Started as I was on the way to work... usually I'll chat with the cab driver but today I just didn't feel like it. I must have been frowning all the way to work cos' I ended up with a terrible headache at the office. I thought maybe things would get better after I take my breakfast (men just cannot stay hungry!), but when I was looking for my makan buddies, they were no where to be found. It was only later that I found out that they went for breakfast without me!!! Ok, not their fault cos' they went around asking if anybody wanted anything but I was a little late so they missed me. Then I thought maybe I should just find a corner and take a short nap cos' I could not really keep my eyes open. Before I could even rest for 10 mins, I was told that they needed me to attend to something urgently. So that was how the morning went- tired, hungry and...ok, mainly hungry.
And as if things cannot get any worse, I had to work through lunch! Those who know me know that my pet peeve is having to go hungry...just ask my wife, I'm totally unapproachable and you can almost see the horns on my head. Thank goodness my colleague offerred to buy something back for me. So I ordered a cheesy steak sandwich from SUBWAY but guess what, I had no time to eat!!! Erm... the sandwich is still in my bag as I'm typing this. And to add fuel to the fire, they told me that I cannot clear my off-in-lieu (OIL) tomorrow cos' they are under staffed...but the funny thing is that they could afford to let someone else clear his off cos' he will be going for an overseas assignment in a couple of days thus would not have the chance to clear them. Duh!!! Who has more OILs? He has less than 10 and I have over 20!!! Shouldn't the priority be given to me??? By the time I left the office, I was ready to scream...
Thinking back, I should have just taken a time out and shut in with God and pray. It is so human to try and do everything possible to make a bad situation better only to find that things just get worse. Why is it that we tend to shut off from Him when He is calling out to us? If only I had dug my ears I would have heard what He was trying to tell me through my hunger - "Son...just like you cannot function on an empty stomach, your spirit man cannot function without my daily bread." Simple fact which we all forget. God, forgive me for always spending time with You only at the end of the day. No wonder I'm exhausted. I'm not missing breakfast from now on.
Anyway, God has a way of perking me up... He brings me this...
That's the time of the day I look forward to. That's God's gift to me. Someone who'll love me even when I'm hungry. ;o)
Lord, thank You for being so real today.
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