Today started off really interestingly and has become a testimony for me. 8 of us chinese speaking guys and gals decided to go out for a chinese breakfast at a coffee shop in town so we left the ship at 7 in the morning. As I had only 1RM in my pocket, I needed to draw money, so I went to the bank once the rest were settled in the coffee shop. We were sitting in the middle of a long row of tables and ordered our food He prayed aloud for the food and we ate.
The lady sitting opposite him heard us praying and started a conversation with him, it was just instances of introduction and nothing deep as we were also talking within our own group. But when she finished her meal, she called over the boss, and told her to calculate the bill for all the 8 of us, then my friend got shocked, and asked. She shared that she was a Christian too and she wanted to buy us breakfast since she knew that we were from the ship and were missionaries. WOW nice.
But what was even nicer was when my friend shared with me that he also had only 1RM in his pocket and was praying for something, and miraculously his breakfast was paid for, and actually we also had left overs to take back to the ship. Amazing.
But it was also another lesson for me, that my first reaction was to find an ATM to draw money, but his reaction was to pray, and so he did. You can say that we both are in different situations, like they really have little money to spend, and I had a bank account to draw from, but it just shows again how God answers prayers, how he provides, how real a God our God is. So small yet so amazing,
I heard another story from a friend during devotion today, that when he came back from being away from the ship doing ministry for a few days, he wanted to continue that wonderful time of ministry and not just settle into ship routine again, so he prayed. And when he was his duty, guarding the gangway like security like at 1am, there was just a man sitting by the quayside, just sitting there, and he was able to talk to him. Amazing, a random guy just sitting on a remote quayside, past midnight, as though waiting for you to talk to him, haha.
Well after that wonderful breakfast, it was back to work and I went out for a walk after dinner before coming back for tinkiling practice.
I think it is God reminding me that he is here, that although we are unable to openly share, he is showing himself to me.
A friend shared with our shift this devotion today,
“Lets not get too caught up with the things of God, that we forsake the God of all things.”
Always, always keep your focus on God!
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