"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous" - Albert Einstein
It was 22nd
of December 2012 and I was going to fetch my sister Mabel from the Lipa (Tambo)
Exit of the Southern Tagalog Arterial
Road Manila
It so happened that there was a little leak in the fuel
hose of the owner type jeep we were to ride on so I had to pass first by the
gasoline station (which is out-of-the-way by almost a kilometer) to load some
fuel.
At that time, the Starex
van my family would use for their travel the following day was being checked up
and the mechanic found that the oil filter had to be changed. It so happened
that the shop was along the way from the gas station so my brother-in-law rode
with me to buy the oil filter (but it was not available in Cuenca
It so happened that along the way, we were halted with
bumper to bumper traffic at Brgy. Ibabao because the parked vehicles of people
attending the "misa de gallo" (simbang gabi) constricted the roadway. That was the
first time I was not annoyed by a heavy traffic on the road because I felt the
Lord was doing something special.
It was already dark
when we eventually reached Brgy. Tambo but we could not find the auto shop
where my brother-in-law was supposed to buy the oil filter. On our way back, I
saw lights at the Starex dealer shop so we went there. The man we found there
said, “actually Sir we were supposed to be already closed”. It so happened
that they had a Christmas party which had just ended and they were about to
close shop. The “parts-man” showed up shortly and we were able to buy the badly
needed oil filter. [Had we arrived too early, they
would still be at the party. Had we arrived too late, the shop would be already
closed].
We then proceeded to
the STAR Tollway Exit. I saw a spot at the road shoulder where I can pull over
(not intending to alight from the vehicle). It so happened that as I was pulling over, my
sister was just crossing the roadway from the other side where her bus had
stopped. I realized that was what happened because as soon as I pulled over, I
requested my brother-in-law to go fetch my sister and then as he was walking
towards the intersection, lo and behold, my sister was just arriving. [She need not have to stand waiting on the road, and I
need not have to worry finding appropriate parking space because I didn’t need
to park]. We arrived home almost in a jiffy.
Were those events
just so happened?
Weren’t they too
precise for us not to see that God let them happen to lead my way?
God is guiding your
way too, through simple and through special things. Just let Christ Jesus into
your life and you will see!
Hallelujah!
~ Sir Magi
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