Day 31 (31st May)

I woke up thankful for seeing another precious day. I reported the accident at the Police Station and took the car for assessment. I do hope that all the process would be done stress free. There goes my ‘bucks back’ no claim refund. Anyway, thank God for life, it’s only a piece of metal after all.

This unplanned accident took most of my time this morning, not to talk about the additional expenses I had already incurred by having to change all my four car tyres. This taught me again that you can plan your day in detail but you need to be ready for unplanned incidences.

I don’t feel I’m yet fully into my sabbatical. There seems to be so much to do, though today feels a lot less packed. I was able to spend some time in Church, not as much as I would love to but it’s a start.

Today was Digging Deep in Church, were we dig deeper into the Word of God, discuss and ask questions. I always enjoy these sessions as you are able to ask questions and explore. We were discussing Revival prayers. We had some interesting discussion on prayer. It got me reflecting on the teaching I had from God some time ago on praying the heart of God. You know, we want to learn how to pray those prayers that God would answer (immediately?). Where do we learn this from except from God Himself? If our prayers are full of request/petition for what we want God to do for us, with the right does of praise and worship added, would this get us our request? Prayer is much more than this, for me. It is about a continuous communication with God. Note, communication with not communicating to God (that is communicating our requests, our needs, our wants, reminding God of His promises). This would require a two way conversation. I don’t feel I communicate with God enough; I want my communication to be much richer and intimate. I want to know more, how to ask for the right thing. It’s like there is a house full of treasures, and you ask for certain treasures in the house, thereby missing some. When what you should do is ask for the key to the house, once you unlock it, everything in it becomes yours. I want God Himself to teach me how to ask for the key to the house of treasures. I want to learn how to let God communicate more and I listen more.

Father on this my journey, teach me.