Blessed to be a Blessing

This picture tells a story of God's BLESSINGS and what it means to be BLESSED.

This morning Jason and I met a Vietnamese God-fearing married couple, who is running a cafe in an industrial area.

The couple met as refugees in Australia about 30 years ago and now have 3 sons. The eldest has completed university and is working, the second son studying to be a doctor, and the youngest is in secondary school.

It happened through a miscommunication of my food order and the man was really kind to make sure I got the right order. I wanted to tell him it was alright but he insisted on cooking my bacon and eggs the right way. Long story short, we introduced struck up a conversation with him which ended up with us having the opportunity to pray with them. 

At the time of prayer, the Holy Spirit led me to pray how the "devil has come to kill, steal and destroy" but God's protection is upon them and their family. The wife was in tears when we finished praying with them.

And that led the husband to share with us what their youngest son was going through since December. They discovered a growing malignant tumour in the boy's brain and it was growing in visibility near the right eye. Through prayer over the past months, they have seen the tumour shrinking daily right before their eyes, till the day he was scheduled for the op. And the doctor before the op exclaimed "wow, the tumour is almost gone".

As we continued to share stories of God's goodness and amazing miracles we have seen and experienced, the presence of God enveloped us and we could hardly hold back our tears.

I was BLESSED to hear how He prayed and believed God for the healing of his son. I told the man "You are BLESSED with the gift of faith. That's very precious!"

Before we left, they blessed us with more food and drinks to take away (in the picture), even though we wanted to pay for them as they insisted we receive them to pass them to our daughter.

They also further extended the invitation for us to meet the rest of the Vietnamese church, whom the husband serves as an elder. What an amazing open door to meet the large Vietnamese community here in Perth!

For many Christians, they only see having lots of material wealth and achievements as God's BLESSINGS. That is not a correct understanding of God's blessings.

From what I saw, this couple and their family was truly BLESSED. As Jesus said, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, (realising their need and dependence on God) for belongs to them is the Kingdom of Heaven!" Matt 5:3 .

In Greek it is the word  "makarios" which means happy, to be envied, blessed!

They were godly people, contented and extremely grateful with what they have been given in this life to continually be a BLESSING to others.

I love their big hearts and how they serve God through their business and work to the community who visits their café.

And we were truly BLESSED to have met them and how we can all experience His Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven as we are Blessed to be a Blessing!

May you truly be blessed of God and be a blessing to others as well!

#blessed #blessing #blessedtobeablessing

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