"I'm
okay with the phone mom" I answered willingly. Have you ever wanted a
phone of your own? Did you ever ask your parents if they could buy you a phone?
I still remember the time when my brother and I got our first phone. We had it
when we were 10 years old. And we asked it for a reason.
During Sundays, our family would go to church. Mom and dad would attend the adult service while my brother and I would attend the kid’s church service. However, there are times that our service would finish earlier than our parent’s one. As much as we wanted to tell them we’re done, we cannot do so because we don’t have a phone.
One time, I asked my mom and dad if we can have a phone of ours already. I explained to them that having a phone gives us a way to update them of our whereabouts especially when we are done with our Victory group session or during times when we are attending our boot camps. Having given them a valid reason, they agreed to give me a hand phone. When they hand over the phone to us, it was not actually a new one but rather an old phone that my dad had used before! It had no touch screen, its pixelated, the keypads were a bit hard to type in, actually there’s not much you can do with it except of course call our parents or send message to them. In short, it was not a fancy phone! We gladly accept the phone they are giving us, after all we just want them to give us a means for us to communicate with them when we need to.
The experience of having our first phone taught me to be happy with what was given to me or what I had. I know that even though the phone was not at all the modern phones that we have today, it serves its purpose. It is not important how the phone looks like, but its purpose is far more valuable. That purpose is for us to connect with my mom and dad. It’s also the same with all the things that we have right now; we should be happy and thankful to God. All of God’s blessings to us have its purpose that we need to put importance on. If there comes a time again that you would ask for something like a phone or something else and get like an old phone from your parents, be thankful that you have something than having nothing! I remember mom asking me if our phone was ok, I enthusiastically replied “It is Phonetastically OK!”
During Sundays, our family would go to church. Mom and dad would attend the adult service while my brother and I would attend the kid’s church service. However, there are times that our service would finish earlier than our parent’s one. As much as we wanted to tell them we’re done, we cannot do so because we don’t have a phone.
One time, I asked my mom and dad if we can have a phone of ours already. I explained to them that having a phone gives us a way to update them of our whereabouts especially when we are done with our Victory group session or during times when we are attending our boot camps. Having given them a valid reason, they agreed to give me a hand phone. When they hand over the phone to us, it was not actually a new one but rather an old phone that my dad had used before! It had no touch screen, its pixelated, the keypads were a bit hard to type in, actually there’s not much you can do with it except of course call our parents or send message to them. In short, it was not a fancy phone! We gladly accept the phone they are giving us, after all we just want them to give us a means for us to communicate with them when we need to.
The experience of having our first phone taught me to be happy with what was given to me or what I had. I know that even though the phone was not at all the modern phones that we have today, it serves its purpose. It is not important how the phone looks like, but its purpose is far more valuable. That purpose is for us to connect with my mom and dad. It’s also the same with all the things that we have right now; we should be happy and thankful to God. All of God’s blessings to us have its purpose that we need to put importance on. If there comes a time again that you would ask for something like a phone or something else and get like an old phone from your parents, be thankful that you have something than having nothing! I remember mom asking me if our phone was ok, I enthusiastically replied “It is Phonetastically OK!”
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| My first hand phone |
“Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.”Philippians 4:11-13
-by Tim
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