no.532 141015 Thank you for a surprise knock on my door

A pleasant surprise

First of all, an apology goes out to the readers out there. I've been away from my blog for the longest time. It's been almost a month since the last entry, so I'm truly sorry and, I am ashamed of myself for not keeping up with what I said. I'm not gonna make any excuses about why I've been blogging. I just wasn't motivated. I mean, I took many pictures hoping to post them up, but I guess at the end of the day, I realized that I wasn't thankful lately. It hit me this past sunday during the service when my pastor talked about the unthankful heart. It crossed my mind that I wasn't thanking God the praise He deserves. Whether it was something big or small, this thanksgiving journal gave me an opportunity to look back at the end of the day and see what I am grateful for. I wanted start re-writing since Sunday, but unfortunately, I got really sick so I've been in bed for the past three days… and finally I feel good enough that I can sit and work on this post. So, I'm trying to get back to the regular habit of posting one entry a day again.

It will be my birthday in a couple of days. Knowing that, my preschool pastor wanted to swing by to drop off something as we couldn't meet tonight because I wasn't feeling well. It was nice of her to even drop by, but it happened that she came all the way to my unit and literally knocked on my door. I was supposed to come down when she was near. An hour before when we planned to meet, I fell asleep thinking that my alarm will wake me up. The alarm managed to do its work, but I didn't. I turned it off imagining that I would get up in a couple of minutes, but I was totally wrong. I slept for another half an hour and woke up by a door knock. I thought I was still dreaming but when I check my phone, I got numerous texts and missed calls… all from my preschool pastor!  I called her right away and told her I'd come down if she was still there, but she told me she was right outside my door! I quickly changed and went out… I felt super bad because I not only kept her waiting for me, but she had to come all the way up and had to leave right away because she had to pick up her kids from school. She came to give me a thoughtful gift! She didn't have to, but it was so sweet and thoughtful of her! I'm thankful for what she's done, not only today but what she does all the time - in the ministry and in my life as well. I felt so bad for what I did to her, but I also felt so loved by her. I will definitely make up the next time we meet!