Post by ericjohnson on Aug 20, 2008 17:33:40 GMT 8
dude, where's my car?
Years ago, driving on our older cars on our way to church in intramuros, my wife would ask, especially when cruising down buendia avenue where nice cars ply: “bibigyan kaya tayo ni God ng maayos na sasakyan?”
I remember on our Wednesday BS somewhere in pasig, we have emphasized on making our prayer requests specific to the dot. This way, you can not contest that God really does answer prayers. One of my challenging prayer request was a convertible PORSCHE 911 turbo. altho I was serious about it at the back of my mind, we often made fun of it but somehow half-hoping that God would actually fulfill my silly request.
A little older, I realized that our Dad don’t always give what we ask simply because not all we ask would be good for us. For one, I don’t have a personal covered garage and naturally, that’s not good for a several million peso car. I pretty much learned that if we don’t think the way God thinks, our prayer requests are not aligned with his plans for us. ie: just imagine a 6 year old boy asking his dad for a power grinder? Or a 4 year old girl asking her mom to buy her diet pills?
So to cut it short, my wife and myself settled with the question: “bibigyan kaya tayo ni God ng maayos na sasakyan?”. 2006 and my wife and I struggled, err...… fought over selling our old lancer 1977 and acquiring a better car. And as our friends would know, we got the red 1982 lancer box type which I truly loved simply because it was one of my “realistic” dream car. Realistic because it felt ownable(?) or affordable to say the least – having sold my other treasures, that is. And a little over a year driving this “ok” car, I can say I am content and happy (provided it doesn’t rain hard) because it’s a lot better than what I used to drive and own. But every now and again, the wife would still ask: “bibigyan kaya tayo ni God ng mas maayos na sasakyan?” which prompts me to think, isn’t this car enough for us?
Then came a friend’s offer last nov07 on his older Nissan sentra lec 1997. at a very irresistible price, only a fool would not want it. And after about a month of my friend’s (and his wife’s) unselfish attitude we finally sold our old car and bought theirs.
Two days ago, driving to my mom’s in manila, the wife asked again: “bakit kaya tayo binigyan ni God ng maayos na sasakyan?”.
Email-ing with my good friend-reverend-engineer-doctor mhac, I couldn’t help pouring my heart out overwhelmed by God’s generosity. I told him how I knew all of our past hardships were trials and testings, but also thinking I failed every single one of them; makes me ask: “do I really deserve this?”. In essence, he wisely replied: “marami pa yan brad, wag ka lang malulula”.
Last month, we were driving along buendia avenue again, the wife blurted: “bibigyan kaya tayo ni God ng van?” – hahaha!
i am ej
* to date, my friend who sold me the nissan got a very nice 2006 toyota altis at a very handsome price.
Years ago, driving on our older cars on our way to church in intramuros, my wife would ask, especially when cruising down buendia avenue where nice cars ply: “bibigyan kaya tayo ni God ng maayos na sasakyan?”
I remember on our Wednesday BS somewhere in pasig, we have emphasized on making our prayer requests specific to the dot. This way, you can not contest that God really does answer prayers. One of my challenging prayer request was a convertible PORSCHE 911 turbo. altho I was serious about it at the back of my mind, we often made fun of it but somehow half-hoping that God would actually fulfill my silly request.
A little older, I realized that our Dad don’t always give what we ask simply because not all we ask would be good for us. For one, I don’t have a personal covered garage and naturally, that’s not good for a several million peso car. I pretty much learned that if we don’t think the way God thinks, our prayer requests are not aligned with his plans for us. ie: just imagine a 6 year old boy asking his dad for a power grinder? Or a 4 year old girl asking her mom to buy her diet pills?
So to cut it short, my wife and myself settled with the question: “bibigyan kaya tayo ni God ng maayos na sasakyan?”. 2006 and my wife and I struggled, err...… fought over selling our old lancer 1977 and acquiring a better car. And as our friends would know, we got the red 1982 lancer box type which I truly loved simply because it was one of my “realistic” dream car. Realistic because it felt ownable(?) or affordable to say the least – having sold my other treasures, that is. And a little over a year driving this “ok” car, I can say I am content and happy (provided it doesn’t rain hard) because it’s a lot better than what I used to drive and own. But every now and again, the wife would still ask: “bibigyan kaya tayo ni God ng mas maayos na sasakyan?” which prompts me to think, isn’t this car enough for us?
Then came a friend’s offer last nov07 on his older Nissan sentra lec 1997. at a very irresistible price, only a fool would not want it. And after about a month of my friend’s (and his wife’s) unselfish attitude we finally sold our old car and bought theirs.
Two days ago, driving to my mom’s in manila, the wife asked again: “bakit kaya tayo binigyan ni God ng maayos na sasakyan?”.
Email-ing with my good friend-reverend-engineer-doctor mhac, I couldn’t help pouring my heart out overwhelmed by God’s generosity. I told him how I knew all of our past hardships were trials and testings, but also thinking I failed every single one of them; makes me ask: “do I really deserve this?”. In essence, he wisely replied: “marami pa yan brad, wag ka lang malulula”.
Last month, we were driving along buendia avenue again, the wife blurted: “bibigyan kaya tayo ni God ng van?” – hahaha!
i am ej
* to date, my friend who sold me the nissan got a very nice 2006 toyota altis at a very handsome price.
