My PDA

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I was once lost but now am found
Was blind but now i see

Ok.. maybe my Pda wasn't exactly blind and neither can it now see... but it was surely lost and now it's found. And i really thank God for it. Here's the story... after the YAM retreat, i went to church and Sam, Sheng and I shared a cab. When i got into the sanctuary and i sat down, i realised that my PDA was missing from my pocket. I thought i might have left it in the chalet or maybe i dropped it in the taxi.

So after service, i decided to call the taxi company to file a report.. and alvin was telling me that he searched the chalet but couldn't find it which leaves me to wonder what had happened to it. Sam also told me he didn't spot anything on the taxi seat when he checked. So anyway, after service while i was talking to Sam about it, he seemed genuinely concerned lah.. but i just told him that i'll just go and send my angels after it.. when i went around saying that, i was met with a few tentative looks from certain rather skeptical saints... well i know my God better.. cos He listens to my prayers. And besides, i've heard some testimonies from all around about God restoring to people various items that they have lost anyway.. so i just committed it in prayer...

Then on monday, while i was on the bus on my way to school, i was praying and den i felt this little rectangular thing on the front pocket of my bag which was on my lap. And sure enough, when i opened it, it was my Pda inside waiting to be retrieved... So this then brings me to the question.. did i just happen to misplace it there inside my bag all along or was it really because an angel of the Lord brought it there??

I admit i was stumped myself, thinking about this issue. Here's some info that may help... I would usually leave all the things in my pocket in one place when i take them out and then put them back in the same place. When i was on the chalet i distinctly left my Pda together with a packet of tissue paper, my wallet and 2 bunch of keys on the dressing table. When i get ready for the day, i would usually put the wallet and both bunch of keys on my right front pocket and put my Pda and my phone on my left front pocket. Because it's so systematic, i would be able to tell if i forgot to put anything into my pockets.

Also, because i am used to having them in my pockets, i am used to feeling the weight and would usually know when one item is missing. I took a walk that morning... why didn't i notice my Pda missing then? Furthermore, when i checked my pockets after finding my Pda missing, i found my packet of tissue paper there.. since i had put them together earlier on, it would make sense for me to have placed them in the same pocket rite?

So what was my Pda doing in my bag?? I know that i wouldn't put it there usually. It's either cos probably i was being so absent-minded while packing my belongings that i stuffed my Pda there or because some angel deposited it there after retrieving it for me... I really dunno...

What i do know is that God was using this situation to teach me something significant. It's symbollic of the fact that He's gonna restore the lost youths back to Him.. that whole generation of Young Adults.. He's gonna restore them back! As it doesn't matter how i lost my Pda- whether i misplaced it in my bag or i dropped it somewhere, how these people got lost also wouldn't matter. What matters is that God's gonna bring them back again! Are they not of more value than these? :)

Hallelujah! ;)