Claiming to be able to take photos underwater, I did not realize that the depth is only up to 5 feet and the time is only up to 30 minutes.
While at Lombok, I decided to take some lovely pictures of corals underwater (Gili Meno) coral sightseeing. While my girls and father went snorkelling, I stayed on board the boat.
On a moment's whim, I decided to lower my selfie stick (got this free from one credit card company) and snapped corals pictures under the surface. Again I tried it and snapped!!
The pictures were lovely and the phone was still usable. What I did not know was that water had entered the phone through the USB port and that I would not be able to charge it for days.
Suddenly my connection with my office, family and friends came down to ZERO. I felt so lost but at the same time so stress free. Perhaps this is the answer for a stress free day - switch off the phone!
But I was very sad because this was the mercedes of phones and the most expensive I have ever owned up to RM2999k plus. Enough to pay for a holiday abroad. How could it be?
It has failed to live up to its promises. I called Samsung to complain after returning home. The service center asked me to try charging it on the wireless. If it still failed to charge, they advised me to take it to the Service Center.
The wireless worked nicely which was a big relief as the phone was only about 3% left of battery life.
I continued to pray for the phone to be 'healed'. Last Friday we were discussing in our LG about persistent prayer, praying for the same thing over and over again. Well, I did pray for the phone to be healed but I did not pray over and over again. I guess I just could not be bothered with it as the wireless was doing fine for me. In fact I was giving thanks to God that I could continue using my phone.
I told my family that I loved this phone so much that if this phone was spoilt, I would still buy another Samsung S7. Why? It has a big battery, it takes clear and sharp pictures although unlike the Oppo it takes up to 3 hours for a full charge - I still rate this phone 8/10!
Surprisingly one week after the Lombok experience for no rhyme or reason, the phone started charging again!
God taught me a precious lesson. Pray, pray and pray but if the prayers do not get answered in the short time just give thanks for that situation. Not for the answered prayers but give thanks for the phone that could not be charged using the USB port!
In fact I was meditating on Phil 4:4 "Rejoice always and again I say rejoice"!
God has a lesson to teach me in every situation. Keep our focus on Him and He will keep His focus on us!
Amen
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