GOODness of GOD...
GOD is GOOD all the time, His breath... the Holy Spirit is what sustains creation, truly... "If He should gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath, All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust."
As finite beings, we humans tend to associate God's goodness to the tangible, physical realm and when trials come and life gets challenging, it is quite human for us to question whether there's a good God, or in fact, if there's a God at all... hence the age-old charge against Christianity, "If GOD is so GOOD, why is there so much evil?" Nopes... this is not a theological blog entry... but if u r interested abt this... I would be more than happy to share with u over a nice meal / drink... =)
The above was to set the stage right... that GOD is GOOD all the time, He never changes, despite what our feelings may seem to suggest in reaction to our circumstances...
but there are times when He really blesses in tangible ways and u just feel super, mighty loved... like in the past week...
Been wanting to get a phone for the past 2 months... here's the expanded, uncut version.... =)
first, i thought i could get an upgrade when contract was 21mths, but the promotional upgrade price for the phone that I wanted was only available for no existing contract, i.e., after 24 mths... so i had to wait.
then when the promotion finally was for 21mths upgrade from abt 2-3 weeks ago and i didn't have to wait anymore, i somehow wasn't able to make time to go to the handphone shop... until... I received a mail over the weekend from m1 that gave me $100 off my next hp purchase for being a loyal customer!!!
YEAH GOD!! now... i understood the delay... super excited and went to the shop last evening after work... the phone that i intended to get, Nokia 6280, was the cheapest phone around with the functionalities that I like. it was going for $138 and with the discount... I only had to pay $38... or do I? hahaha...
I finally got served and at the counter... the lady started to ramble something about my existing price plan... blar blar blar... I was just hoping she would get done with it coz I was already late for my appointment with Meijing.... and then the next thing I heard really got my attention... "why don't u get the 6288 instead, since it will also be free"....
I was like.... "WHAT??"... ok, it came out more as "what do you mean?" =)
"oh, u are on a higher talk plan, and for your upgrade, you get an additional $100 off your handset. Since the 6288 is going for $198, with the $200 subsidy, it will still be free."
The cool me of coz calmly replied, "Sure, why not."
Cool? yeah rite, my spirit was just so pumped and it just couldn't contain the praises for God... I mean... when He wanna bless u, u know He never holds back... He truly is a God of abundance...
well, for those that may be technologically challenged.... hahahha... u know i still love u yeah? the 6288 is like an upgraded version of 6280 with more memory and software enhancements...
and to top it off, since I was already completely blown away, I forgot that they were also giving away a hp photo printer with the purchase....
SO here's the deal my friends... He blessed my socks off...
1) I got a better phone then I expected;
2) got a free printer thrown in; and
3) paid $0 for everything!!!
moral of the story...
it pays to obey the voice of God... He writes a new law on our hearts, it's His Spirit communicating with ours and in that obedience, we enjoy the fulness of life... it's not a "coz I obeyed God, so He blesses me; if I don't, He punish me" type of transaction with Him, His rules were made to bless us in the first place... when we choose, note it's OUR choice, not to follow Him, we choose to step out of the abundant life that He is calling us to and we live with the consequences of our actions. But when we follow Him, we know for sure that the Faithful One has promised that there will be life, and life abundant.
It's like when u were young and ur daddy says "don't play with matchsticks ok?" and you were too young to comprehend the consequences of setting off a fire. You can either choose to obey ur dad out of your love and respect, out of your relationship with him or not obey since it's a rule that you couldn't understand the "why" and u really just wanna play with matchsticks.
He didn't bless me coz I was super good or spiritual or out of favoritism... He is GOOD all the time and wants to bless each and everyone of us... the invitation has always been given that when we choose to walk with Him in obedience, we are choosing to walk in the fulness of life that He has prepared and called us to... coz only the Creator knows what's the best for us...
the only glitch to the whole story... the stoopid slider thingie on my phone seems a little wobbly... should I go ask for an exchange or is the phone just like that... hmmm....
but WHO CARES?? that's a small glitch and...
"my God is a great, big, God and a great, big, God is my God..."
.... "na na na.... na na na...."....
=)
As finite beings, we humans tend to associate God's goodness to the tangible, physical realm and when trials come and life gets challenging, it is quite human for us to question whether there's a good God, or in fact, if there's a God at all... hence the age-old charge against Christianity, "If GOD is so GOOD, why is there so much evil?" Nopes... this is not a theological blog entry... but if u r interested abt this... I would be more than happy to share with u over a nice meal / drink... =)
The above was to set the stage right... that GOD is GOOD all the time, He never changes, despite what our feelings may seem to suggest in reaction to our circumstances...
but there are times when He really blesses in tangible ways and u just feel super, mighty loved... like in the past week...
Been wanting to get a phone for the past 2 months... here's the expanded, uncut version.... =)
first, i thought i could get an upgrade when contract was 21mths, but the promotional upgrade price for the phone that I wanted was only available for no existing contract, i.e., after 24 mths... so i had to wait.
then when the promotion finally was for 21mths upgrade from abt 2-3 weeks ago and i didn't have to wait anymore, i somehow wasn't able to make time to go to the handphone shop... until... I received a mail over the weekend from m1 that gave me $100 off my next hp purchase for being a loyal customer!!!
YEAH GOD!! now... i understood the delay... super excited and went to the shop last evening after work... the phone that i intended to get, Nokia 6280, was the cheapest phone around with the functionalities that I like. it was going for $138 and with the discount... I only had to pay $38... or do I? hahaha...
I finally got served and at the counter... the lady started to ramble something about my existing price plan... blar blar blar... I was just hoping she would get done with it coz I was already late for my appointment with Meijing.... and then the next thing I heard really got my attention... "why don't u get the 6288 instead, since it will also be free"....
I was like.... "WHAT??"... ok, it came out more as "what do you mean?" =)
"oh, u are on a higher talk plan, and for your upgrade, you get an additional $100 off your handset. Since the 6288 is going for $198, with the $200 subsidy, it will still be free."
The cool me of coz calmly replied, "Sure, why not."
Cool? yeah rite, my spirit was just so pumped and it just couldn't contain the praises for God... I mean... when He wanna bless u, u know He never holds back... He truly is a God of abundance...
well, for those that may be technologically challenged.... hahahha... u know i still love u yeah? the 6288 is like an upgraded version of 6280 with more memory and software enhancements...
and to top it off, since I was already completely blown away, I forgot that they were also giving away a hp photo printer with the purchase....
SO here's the deal my friends... He blessed my socks off...
1) I got a better phone then I expected;
2) got a free printer thrown in; and
3) paid $0 for everything!!!
moral of the story...
it pays to obey the voice of God... He writes a new law on our hearts, it's His Spirit communicating with ours and in that obedience, we enjoy the fulness of life... it's not a "coz I obeyed God, so He blesses me; if I don't, He punish me" type of transaction with Him, His rules were made to bless us in the first place... when we choose, note it's OUR choice, not to follow Him, we choose to step out of the abundant life that He is calling us to and we live with the consequences of our actions. But when we follow Him, we know for sure that the Faithful One has promised that there will be life, and life abundant.
It's like when u were young and ur daddy says "don't play with matchsticks ok?" and you were too young to comprehend the consequences of setting off a fire. You can either choose to obey ur dad out of your love and respect, out of your relationship with him or not obey since it's a rule that you couldn't understand the "why" and u really just wanna play with matchsticks.
He didn't bless me coz I was super good or spiritual or out of favoritism... He is GOOD all the time and wants to bless each and everyone of us... the invitation has always been given that when we choose to walk with Him in obedience, we are choosing to walk in the fulness of life that He has prepared and called us to... coz only the Creator knows what's the best for us...
the only glitch to the whole story... the stoopid slider thingie on my phone seems a little wobbly... should I go ask for an exchange or is the phone just like that... hmmm....
but WHO CARES?? that's a small glitch and...
"my God is a great, big, God and a great, big, God is my God..."
.... "na na na.... na na na...."....
=)
Labels: Revelations
posted by Nao at 5:43 am
4 Comments:
amen to that, sister! HE is truly amazing!
Blessings,
Hi...
This is quite a pleasant surprise... not sure how you "chanced" upon my blog... nonetheless... thanks for rejoicing with me!!
nao
Someone who had 'chanced' upon yours visited my site. I usually don't check to see where they have just visited, but did in this case. You can 'surf' blogger sites on blogger.com I don't because you never know whose site you might encounter. I did it once and came upon a porn blog. Not a pretty sight.
Nice to see someone so Faith-filled!
Blessings,
Most interesting indeed... ur job description sounds absolutely fantastic... my email is naomikwang@gmail.com if you would like to exchange emails. I haven't had the time but will look forward to reading your blog soon.
Nao
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