A Lost Wallet
I lost my wallet on 7May05. A Saturday. An important Saturday. One that required lots of errand running and paying of money.
I wonder how many of you have this experience of losing a wallet? It's very upsetting and frustrating right? Especially for such a stingy person like me. And you could imagine my anger and frustration. I snap at all good intentions and just feel like crying. All my money, atm cards, in fact all sort of cards are in that wallet. I used to even put all my keys in there. Therefore I guess it was right that I once said my life revolved round my wallet.
But Praise the Lord! My Saturday went on. I did all that I had to do and I guess at the end of day accomplished more. And today 12May, my life is still going on despite the never found lost wallet.
7 May is an important day to me cos on the same day 29 years ago my boyfriend was born. So on 7May 05 I wanted to give him the best birthday celebration -- best cake, best food, best company. Everything have to be perfect. Then guess what I lost my wallet. I have bought the best cake but what about the food etc? I can't expect the birthday boy to pay for himself. But he did. The best birthday celebration transformed to a simple dinner with a few good friends. And it was a good one. There I learnt that perhaps the best birthday celebration might not be the best food or gifts instead it's the fact that people you loved love and care enough for you to want to make that a special day for you. I think we sent that message to my boyfriend that day.
There are a few other things I learnt form the lost wallet incident. Firstly in time of difficulties and hardship I forgot to pray. I forgot to ask my almighty Father to help Him. I know He is almighty and all things are possible to Him so why didn't I pray? Why didn't I ask for help? I was just frantically looking into dustbins and looking suspiciously at everyone. I guess I didn't do it cos I was focusing on my problem. Now I learnt perhaps at times like this I should focus on God instead. For when I said a silent prayer that God will not allowed this day to be ruined by all this and my short temper, He did!
Secondly, I realised that all the material items that we constantly held on tightly might be lost in just a blink of an eye, without you realising it. But Man does not live on bread alone hence losing any material items should not affect you. Like my lost wallet, I had alot of inconvenience and adjusting to do but like I said my life goes on. I continue to enjoyed my Saturday. I went to Church on Sunday. It didn't affect me cos I didn't allow it, and God forbids it.
Thirdly I realised I have to allow people who loves me to take care of me. On Saturday besides it being my boyfriend's birthday it was the day I need to send my Secondary school's best friend off to France. I intended to sneaked out briefly but cos I lost my wallet, the birthday boy drove me there. And my Mum has to give me her Ezylink card. All these I seldom allowed but now I realised maybe I should.
Finally and most importantly I realised if you made God the most important thing in your life then you are the Blessed one! For you will never ever lost the most important thing in your life and be assuranced that He will always be there for you. Praise the Lord and may God be with you !
I wonder how many of you have this experience of losing a wallet? It's very upsetting and frustrating right? Especially for such a stingy person like me. And you could imagine my anger and frustration. I snap at all good intentions and just feel like crying. All my money, atm cards, in fact all sort of cards are in that wallet. I used to even put all my keys in there. Therefore I guess it was right that I once said my life revolved round my wallet.
But Praise the Lord! My Saturday went on. I did all that I had to do and I guess at the end of day accomplished more. And today 12May, my life is still going on despite the never found lost wallet.
7 May is an important day to me cos on the same day 29 years ago my boyfriend was born. So on 7May 05 I wanted to give him the best birthday celebration -- best cake, best food, best company. Everything have to be perfect. Then guess what I lost my wallet. I have bought the best cake but what about the food etc? I can't expect the birthday boy to pay for himself. But he did. The best birthday celebration transformed to a simple dinner with a few good friends. And it was a good one. There I learnt that perhaps the best birthday celebration might not be the best food or gifts instead it's the fact that people you loved love and care enough for you to want to make that a special day for you. I think we sent that message to my boyfriend that day.
There are a few other things I learnt form the lost wallet incident. Firstly in time of difficulties and hardship I forgot to pray. I forgot to ask my almighty Father to help Him. I know He is almighty and all things are possible to Him so why didn't I pray? Why didn't I ask for help? I was just frantically looking into dustbins and looking suspiciously at everyone. I guess I didn't do it cos I was focusing on my problem. Now I learnt perhaps at times like this I should focus on God instead. For when I said a silent prayer that God will not allowed this day to be ruined by all this and my short temper, He did!
Secondly, I realised that all the material items that we constantly held on tightly might be lost in just a blink of an eye, without you realising it. But Man does not live on bread alone hence losing any material items should not affect you. Like my lost wallet, I had alot of inconvenience and adjusting to do but like I said my life goes on. I continue to enjoyed my Saturday. I went to Church on Sunday. It didn't affect me cos I didn't allow it, and God forbids it.
Thirdly I realised I have to allow people who loves me to take care of me. On Saturday besides it being my boyfriend's birthday it was the day I need to send my Secondary school's best friend off to France. I intended to sneaked out briefly but cos I lost my wallet, the birthday boy drove me there. And my Mum has to give me her Ezylink card. All these I seldom allowed but now I realised maybe I should.
Finally and most importantly I realised if you made God the most important thing in your life then you are the Blessed one! For you will never ever lost the most important thing in your life and be assuranced that He will always be there for you. Praise the Lord and may God be with you !
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