Have you ever had an ‘aha’ moment with your faith? When your certainty in what you believe is cemented in your heart/brain/ guts?  I had mine back when I was around 12ish.

Everyone at school was talking about the Tiny Toons episode where Plucky is a baby and he’s learning about the potty and he says “toilet painter go down the hoooole” and it was apparently the funniest cutest thing ever. I watched all week and still hadn’t seen it and felt left out so I prayed really hard one day… “Allah, if you’re real please let the Plucky baby episode come on today.” . . . and it did! I was like, woooaahhh no way!! But that didn’t completely cement my certainty in Allah, i needed more… So i was like, “Ok Allah, if you’re really real and if Islam is the best, please let this Punky Brewster episode that I haven’t seen yet, where she goes in the rainbow and meets Glomers family (or something like that) come on today”…. There was no way this was gonna happen, I don’t know why i was testing my faith like this, in my head i was like, i don’t really mean it Allah, i’ll believe in you regardless…. BUT THEN THE PUNKY BREWSTER RAINBOW EPISODE THAT I WANTED TO SEE CAME ON TOO!!!!

This was it for me. Game over. Allah is real. Islam is the way. The faith of a 12 year old was cemented thanks to Tiny Toons and Punky Brewster. . I’m not even kidding.

And as i’ve grown, my games have grown, my conversations and relationship with Allah has grown. What is prayer but a conversation with our Creator? I may not make silly demands anymore, but i do turn to Allah whenever i’m scared, whenever i’m confused, hurting, angry… whenever i’m thankful… Allah heard me back then. He still hears me now. I have no doubt.  Because…