WANTON SOUP ENCOUNTER
This morning, after dropping off my son at his school, I drove to a nearby coffee shop to buy breakfast. I came to a stall selling wanton noodles. It was still early, and no one was queuing. The stall looked clean and neat. The hot steam rising from the cooking pot made me decide to order a bowl of wanton noodles. As usual, I ordered dried wanton noodles. While I observed and was fascinated by how fast the cook prepared the noodles, I thought, “How nice it would be if she could give me some soup!” As I was just casually thinking, suddenly, the Holy Spirit said, “Ask her!” Hence, I followed as instructed and said, “Can you give me some soup?” The cook did not reply, but another elderly assistant said, “Cannot! We don’t give away soup.” I had been rejected flatly. Immediately, I spoke to God and said, “ See! You asked me to ask, and she said No!” I am like many others, already 40 over years of my walk with God, yet I am still learning to...