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A trivial prayer answered

My long day yesterday.

6.30am - 7.00am woke up
7.00am - 7.30am traveled to Sengkang to feed my beloved dog (parents away)
7.30am - 8.15am breakfast
8.45am - GCE in church
10.30am - 11.40am JSS
11.40am - 12.30pm Service
12.30pm - 2.30pm Fellowship, Lunch
2.30pm - 6.15pm AGM
6.15 - 7.50pm Dinner at "Chomp Chomp"

By 6.15pm, I was already very exhausted. The dinner managed to perk me up slightly. However, when we got home, I was really praying for a parking lot right below my flat. It is always full because lots are scarce. So I just prayed, with a "if is God willing" sort of faith... one car was ahead of us and he zoom quite quickly ahead. No lots. We drove and lo and behold, i saw the headlights of a Mercedes Benz light up after we passed it. I told Adrian to reverse and indeed the merc was leaving and we got the lot.

It sounds trivial but it was one of those lessons that I was learning about "Praying" again. Ask, Seek and Knock. It's not enough to just ask, we need to seek for the answers, it's not enough to just seek, we need to knock when we believe we have been led to the answer. So last night's episode brought home the reality of the truth that I had been meditating. Pray but open your eyes to seek. When you have found the answer, lay hold of it.

Thank you God.

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