She said Joseph was found in the bottom of a swimming pool and he was on his way to the hospital. I asked, "Is he ok?" She said he was breathing and that he should be ok. So I thought everything would be fine. An hour later, I received a call from my wife Stephanie and she told me to come to the hospital right away. At 12:40am on September 27, 2012, at the young age of 32, God took our handsome Joseph home.

It was so sudden and as you can imagine, Stephanie and I were in shock. I was told by many of my Christian friends that children are a gift from God to be raised by us while we are on this earth. Children are not our own. When God took Joseph home, the real meaning of this struck me. In such a painful way, I learned that death waits for no one. When it comes, you must be ready, and that as a parent, you must love and cherish your children.

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