Unexpected Gift

by Charles
(Philippines)

To start with let me say something about the kind of life I have, I am an IT person living in a small town and working in a city. The city is quite far from our town reason why I'm renting a place, neart the office. First to save time and second to avoid extra expenses in travel. I only have the 2 days off to go home and spend with my family and friends. Here goes the story;

It was my birthday and I was so excited about it, not because of the food or the gift but more of it is sunday, I'll be meeting my friends and elders in the church and I'll have the opportunity to celebrate my birthday with my family. So there it goes I woke up early prepare myself to go to the church and as I prepare my things a lot of greetings are coming in different ways(call, text & my friends who drop by to greet me personally. I was overwhelmed and my heart is full of joy and happiness because as I go to the church most of the people I know are smiling at me as they greet a Happy birthday. I was so thankful to God for the wonderful day HE has given to me.

The church service has ended and a simple celebration with my fellow christian took place with a food fellowship, almost everything was perfect until I ask my brother whose with me at that time but to my surpise he said and ask me to leave him alone. So I was hurt because it should be my day and I shouldn't be getting such reply.

I ask myself what went wrong, did I do something not right? So I just let it pass for my day not to be ruin, but to my surprise another incident happen this time it was my father all of a sudden when we're about to ask him to have himself ready for a dinner coz were gonna eat outside, he seems not happy at all, he said, he wont be coming with us, so at that point I almost cried and said to myself what's the matter with them this my birthday, I dont deserved this kind of treatment.

So to make it up with my father we just celebrated my birthday at home and just ordered some foods that we can share together. I was somehow disappointed because everything didn't turn out the way I expected things to happen.

A week later when I was about to fetch my girl friend from school, I saw a beggar looking in a bread house, he seems troubled and hungry. Every person going in and out of the bread house is being observed by him.

I felt the urge of going to the bread house, it seems that someone is asking me to go inside and buy something and give it to the beggar. So without a second thought I went the bread house and ordered one, I approach the beggar and gave him the bread, saying "have some" he replied with a low voice "Thank you so much sir, It's my birthday today and I was hoping to have one of those bread, the you finally came with my answered prayer".

After that I started walking with a heart full of happiness and said to myself I'm very bless by GOD having my birthday celebrated with ample food to share with my family and friends and at the same time I was used by GOD to grant the wish of this man on his birthday. This is the best gift I ever had. :-)