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Less is More

This wisdom suddenly strucks me today when I was having exercise this morning at Gym.



This powerful message makes me grateful for the past 10 years how God is our sole provider.

Back to 10 years ago, when we decided to get married, considered very young age we made a leap of faith with no savings in our hands.
We had very simple wedding in the church followed by luncheon to celebrate it with our family and friends there.
And to cover those expenses, I used my whole small savings.

To buy our first simple apartment, his parents lent us the money for deposit which we always considered it as a loan and kept in our mind that someday when we had material blessings, we will return it to his parents.

In short, we started with nothing.

After we get married, we planned to work - carving out our career for 2 - 3 years while saving some money to start family. However, God's plan is not our plan, after 6 months, He planted the seed of life in my womb and I was no longer working so hubby was the only sole breadwinner.
With very limited financial resources, our first son was finally delivered by c-section and the first few week from his arrival, money was easily flew out.

Were we worry ? Absolutely. Especially my hubby because he now needs to feed one more person.

Then, a month after his arrival,  we were surprised that our bank account suddenly multiplied and after we checked, it's an annual bonus from his company and what amazed us was the amount was similar like if I needed to work for one year.

This was the first miracle that God did to our family and He affirmed us that ONCE HE GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE, HE WILL PROVIDE.

From that moment, we were able to continue our tasks peacefully. I took care the kid and family, my hubby focused on his work.
And 2 years later, we decided to have honeymoon to Europe, something that my hubby dreamt of and never expected that finally he was able to go there with me.

A year later after our trip, God blessed us again by giving us an opportunity to move to a brand new apartment where we were living now and it's just a stone away from the church.
From selling the old apartment and buying new one, we had some profits. Some part of it we used to return it to his parents and the rest we kept for our day to day needs.

From the extra money that we had, we went to North Pole to strike off my hubby's bucket list to see Northern Light and shortly after we came back, I was pregnant with second child.

Again, God affirmed us that HE WILL PROVIDE.

Not long after our second son was born, my hubby has an opportunity to move to new company with some increments.

One year after he moved to new company, there's a storm that he may be retrenched since his direct manager was fired. We were worried but we prayed very hard too.

Again, God shown His miracle to us instead of retrenchment, he got another pay rise which was very unexpected.

Soon after, He blessed us with third child and not only that He also gave an opportunity for me to work from home. The monetary gain was not much but it helped to me to grow and connect with the outside world.

As summary, we started with nothing, and up to now, we only had few savings, 1 apartment and 1 car which are still considered liabilities. But we are very grateful because GOD ALWAYS PROVIDE on time.

I imagine if we have lots of properties, cars, or other material things, it may not be a good thing after all for us. We will be easily tempted to shift our focus to this worldly things.
The more we have, the more we will hold into it.
The less we have, the least we depend on it.

Therefore Less is More, Less tangible things, More intangible things




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