I got inspired to write this while I was in the bathroom 2 days to my birthday, so I recorded it instead of writing it down since I was taking my bath then and I was using my phone's touch. An idea gotten all thanks to this article by @Ellawrites .

I pondered on publishing it tho, because i'm not the type who talks about herself, like I said in my introductory article here, you might probably want to check it out. Although, i'm learning.

Let's dive right in

So that particular year I heard a message by Pastor E.A Adeboye, the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God. In the message he said God is so interested in you that He remembers your birthday even when your earthly parents forgot(Not the exact way he said it but something like this).

Being an inquisitive person who doesn't know how to ask people for birthday gifts nor talk about her birthday, and I felt it'd be much easier for me than posting a birthday to-do list on social media, so I decided to put the statement to test because I never believed God has a thing such as my birthday in mind, when He has a whole lot of more important things to attend to. Prior to that year, I had always celebrated my bday just as any other normal day.

So that day I took a journal and I began penning things I wanted Him to do on or before my birthday. So as not to overdo it, I penned down 21 things since my birthday was on the 21st. After that day I only checked on the journal once in a blue moon and I went about my normal activities.

Fast forward to the bday.

As at when I did that, I was an admission seeker who was tagged as Jamb customer. I wrote an article on that, you might want to check it out. Yes, you guessed right.

First on the list was to gain admission for my course of choice and that I wanted Jamb to congratulate me itself since all I have gotten from that exam body was disappointments.

On my birthday, I never posted on any SM nor told people about it but I was shocked to wake up to my name being tagged on a WhatsApp group I belonged to and several messages in my DM. I was scared because I thought I had done something wrong.

On opening the group, the first message I saw was 'who is so so so', while I wasn't online, others who knew me had tagged me and had inquired to know why he was asking. Then he replied by saying my name was the first and only name that had appeared on jamb admission list for my department, others had gone to verify, some even sent screenshots. I was excited when I read through and of course I went to my CAPS, to verify and confirm the admission too.

Coincidental?

It's hard to believe, I had also thought it was probably coincidental but 4 months after my birthday had passed. My name remained the only one on the list, even those who cut off point were far much higher than mine were yet to be on the list. Some their parents started getting worried, some came to my dm to ask for the juju(charm) I used, etc.

That's when it started setting in, that it was actually a birthday gift. It's a day I won't forget anytime soon.

Ever since then, I have a to-do list of what I want from Him as birthday gift and trust me He been faithful and it has been working. And now my birthday is something I looked forward to.

Were my other 20 requests granted? Yes they were, if I start writing about it all, I won't leave here anytime soon.

Yes! today is my birthday 💃🏻

Of course, there is a list that the contents have started manifestation.

Let me gist you a bit🤭

I woke up to birthday prayers, wishes and messages, some even asked for my bank account, some sent recharge cards on my WhatsApp, for a girl who didn't post/tell people about it. I was overwhelmed and I really wanted to show my gratitude to them. So, I sat with my mom and was planning on what to do. As at the time of planning God knows I had less than #100($0.24) in my account. Well, I just left it and went back replying messages on WhatsApp. Few minutes later, a friend asked for my bank account , lo and behold he sent the exact amount I needed to do what we were planning. And yes, it's part of what I wrote in my list.

Truth be told, this has been my best birthday experience so far. It keeps getting better year by year.

Conclusion

I don't know who this might be for, i just want you to know He is still in the business of granting birthday requests. Yes, it works, you can never know until you try.

If He can do mine, He can do yours as well.

Thank you for reading to this point🤗, and I look forward to reading your birthday gift story as well☺.