Yet another bad experience~~
Friday, Apr. 19, 2002 - 10:53 p.m.
Dearie Diary,
Today for the second time this week I am going to write about something BAD that had happened me...
I had lost my wallet, no I mean a card holder that holds ALL my cards. I lost my IC, cashcard, ATM card, EZ card(this card enable me to pay my bus fare), small gift cards that are given by my friends, namecards etc. All that are precious to me.
I brought it out for lunch. I was supposed to packed lunch for 2 of my colleagues. And I came back the office as soon as I can. After eating, I continued to work after my lunch and when it was 6pm, I packed up and prepared to go for my church friend's school activity (Boy's Brigade's 7th anniversary). I only realise that I misplaced my card holder when I got up the bus. I then paid my fare by coins.
I sat in the bus and called my colleague, Chunrui (who was still in the office) to help me see if she could find it lying on my table. She did not find it. So I requested her to help me see if I dropped it on the way when I went to buy lunch. She helped but still it is not there. I thank God for her help though.
I started to recall what happen in the afternoon. I remembered very well that I came back only with my handphone and the lunch (but I did not realise that my card holder was lost). And then I recalled that when I was paying the hawker the money, I don't think the card holder was in my hand. I cannot be sure though. All I could remember is that I did not have enough money to pay for the $9 packed lunches. I paid him $8.50 (all that I have with meat that time)and leave in embarrassment.
After all that recalling, I guess I must have lost it on the way to the hawker centre since I was sure that I did bring it out. But it is too late, I did not realise immediately when I misplaced. I realised it only after about FOUR hours later.
I was really very sad. I remembered topping up my EZ card with $60 2 days ago. And there is one other card that I like very much. It was a card that almost all youths in my church had. Something like our motto. My IC too. I had heard from friends that to lose the IC means a LOT of trouble! Boo hoo...
In my sorrow, all I can do is to pray again... Dear God, I pray that you will prompt whoever who picked up my card holder that all should be honest. I pray that he or she will return all the contents in it, even all the value in my EZ card. Lord, I do not know if I am asking too much but I really pray and beg you for my prayer to be answered :..( Please, Lord. All these I pray in Jesus' name. Amen!
In my distress, I think aloud in my mind that God please show me a report in the newspaper that I was reading that say anything about the EZ card. That can a sign to me that the person will return to me my card holder. I saw a full page advertisement ALL about EZ card. Amen!
Again I told God in my heart, "Lord, let me see the word 'hope' when I read Your word, to confirm again" Though I did not see the word (as I could not concentrate in reading God's word), the Lord is faithful, he showed me the word 'hope' in the souvenir of my friend's school activity. Not only the word hope but the phrase 'A hope that is SURE & STEDFAST'. Amen!
Lord I do not know if what happen is a promise from you. But these two matters had comforted me. God bothered to even show me signs that remind me that I should trust in Him and He will do the rest. Lord, thank you for what You had done for me.
Diary, Diary, do you think God is so good? He let me see His goodness in my troubles. For the bad experience about my boss (that I wrote about in my previous diary entry), I saw the gentle reminder from God that I should not continue to be lazy. For today's bad experience, I see God's care for me in an indirect way.
Thanks to be the Lord!!!
-Shu Ling-
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