Welcome to Qurator's Mischievous Mondays!
This will be a weekly competition that we will be hosting every Monday. We want to see a little more engagement and fun when it comes to some of our competitions so this will be a simpler and shorter competition. Easy to enter, but maybe not so easy to win. ;) This competition will be similar to the Monday Missions we had a long time ago, but instead of writing posts to enter we will now consider only the comments and answers on this blog as your entry to win.
Why Mischievous?
We all could use a little fun in our lives. We would even say that we deserve it, let loose a little and have a go at making everyone laugh or think a little, even if it is a little over the top or pure silliness. Go all out and let your creative juices flow.
The Gift I Never Wanted but Got Anyway
RULES
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The Text Message I Wish I Never Sent
1st Prize - 30% Upvote
@hylene74
2nd Prize - 25% Upvote
@davidke20
3rd Prize - 20% Upvote
@solorzanot
4th Prize - 15% Upvote
@josiva
5th Prize - 10% Upvote
@alto96
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The gift I never wanted but got anyway:
I'll start by saying that I hate house coats or bath robes. My partner and I always felt that way. His parents love bath robes and hang out in them as much as possible.
We moved to a one room studio apartment, that had little sun coming through the windows so we opted for sheer curtains. There is a building in our view.
I decided to get bath robes so we could leave the shower without getting dressed in the steamy bathroom. I got them from a thrift store.
We were tired of having these two robes hanging on some hooks in our room. We were not using them anymore. They became a pain in the rump.
I threw them out in haste.
Soon after it was my birthday. My partner went to see his parents. His mother sent him home with a present for me.
It was, you guessed it, a bath robe. It was extra large. I am extra small. It could fit two people inside.
"Oh thank you so much for the bathrobe, but you shouldn't have". She didn't know that I really meant it.
It now hangs waiting for time to pass, so I can donate it to the thrift shop.
The gift I never wanted but got anyway?
A fitness smartwatch.
It spent months telling me:
Stand up! Move! Drink water!
A tiny digital dictator.
My family said it was "for my own good"…
I just waited for things to cool down and then quietly buried it in a drawer.😬
The Gift I Never Wanted but Got Anyway
Huh, it was a paperweight that says 'God loves you' (see my profile pic). Lol. I never appreciated religious things prior to Lent 2023 even if I'm a cradle Catholic. I even received an angel figurine too and I was like, why? Suffice it to say, I was just a nominal Christian at the time or what people call a lukewarm then eventually a cold Catholic. This was why when I saw the gift I was like, what am I to do with such a thing? I didn't have any use for it. I thought it was just a useless gift. 😂 Fortunately somehow I never got to give it away as gift too.
Life went on of course. More than a decade ago I offered my suffering to God (Matthew 11:28-30) when I went to mass. To my surprise the heavy emotional and mental burden lightened as if my problem then never happened!!! 😱 I didn't even notice it until I did! I finally felt God's love for me which I never really did before. That was when I suddenly appreciated the paperweight when I saw it again. I even thanked God for the person who gave it to me (I don't remember anymore).
I took a pic of it and put it in my social media accts since that moment. However what I didn't know then was God also needed my repentance. I mean not that He needs it but I had to repent too but sadly I never did at the time. Nobody was around to tell me about it even if I was going to mass on Sundays and sometimes skipped. Perhaps because I had so many mortal sins I was too blind and deaf to anything the priests said. Needless to say I eventually went back to my sinful ways.
Fast forward to Lent 2023 that's when I finally did a general confession and became a Renewed Catholic. Then eventually a practicing one. Of course now as you can see I have already been using the profile pic of the paperweight proudly. 😆 Glory to God in the highest! Thank You Lord!
This is a beautiful testimony and blessed are you for sharing it. God is ever loving, merciful and waiting to forgive us and welcome us back.
Peace.
!LUV
!BBH
Amen! Thank you for the appreciation. God is good! 🙏
I am very happy for everything that has happened to you to change your life. Congratulations.
Nothing happens in our lives without it having a meaning, only He knows it.
Amen! Thank you! 🙏
The gift I once received that I never thought someone would give me was a pair of green candles. I never thought they would give me that gift. It was an exchange of Christmas gifts at a meeting of health personnel at the hospital where I worked in my youth. Luckily, I got a lady who was a cleaning worker. When she gave me the gift, I took it with great affection. When I opened it, I realized that they were ordinary candles to be used at Christmas. I didn't feel offended; on the contrary, I thanked him again. I imagine that was the little she could give, because of her condition as a humble woman.
I didn't like the gift at all, but the feeling that whoever gave it gave it because they had nothing else to give, this made me understand that I didn't need gifts, because I could buy what I liked, but that lady had nothing else to give, and I was grateful.
Awwww. That's a good realization indeed.
Sometimes we judge people without knowing how much sacrifice they have made to give a gift. If I can buy something better, I will.
I don't agree with the topic, a gift is a gift and we should accept it out of faith. But since I am participating in the writing, I will assume one of my real life experience. I wanted a date from a girl so bad, but I got a Christmas present from her was a set of puzzle. I don't really don't want the puzzle, but I wanted her to be my girlfriend more than anything at that time 😂
A sad truth is, later date I gave the gift to a friend and she found out the puzzle was at the friend's place. It was so embarrassing and we almost remained unfriend.
Ouch haha.
Nice monday
Thanks a lot @qurator