Archive for July, 2007

Blessings

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the father of lights. James 1:17a

When God gives, there is no doubt in my mind that it is the best. I’ve also read in the bible about the abundant life that God bestows. However, I didn’t fully understand what abundance truly means until I was pregnant with my daughter.

My daughter herself is a perfect gift from God and I truly enjoyed every stage of my pregnancy. Of course, there are times I do worry about money for the hospital fees, knowledge to nurture my baby when she is growing and for the pregnancy itself. From the beginning, my needs have been met and provided for by my wonderful Father in heaven.

Being a person who loves to read, information to me is comfort and confidence. When I discovered I was pregnant, the first thing I wanted to get my hands on were books, lots of it. But my husband was still studying at that point in time and we were on a tight budget so I thought perhaps I could get the information i need through the internet. Before I knew it, a couple in church gave me an excellent book on pregnancy, many lent me magazines and interesting books.

The next thing my husband and I had to get were items for my daughter after she is born. All those item would come to quite a sum and everything (I mean EVeryThing) was provided for. A sister in church lent us her children’s cot and car seat,my mum had bassinets and baby chairs, another friend’s friend had a swing , my sister in law had tons of parapnaphelia that we borrowed. I didn’t even need to buy diapers! Until Miracle was 4 month old we’ve only bought milk powder for her twice.

Even now, we don’t really need to buy clothes or shoes for Miracle as our friends and church members passed on their children’s clothes to us. The clothes and shoes were all in such good condition too. God is so good and so real in my life. What about yours?