August 10, 2011

• quick update...

  God has been very very good. not anything i have done, but just learning to yield to the Holy Spirit.

  1. the other day, andy and i were shopping at walmart for school supplies and we saw some glue sticks for 40 cents. we wanted to get them, but they were sold out. after andy carefully scavenging all the boxes, he found two remaining amongst the other gluesticks. at that time, a woman came and said she was looking for the same gluesticks since they're so cheap. she wanted to buy them for kids in mexico that she's going next week... so she was looking for them too. it was kinda weird w/ her and us looking for the same thing when supplies were so apparently limited. after looking for a while, she decided just to leave. i thought about what we shared in sunday school that morning, Jesus said "it is more blessed to give than to receive" and i thought that God had already given us enough, and will pour out blessing if we're willing to give, so i asked andy if we can give the gluesticks to that woman since it's so cheap anyways, and he said if the Spirit is leading you, then go do it. so i approached that woman and gave the gluesticks to her. she was very happy about it... then we went to target and saw more of the same gluesticks for the same price, AND another brand of gluesticks for 20 cents! goodness, if we didn't follow God and didn't give, i wonder how we'd have felt... like we're so cheap!

  2. and then the other day i came home finding my dad lying on the couch. i asked if he were ok, and he said he felt very sick. i asked a few questions and kinda just left him. then while i was in my room, i feel like God is saying "you would have prayed w/ him if he were one of your church friends" and i was thinking.... yeah.... so long story short, i went downstairs and asked my dad if i can pray for him. he was very happy about it and hold out his hand. so i prayed for him and he fell asleep in a few minutes. then i asked him the next day if he felt better, and he told me that his fell asleep right after i prayed for him, and after he woke up, it was almost entirely gone! praise God that i actually obeyed...

  3. then today when i got to work, i saw a missed call and a msg on my work cell phone. i listened to it and found that my co-worker had called last night b/c she wanted to talk to me. she sounded very sad (i've been trying to invite her to church for a while) and wanted to talk to me. i waited for her to come to work then went to see what's wrong. it turned out that something had happened at work and she felt like everyone was against her and she was very poorly treated. she felt very sad and alone and she didn't know who to talk to last night to explain the situation except me. and when she couldn't find me, she turned to the Bible. she was so sad that she was crying when she told me. then i tried to tell her that God is always in control, even when we can't see Him at work. so i asked her if i can pray for her, and she said yes... and she held out her hand for me to grab while praying w/ her. she felt a lot better afterwards and said that she had actually told her boss that what she really needs now is God. she wanted to invite me to her house for dinner tomorrow so we can talk more! wow! pray that God will continue to work His plan at His own time!

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