SOMEDAY SYNDROME NO MORE

Eiffel_Tower_1Can I just say that God is simply awesome?

I wrote a blog early this year to tell how it things worked out. Click here to read it.

Let me recount the story…

Last year, my wife, Jenn told me that her dream is to go to Paris.  I thought, “Ok darling.  Maybe when we are in our 50’s or 60’s, we’ll make it to Paris.  I’ll have to save really hard and work double time to make that happen.”

Me of little faith, right?  Right.

A couple of weeks later, an angel swooped down from heaven (or he seemed to be an angel).  He asked me, “Hey Paolo, I’ve racked up miles in my frequent flyer card, would  you want to bring your wife to Paris?

My answer?  “Hmmmm… ok…. I’ll ask Jenn and we’ll discuss it.”  (Trying to be as cool as I can without exploding inside.)

Within the same week, another angel swooped down from heaven (or so it also seemed).  My Tita emails me and says, “Paolo, I have timeshare points for Marriott Paris.  Would you like to use it?”  Again, as calm as I could, I answered my tita with a grateful ‘yes.’

To top it off, Jenn’s mom who lives in the States came home yesterday to be with the kids while we’re ‘lost in Paris’ (naks).  A nice advanced 15th year wedding anniversary celebration for us.

God is simply amazing!  Sometimes we box God and limit His capability by saying, ‘He can only do this’ or ‘it might be too much for me to ask for that’ not realizing that He is a Father who desires to richly bless His kids.

“God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think…” (Eph. 3:20)



18 responses to “SOMEDAY SYNDROME NO MORE”

  1. Yay! Exciting!

    God is awesome!

  2. God is simply amazing! He hears every prayer of every one of His children. Not one prayer remains unheard.

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    Vivian Hernandez

    siksik, liglig, at umaapaw talaga! our God is simply awesome!

  4. Amazing! Really orchestrated. 🙂 Go, honeymooners!

  5. I’m greatly encouraged! God is indeed AWESOME!!!
    I’m so happy for you P.Pao and Ms. Jenn, enjoy Paris!!

  6. Wow, this is very inspiring! God is marvelous! You will love Paris, P. Pao. The Eiffel in the morning and at night is a sight! The weather is cool this time of the year and walking around is nice. Enjoy!!

  7. Amazing GOD!!!!! It is so embarrassing how we limit HIM. I repent Lord.
    Happy Anniversary!

  8. Pastor Pao, na-teary eyed ako reading this! Love the way God gives 🙂

  9. […] Read more . . . Paolo Punzalan is the Kids Pastor of Victory Fort Bonifacio. He’s a husband to Jennifer and a father to three wonderful children, Nathan, Janina, and Ryan. They’re expecting their fourth child this September. He maintains a website where he regularly writes his thoughts. Check out paolopunzalan.com […]

  10. I needed to read this! Thanks for sharing! =)

  11. wow! God is really so great. thanks for sharing this. it’s a nice reminder of how able He is to use people or situations that we least expect to answer our prayers. come on! i’m believing for the salvation of my brother and my bestfriend (oh and a macbook and nokia n97 too) and i know He’ll grant it soon. 🙂

  12. God indeed is simply awesome! thanks for sharing…=)

  13. wow. you and your wife in the most romantic city in the world?! god is indeed amazing! you are both very lucky!

  14. great testimony! God’s honored!

  15. hello Pastor Pao

    I wonder if you still remember me? I go to ortigas Victory before we had or Fort services.

    How are you??

    Sherwin

    PS
    Thanks for sharing God’s wonderful story

  16. @sherwin: hi bro. i’m doing well. the trip was awesome. see you.

  17. Very inspiring, Pastor Paolo!!! Thank you for sharing! – Gina (you’ve always inspired me in Kids Church gatherings)

  18. I am looking to unload my RCI timeshare that I purchased about 4 years ago. What kind of prices can I expect to get? I understand I will be taking a loss on the resale value, but can anyone with a similar experience tell me what they got? (in percentage terms if you don’t want to give dollar values)

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