Wednesday, February 23, 2022

The Precious Gift

Photograph of a white dove spotted at my neigbourhood while our family was walking to church on 10 April 2010, my first time in my life encountering a real white dove.  

What is your Precious Gift?  

Once upon a time, when God had finished making the world, he wanted to leave behind a piece of His own divinity, a spark of His essence, a promise to man of what he could become, with effort. He looked for a place to hide this precious gift because He explained, "what man could find too easily would never be valued by him." 

"Then you must hide this gift on the highest mountain peak on earth," said one of his counselors. 

 God shook His head, "No, for man is an adventuresome creature and he will soon enough learn to climb the highest mountain peaks." 

 "Hide it then, O Great One, in the depths of the earth." 

 "I think not," said God. "for man will one day discover that he can dig into the deepest parts of the earth." 

 "In the middle of the ocean then, Master?" 

 God shook His head. "I've given man a brain.  You see, one day he'll learn to build ships and cross the mightiest oceans." 

 "Where then, Master?" cried His counselors. 

 God smiled, "I'll hide it where every man and woman will be able to find it if they look sincerely and deeply enough. I'll hide it in their heart."

Photograph of Jesus risen from the tomb on Easter day, photograph taken at Church of St Anthony of Padua on 4 April 2010

My precious gift is that I had found God after 38 years of my life.  Jesus came to me in the year 2008 when I encountered Him on my bed early in the morning when I woke up on 8 March 2008, international women day.  It is a gift that cannot be seen, and it is only to be felt in the heart... a valuable gift that cannot be bought with money.  To add on to what I had felt, I found the white dove and parallel to that, the church was decorated with the White Jesus arisen from the tomb.  What a real coincidence, fate or destiny that was already planned?  Jesus often taught in parables.  This is a parable that he had taught me!  The white dove walking with the spotted doves and black doves -- signified that the Master is walking with the sinners!  Jesus had saved my life, a sinner who had sinned!

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