HAVE FAITH AND OBEY

Well, this is after my baby was born and i need to get back to work after 60 days maternity leave. I have to find a baby sitter and have not gone round looking for one yet as i was blessed that my three other children, my mum-in-law took care of them while they were young. However, due to age we do not want to trouble her. We prayed for baby sitters and then out of the blue my hubby went to ask one pastor's wife if she would recommend one. Immediately, she went to another pastor who has young children taken care by baby sitter and he gave my hubby the contact no.
But then i also got a few other numbers with me but mostly non-believer family. I went to a couple of them, mostly those near my block (i stay in a condominium, so baby sitters in the same condo would be most ideal) but somehow don't have the feel that i want to leave my baby with them.
Then my office called up and asked me to come back to work by next week which is a few days away! I was like desperate and i prayed one more time for God to show me the family to put my baby with....and guess what......YES!...THE LORD ANSWERED MY PRAYER!!!.....
As i was driving to the last two families which is away from my condo outside the vicinity in a nearby housing estate.....in my mind was to go to this Chinese family but then somehow my sense of direction went haywire and i just drove and found this other Indian family's house quite easily. This happens to be a Christian family of different church and was the pastor's baby sitter and .....yes ....she became our baby sitter for my little baby.
I did not immediately agreed to send my baby there.....but i managed to go to another family. When i went home..... a few hours later....my company called to say i need to start work like in 2 days time....!!! Horrors!!!... I was like where on earth should i place my baby but somehow i just called back the Indian family to check if i could send my baby the next day for a try to see if he is ok at her place for half a day. She agreed and said i can start anytime...Thank God for that. However, i still have my reservation and it was that , i have never given any Indian family to look after my kids....call me racist.....but that happens in this part of Asia! Anyway, i was thinking in my flesh that is quite difficult to send my baby to this Indian family cos my own family members would be saying WHY? and i can imagine all the not so good things they will say but then somehow i keep praying for an answer ....as though i can't hear God's voice but then there is the little conscience that tells me to just go ahead and not bother what others will say....and i could not sleep that night....so i was up like 3am and i just read the bible and suddenly....it just became clear in my mind that what i prayed for i already received and the events that led up to now just plainly shows that it is God's will that i just should leave my baby with this Indian family and have faith that this is the best arrangement the Lord has made for us. We should just obey when we heard....let those who have ears hear ......all these just came into my mind and it was then i decided that's it we are going to put our baby with this family.
So i went to bed without any disturbance and the next day i sent my baby there in the morning and he was fine there until evening and i confirmed immediately that i will send my baby next morning to her and paid her. She was actually giving me a good price as compared to the rest of the other nearer baby sitters and the rest.
God has a way to bless us......as he bless me with a baby sitter......my fees to the baby sitter is a blessing that she was asking God for which indirectly i am blessing her.....i found this out some months later as we were chit chatting and she said in fact she was praying for more financial help so she could provide for her family....she is looking after her own grandchildren, the pastor's children, another child and my baby.
I have never have any qualms since that day and my baby has been with them since 2 months old until now 3+yrs. Only just recently i don't send him there cos he needs to go to kindergarten next year and going to the child care centre.
This incident reaffirmed my faith in prayer and that i should ask God for his solution and when i receive it....obey and follow and things will be fine. This is not the first time it happened....it happened one more time again after this which i will write in another testimony.....to be continued......Amen