..Details, Love and the Ambubag..

(c) Love and Other Drugs

It’s been almost half an hour that I've been precariously unloading the contents of the cabinet to look for the *ambu bag. I emptied the equipment inside the cabinet one by one and put it back one by one only to find out that there’s no ambu bag inside. I searched for the belly-shaped bag as Ate Claire clearly instructed that there is one left in the cabinet for spare purposes. But no ambu bag to my avail. My legs are cramping already and the cold room aggravated my headache. I restarted the task of emptying and arranging the stocks to find the most-prized ambu bag. It’s a “do or die” search. I am at the verge of giving up when a box caught the corner of my chinky eyes. I read the package that says “Resuscitator”. Duh Kim, shame on your ability to collate synonyms.

That simple act of complete lack of audacity made me smile as the bus’ engine started. Too often in life, we are too fond of the details. In my mind, it's fixated that an ambubag is a belly shape thing with thin tube at the end connected to a mask. We create a picture of our own “what-should-be”.

We wanted to love someone according to the details we've set in our mind. He should own a house, ride a car, speak words of wisdom you feel like the muscles of your arm weakens as you imagine him wearing a sexy apron as he cooks in the kitchen, and well, it’s an added blessing if he looks like Derek Ramsay and owns the same abs. Even the lucky girl you’ll be if:  A) he doesN’T cheat, and  
A-1) he doesN'T tell lie(S). Single ladies, I understand your predicaments!

Don’t get me wrong. We need plans in our life. Just like you need a blueprint in building a house. Because if you don’t have any, it’s hard where to start. The loophole in having plans is that we become too entangled with the details. What if God plays the trick? What if the details you set are not His details for you? What if He sends you a Resuscitator in your effort to find an Ambu bag? What if He sends you a Man in your effort to find a Guy?

Sharing this reflection I received from a good friend:

"When we ask the Lord for answers to our prayers, we have to be prepared to take care of the things we will receive or the situations we'll find ourselves in. God is good, but He will only give us what is good for us. Have you thought about what will happen when God answers your prayer?" 


~God, keep my heart open to your possibilities. Keep my heart ready for my Resuscitator. Keep my heart ready for my Man.



*An ambubag is a hand-held bag device commonly used to provide  breaths to patients who are not breathing adequately. Other names are Resuscitator or Bag-Mask-Valve