A lot more love to spare

Left god inside an untouched cupboard with more than an inch of dust on top. But somehow, god remains in me, even if it’s just a little spark.

* Never underestimate the power of a prayer.

So today went to youth as usual, we talked about how many of us don’t have faith in The Dad. About how instead of believing, we always find all kind of reasons and excuses to prove exactly how The Dad doesn’t work. Or how we are too worked out in our problems, we forgot that the answers and solutions could be so obvious if you just pray.

“God, I have a BIG problem leh”
"Eh problem, I have a BIG GOD tau?”

Things could be pretty easy, it depends on the way you perceive it.

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After being dragged here and there by the mom, finally chill at her studio apartment while she goes for RCIA.

I was randomly flipping the newspaper. When I came across a report that made me sniff.

It’s a bout children staying at rural areas of China who need people to sponsor their education. They interviewed this little girl, I’ll translate what she said. She said “ I want to study, I need to study, if I don’t study I can never earn more money and take care of my parents (both her parents suffer from some severe illness apparently) or even leave this place (the kampung) but my family can’t afford to send me to school”

She never had any RICE in her life before, nor did she tasted MEAT. Her parents and her survive on 2000kg of potatoes a year. I’ll give you a better idea how much is 2000kgs of potatoes, one SIMPLE meal already consume 1/2 kg of potato.

There’s an auntie who went there to visit her sponsored child’s family, the child’s only family (his dad, who was blind), grasp her hand so tightly, started crying, thanked her for saving his kid from a same life as his, for giving hope in his kid’s life, and called her an angel.

I don’t know how does this make you feel, but I feel so shallow all of a sudden. And you have to know, the China kids aren’t the worst, think the Africans. Think newborns who couldn’t even last 5 days. Think the 150 million who don’t get to go to school. Think of those who don’t have anything to eat.

And then, look at yourself.

So after reading all these, I told my mom I would like to sponsor a child. Because her company Sin Chew Daily is working with World Vision to help find sponsors for the kids. I told my mom she can pay me 200 instead of 600 next month. She said she will help me pick a little girl and I could write letters to her as her sponsor.

 

At first I hesitate a bit lah, 400 bucks I can buy a lot of stuff man, but then I thought of all the things I already have. I though of how I keep skipping school until so shuang, my attendance is worst then VJ tau? And that’s is REAL bad. And I thought of how shallow I am lah.

After all this, I just feel so happy all of a sudden. The happiest , I could say, out of this few months. It feels better than buying myself an expensive dress, happier than splurging on expensive food or anything else materialistic.

From the bottom of my heart, I want to say “Giving feels better than receiving”, thinking bout the unknown little girl who gets to go to school now makes me feel all warm, I practically glow now. I’m blessed enough to give away something, giving hope even.

* That’s why I say, never underestimate the power of a prayer. I did ask The Dad for happiness and also to help someone in need.

~ Give love today. Love others. Love your family. Love God. He will see to it that you have sufficient love, and give you more in return that you can ever give away.

xoxo,
Bree