COTTON CANDY FOCUS

Ryan's Cotton CandyI took my 5 year old son, Ryan to a professional basketball game (PBA). He was enjoying the game for the first 2 quarters. However, when half-time hit, there were hawkers that were selling all kinds of stuff – from Pizzas to Pepsi, ice tea to ice cream.

One particular item caught my son’s attention… cotton candy.

He asked me to buy it. Wanting to be a kind and generous father, I got him one so he can enjoy the game while eating it. But as the game progressed, I noticed that he was more consumed about his cotton candy than the game that was actually pretty exciting.

I thought about how sometimes we start off wanting to live our lives for God but along the way, we get distracted. We’re excited, we’re focused and we know why we’re there. But stuff comes along and we lose our focus.

I guess that’s exactly why God, no matter how generous a Father He is, doesn’t give us everything we ask for right at the moment we ask for it. He knows we’ll end up focusing on the blessing more than the Blesser.

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith… (Hebrews 12:2)



6 responses to “COTTON CANDY FOCUS”

  1. wow! I really needed to hear this.

  2. Hi Kuya. I love your new website. Let me tell you also that I’ve always been a fan of the brevity of your entries. They’re short, sweet AND strong.

  3. @ carla: thanks! jenn and i are excited for you… hehe.

    @ perth: hope to see you soon. let’s have coffee sometime.

  4. love the new site! =) and great message, as always! =)

  5. Wow. this message is so simple, but it hit me. I am easily distracted by pleasures a lot of times. It’s overwhelming when God speaks through messages like this to get you back on track.

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    Emiliana V. Castro

    A love I’ve taken for granted… Thank you so much Pastor Pao for the good mesage. Pa-share po… 🙂

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