COW'S DEATH - A BLESSING IN DISGUISE

WHEN MY HUSBAND RETURNED HOME FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO WORK IN MARIANAS ISLAND, IT TOOK US SEVERAL MONTHS TO PREPARE ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR HIS NEW JOB. WHEN OUR SAVINGS WERE EXHAUSTED, WORRIES CREEPED IN OUR HEARTS AND I STARTED PRAYING AND DEPENDING ON GOD TO PROVIDE FOR US. ONE EARLY AFTERNOON, HE TOLD ME THAT HE'S GOING TO ONE OF HIS FRIEND HE HAD WORKED WITH OVERSEAS. WHEN HE CAME HOME IN THE EVENING WITH A BAGFUL OF GROCERIES WITH CANNED POWDERED MILK FOR OUR FIRST BABY KRIZA MAE, I WAS PUZZLED SO I INQUIRED WHERE HE GOT THE MONEY AND TOLD ME THAT HIS FRIEND GAVE IT. I BELIEVED HIM AND LET HIM SLEEP AHEAD OF ME BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S TIRED AND I STARTED FIXING HIS THINGS. I AM NOT ACCUSTOMED TO CHECKING THE POCKETS OF HIS PANTS BEFORE, BUT THAT NIGHT SOMETHING URGED ME TO FRISKED INTO IT AND WAS SURPRISED TO SEE A PAWNSHOP RECEIPT THAT ITEMIZED THE JEWELRIES HE BOUGHT FROM SAUDI. MY INITIAL REACTION WAS TO GET ANGRY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HIS JEWELRIES ARE HIGH KARAT GOLD AND I'M AFRAID IT WILL BE CORRUPTED IN THE PAWNSHOP, BUT AFTER REFLECTING FOR QUITE SOMETIME, I CRIED AND I FELT HOW IT IS FOR A DOLLAR-EARNING OCW SUDDENLY BECAME BANKRUPT SO I GENTLY WAKE HIM UP, CONSOLE HIM AND TRIED TO SYMPATHIZE WITH HIM BUT ADVISE HIM NEVER TO RESORT TO IT AGAIN BECAUSE I TOLD HIM GOD WILL HELP US FIND OTHER BETTER ALTERNATIVES TO EARN ADDITIONAL INCOME. AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS, HIS ELDEST SISTER ARRIVED TELLING US THAT ONE OF HIS COW IN CAMARINES SUR WAS ACCIDENTALLY SLASHED BY A FARMER SO IT WAS SLAUGHTERED AND SOLD. SHE HANDED US THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE AND PRESTO! WE RECEIVED MORE THAN WHAT WE NEED FOR FEW MONTHS! TRULY GOD WORKS IN A UNIQUE AND MIRACULOUS WAYS THAT WE HAVE NEVER IMAGINED. HE SAYS IN HIS WORD THE BIBLE: "CALL UNTO ME AND I WILL ANSWER THEE AND SHOW THEE GREAT AND MIGHT THINGS THAT YOU NEVER KNOW!"