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Lately, may na-realize ako. Not all my problems are bad problems. Many of them are actually good problems.
Napansin ko kasi na panay na ang bili ko ng gatas para sa bunso naming si Sabino. And if you’ve ever bought milk for a child with special nutritional needs, you know it’s not cheap.
There are days when I look at another empty can and think, “Ubos na naman?” Ang bilis maubos. Pero pagkatapos nun, I catch myself smiling. Because I remember where we started.
When I first started writing for GOTO, Sabino was just beginning to recover. He was born with three heart conditions, Down Syndrome, thyroid problems, and an enlarged liver. For the longest time, one of our biggest concerns wasn’t the cost of milkβit was whether he would drink enough of it. His appetite was so poor.
Fast forward to today, and everything has changed.
Sabino now eats family meals. He asks for milk. He finishes his bottles. He’s growing stronger, becoming more active, and keeping us on our toes every single day.
Yes, our grocery bill has gone up. But that’s a good problem to have.
It dawned on me that many of the things we complain about today are actually evidence that God has already answered yesterday’s prayers. Sometimes we get so used to God’s blessings that we stop seeing them as blessings. They quietly become responsibilities. Then, before we know it, we start calling them problems.
And in our family, the expensive milk is a daily reminder that the little boy who once struggled to eat is now growing exactly as we prayed he would.
Of course, not every problem is a good problem. Some burdens are genuinely painful, and we shouldn’t pretend otherwise. But it’s worth asking ourselves from time to time: Is this really a problem… or is it the maintenance cost of a blessing?
“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
β1 Thessalonians 5:18
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