A Reminder

I was actually looking for motivation tonight because I am pressured about a lot of things and I am not actually a fan of it. Whenever I feel like that, i lose control of things and tries to drift away from everything just so i can find my solitude again. Now i realize I was finding comfort from so many things and then it hit me that I was doing it all wrong. I popped open a book and it brought me to this exact page which I badly needed reminding.


God is in Control.


“If you just take all the pressures off your shoulder and give it to God, it will be easier for you”.


So I did, and I couldn’t be more relieved.


Now I just wanted to share a short but sweet story of how amazing My God is. That when I remember that scenario, it paints a smile on my face. It is a scenario of reminding me that God's actions in my life comes in every little way. It is quite ironic how out of all the big things in life, the small things usually leave the greatest impact.


Here goes...


It was a usual weekday morning for me. I had to walk my way to the station to catch some ride. The weather was great, the sky was clear and clouds brushed the sky in feathery-like forms. The glorious sun was shining brightly, it was getting hotter as the day progressed. I didn’t bring my umbrella that day with fingers crossed that the rain wouldn’t pour. I crossed the busy street when the stop light reached the red light and waited at the other end for my ride. At that exact time, an old man I have never even met came out of nowhere, and stood in front of me. I wondered why he did that. The man wore a white shirt, shorts and slippers and he carried a small sling bag for a purse. Pardon me for saying this but just so you’d know what I mean when I met him, the man looked so ordinary, even like a homeless person. (I know I was being judgmental but you couldn’t blame me for it because I got traumatized once with an encounter like that). I hope you got the picture. But after what happened i realized he actually is special. *smiles*


A few seconds later, he opened his umbrella. At the back of my head I was asking myself if he was doing that on purpose? I stepped back and avoided the shade his umbrella provided. When you wanted to avoid the sun exposure it was such a naïve thing to do but it was a precaution for me. 


The old man then turned to me and said, “No, it’s okay. Just stay under the shade.” I was surprised. “We still have to wait for a few minutes for the ride and it is hot.”


His actions were not actually what I expected. I thought he’d just let me stay under the sun’s hot rays like most of us would do. I was embarrassed really because I have had my final say about him moments ago without even knowing his intention. I apologized to God and said thank you to the man.  It was another thing to be grateful for, the old man who offered me a shade without even knowing who I was.


We parted ways when our ride came, he went to sit beside the driver and I went at the back but that simple act of kindness was actually enough to keep me smiling the whole day. Enough to keep me overwhelmed with love from God that I couldn’t stop thanking Him for bringing ordinary people like him into my life to remind me that I am never alone.


In that scene, why can't we just be thankful? Why do we have to question things so much?

That scene was God’s way of telling me He will never abandon me, that He is watching me and is always on my side.


You see how our perceptions change us when we think of negative thoughts instead of positive ones? When we try to over analyze? We tend to neglect the small blessings in life because we expect big ones, those things that come with a bang. But God’s blessings are actually surrounding us if we only know how to appreciate them. We’ll realize that every single second is something to be thankful for.


It’s like asking for a sign. Oftentimes we do that, we ask for so many things, for endless signs but no matter how many signs abound around us, it will all be worthless and useless if we don’t know how to read them… if we don’t know how to acknowledge them… if we don’t know how to listen to God.  


So try to reflect on things, maybe the sign is already there.


...and I thank that man.