bEiNg a LaBaNdErA

I used to envy our househelpers when I was little kid whenever they do the laundry. I love the thought of dipping your hands in the soap suds. Whenever they do this chore, I stay with them and convince them to let me join them. Of course, they wouldn't let me, they kept telling me that I'll get dirty and soaked. And so this has been my childhood dream... yes I dreamt of being a labandera at a certain point in my life!

My siblings and I are currently in the state of "independent living". Yes, we pay our rent, bills and do the household chores all by ourselves. It's my turn this week to do the laundry. I did it last night since my schedule is full from tonight until Sunday. It was such a difficult task considering that our washing machine broke down. I did everything manually! Oh well, my hands were really hurt and I suffered from a case of severe backache. My childhood dream was not what I expected it to be... it wasn't fun at all! In fact it was such a gruesome tiring chore!

It may sound funny in this sense but this whole laundry thing made me realize that indeed God answers our heart's desires and He answers even the smallest and outrageous ones. It may take Him long to answer it but He still gives it to us in His own perfect time. Imagine if He granted my wish ages ago... by the time I was a teenager I wouldn't even want to wash a single cloth! And my siblings will need to exert more effort to force me do this task:) So the truth of the matter is, we need to trust God that He will answer all our prayers. We just need to lift everything up to Him and He'll put everything in the right perspective and in His perfect time.

Let's just be careful on what we wish for:)