Hopefully this little story of mine will cheer all of you
that are down, miserable, overwhelmed, sad, tired, weary, or ______________
(think of your own words if you wish).
This Halloween day, my computer (Toshiba) stopped working all
of the sudden while I was working on my paper. I tried turning it back on, but
nothing seem to work, and with 5, 6 more papers to write, I knew my life was
now officially over.
I fasted the day after hoping that God will “cheaply” fix my
Toshiba without any problem. Well, the next day, I got a phone call from the
computer support saying that my $400 Toshiba’s motherboard is completely
crashed for unknown reason, and that it will take $500 to fix. I was only
tongue away from cursing at God, but I just decided to shake it off and think
that He’s just telling me to buy a new computer, which I really could/can not
afford.
When I searched online for three days, one computer that I
saw was Dell Inspiron E1505. It was one of the cheapest, but it included
everything that I wanted for my laptop. With that in mind, I sadly called my
brother/sister on my way down from NOVA on Sunday telling them about my whole situation.
They were very supportive, like always, which made me feel even worse for
asking their favors over and over and over again…
With mixed emotions, I hung up my phone, and that’s when God
started answering.
Mike Yi, who was listening to my phone conversation on the
front seat, asked me:
Mike Yi: “Paul, do you need a new computer? You might want to
ask Paul Oh. He bought his laptop couple months ago, and he somehow received 2
exact brand new computers in price of 1 because the company made a mistake.”
This was little hard to believe at first; I called Paul
immediately:
Oh Paul: “Yeah, it’s a long story, but I have my other
computer underneath my bed, because I didn’t know what to do with it.”
Kim Paul: “Um…Paul, you know I love you right? Well…my
computer just crashed, and I really need a computer right now. Is it ok for me
to borrow your computer for a little bit?”
Oh Paul: “Yeah, of course. Just call me when you get here, I’ll
bring it to your room.”
Kim Paul: “No no. Not just a day or two, but I mean like a
semester or two…?”
Oh Paul: “Yeah man. I didn’t know what to do with it anyway;
I’ll just give it to you when you come.”
He gave me an approval like he was waiting for someone to
give him a call.
When Paul brought the computer to my room, I was the first
one to open the sealed box.
Still doubting that all this was real, I opened the laptop
and saw the computer’s name curved by God himself right beside the power
button:
-Dell Inspiron E1505-
I’m currently using His gift to write this entry. 
Are you down? Just remain in Him and he will fo sho remain
in you. (John 15:4)
P.S. This entry goes out to you, Paul. Hopefully this entry will remind you that God is using you to continually bless and encourage the others, like me, around you. Thanks bro. 
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