The gift and the Giver…
I am a self-confessed crazy in love with God. However, I realized that I still have a tendency to forget about Him when a tremendous blessing comes especially in love and wealth. Confronted with this truth I prayed for Him to keep me focus on Him in times of great blessings and trials for I also know that I can’t do it without His help.
Last November, I bought a new cell phone which happened to have a game that I found challenging. I got addicted to the game to the point that I even traded my morning dialogue with Him while in the MRT to playing the game.
A thought crossed my mind which says ‘the cellphone is a gift from God, so why am I focusing on the gift and forgetting my commitment to the Giver? Be careful for the cellphone might be taken from you.’ Every time this thought crosses my mind I will tell Him, ‘Just this once, promise, tomorrow I will not play anymore’. You guessed it right, the ‘just this once’ didn’t stop.
Just like a movie with an expected ending, yesterday, I lost my new cellphone. Hehehe… I lost it in a very odd manner. After which I found myself, praying to God to give the phone back to me and even promising Him that I will not get addicted to the game to the point of forgetting Him. :) I can see Him looking at me and saying ‘Tsk tsk tsk’ but still smiling. 
I learned something about myself thru this event. God loves me so much that He flaunted my weakness thru a simple cellphone and not thru losing a great blessing. Hopefully and with His help, I will not behave the same way when He gives me the one that He exclusively and lovingly prepared for me.
Keep me focus on YOU!!!
