Monday, June 23, 2008

God works in strange ways


Something AMAZING happened last Sunday!!!

Was scheduled to perform "Greeter" duty and my first "greet" of the morning turned out to be Auntie Pauline. Instead of her usual bubbly and cheerful self, she looked extremely lost and anxious. As I approached her, I am reminded of Philippians 4:6.

Found out that Auntie Pauline had just gotten off a taxi and had dropped her new mobile phone in it. I immediately whisked out my phone and was about to dial Comfort's hotline when I sheepishly remembered that Comfort isn't the ONLY taxi provider in Singapore lor...

Needed more info. "RED taxi" said Auntie Pauline. Ok, RED is easy enough. Called TransCab's hotline and lodged a report with them. In the middle of the call, Auntie Pauline came up to me and whispered, "I think it was WHITE with a lot of RED...or was it RED with a lot of WHITE...or is there any company with RED AND WHITE taxis?" *faints*

Well, 'WHITE with a tinge of RED' and 'WHITE with a lot of RED' both pointed to SMRT Taxis so I called SMRT and again went thru the whole process of lodging the lost and found report. Having made the calls, all we could do was wait. I suggested that Auntie Pauline go ahead for the service upstairs and that I'll keep her informed should the Taxi companies call me. Reminding myself of Philippians 4:6 again, I told Auntie Pauline to pray about it and not to worry unduly. In my heart I was asking God to give Auntie Pauline peace of mind so that she won't be so consumed by her loss that she cannot focus on the sermon.

A RED and WHITE taxi did pull up about half an hour later to allow some of our church members to alight. Smiling to myself, I was thinking "NOW I know how a RED and WHITE taxi looks like!" cuz it wasn't like the typical SMRT taxis that were predominantly WHITE with a tinge of RED, this one was really half RED and half WHITE! After the taxi made a 3-point turn to exit, the driver wound down his window and beckoned me. As I approached, he held up Auntie Pauline's mobile phone..............

What are the chances of the same taxi fetching different passengers to the same place on the same day and within such a short time span? Coincidence? Skeptics might claim that. But I speak with authority on this matter, you see, I am a taxi driver myself. Believe you me, the possibility of such an occurance is nothing short of a miracle!

Big or small, God is working His miracles all the time. We just need to open our eyes to be able to see them.

Praise The Lord!

1 comment:

Bee said...

haha... really pretty amazing! and i didnt realize there are so many taxi patterns on the road now actually, hee.