GOD's Gifts

Heyz To everyone!!! Long time since I last blogged.. but now I have to write this entry because it has been in my mind ever since ZJ retreat..

well.. let me ask you something.. what are gifts to you? Is it a new handphone, a new game console or a new car etc.? Must gifts always be our expensive material things? Must it come with alot of $$$?

well.. let me give you two scenarios.. let's say someone give you a brand new ferrari car which costs a bomb and another one, just simply a birthday card filled with lots of love.. a bit of twist to add now.. imagine the person, after giving you the ferrari, goes around bragging, "HEY.. SEE THAT FERRARI!!! MAKE NO MISTAKE.. I GAVE HIM ONE!!!" Now, think about it, is there really sincerity in that realli expensive gift? Is the ferrari really considered a gift? Or is it simply a TOOL which helps him to proclaim his own fame and riches? Now think about the card.. make no mistake.. the card is purely filled with love!! But as humans as we are, we tend to overlook the card as we have other gifts which we consider are 'better'.. but then think again.. compare the ferrari and the card again.. what can buy ferrari? Well, it is money and money and more money.. but then what can buy love?? Money?! NEVER!! Love is priceless!! No doubt!!

so now.. sometimes we say and ask ourselves," GOD, where is my gift?" We often pray for what we want with much desire, and sometimes when we feel that the prayer is not answered as we don't get the result we wanted, we tend to question HIM again and again, asking him," Where is my gift?" But then, again and again, his love is like the card in the scenario, we tend to overlook HIS gift to us as we always look out for the result. but then in actual fact, HE is always and i mean it, always, granting us something which is PRICELESS! That wonderful and magnificient gift is LOVE! The gift is there, but do we choose to accept and unwrap it to feel HIS wonderful gift for us? Sometimes, we take HIS gifts for granted. We tend to continuously demand and demand for more gifts. But when we get it, did we really take time off to really thank HIM?

So my brothers and sisters, don't doubt God's gifts for us. He is always giving us gifts each new day. Even things like living another day on earth is a gift from HIM. So, let us keep our hearts open everyday and be mindful and thankful for all HIS gifts as HIS gifts are no ordinary ones but rather, it is a gift which is ordinary made extraordinary by HIM. Have faith and believe, for it is then you will see HIS marvellous gifts and works in you and also, how remarkable and loving HE really is!!

that ends my sharing, til next time, cyas! =)

-Jerry Alexander-