HOW GOD CAN BE PLAYFULLY ROMANTIC

 

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I’ve always believed that God works in mysterious ways, but sometimes, I think He can be playfully romantic in the way He guides us. It’s as if He’s always with us, offering subtle hints and messages when we need them most, often in ways we wouldn’t expect.

 

We tend to imagine divine intervention as something serious, a grand gesture or a dramatic moment, but sometimes it’s just a small, gentle reminder that He's there, nudging us toward something better. That day, I learned just how true this was.

I was mindlessly scrolling through IG Reels that day while waiting for my coffee at my favorite local café. Almost every Sunday, after my power walk, I like to sit and enjoy my morning with a hot cappuccino. But that day felt different.

I wasn’t in the mood for coffee or anything else. I just wanted to go home and call it a day.

I didn’t feel energized or tired, even after walking more than 8,000 steps. Actually, to be honest, I didn’t feel much of anything. My mind was wandering everywhere, weighed down by the heaviness from the night before, still lingering into the morning. Clearly, the power walk in nature wasn’t doing its usual magic.

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And in that moment, once again, I proved the law of attraction to be true. You know the famous quote: “You don’t attract what you want. You attract what you are.”

I was struggling to shake off the heaviness I was feeling, and I thought it might just be better to go home. But then, the driver canceled my ride without me realizing. I waited for nearly 15 minutes, assuming there was an issue with the app. I kept checking the map to track the driver, but there was no movement at all.

This kind of thing happens occasionally with this app, but most of the time, it works fine, so I didn’t think much of it. Little did I know, the problem wasn’t with the app—it was with me. Somehow, at that moment, my phone had no reception.

If I had been using my old phone, I wouldn’t have been surprised. But that day, I was using a different phone with a better provider, one that was far superior to the phone I left at home.

"Seriously???" I muttered to myself. I couldn’t believe what had happened and smirked behind the mask covering half my face.

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Even though I was upset, I didn’t have the energy to stay upset. I was too frustrated to be more frustrated. So I gave myself a moment to process what had just happened. I couldn’t help but wonder: was this a sign from God for me to hit the pause button? It felt like it. So, I ended up at the local café I always go to on Sunday mornings, which was just behind where I was standing.

And while I waited for my hot cappuccino, an IG Reel post completely turned things around.

It was exactly the message I needed to hear that day. For a second, I was in shock. Lord, was this the plan? You canceled my ride just to show me this? To teach me this? To open my eyes? Or maybe to remind me that You’re always here?

I hid my smile behind my hand, not wanting to confuse the other customers. But I realized that God can be playfully romantic in the way He teaches and guides us. His help can come in an instant. He’s closer than we think—caring and loving.

Great teachers like Bob Goff, Kevin Myers (author of "Home Run: Learn God's Game Plan for Life and Leadership"), and John C. Maxwell have shared many beautiful stories about how playfully God can be. Experiencing this firsthand has not only been eye-opening, but also one of the many wonderful gifts God has given me.

I repeated that sentence in my head as if I were talking to myself, and something strange happened. While that sentence might sound negative at first and go against the mainstream “love yourself” mantra, at that moment, it made me feel really good about myself.