Ngarag to the max ako today, but, i've ended my day very pleasant and encouraging. nakaka-bless talaga ang mga pangyayari today.
last night, my thesis group slept over at irma's house since we are in a crunch time to finish and run through our case presentation for the next day. we have discussed the possible questions that our professors will be throwing on us, as well as investigating (as much as possible) every tiny detail that they might find a hole on it. we started watching tv and chikahan...ay mali...we started tackling our topic at around 10pm, finished around 4am, not to mention being half-awake because we're conscious and scared that we may be enjoying ourselves the comfort of forty winks...baka ma-late pa kami, nakakahiya naman. we did our visual aids in the morning. by 7am, dad picked me up to take a bath, eat breakfast, do my own visual aids and dress myself in uniform at home.
our group was early at school. we had our opaque projector prepared beforehand. there's only one glitch --- we thought (well...nelson thought..haha, peace!) we only have to give 2 copies. 3 pala kasi nga naman, 2 for OT profs and 1 for the doctor. grabe..last group na nga tapos di pa namin alam?! so we admitted to ma'am na lang our fault kahit na pinagalitan kami. first thing in the morning yan ha! pero ok lang. ganun lang naman yung prof namin na yun eh. we're used to it.
as the presentation started...hindi talaga kami ginisa at sinabon ng walang banlaw ng panel. meron siyempre pero hindi gaano bumaba yung tingin namin sa sarili namin, kahit papaano. hahaha! natatawa na lang ako..pero it's really nice i can sense na they saw that we were all united and had talked about it collectively (tingin ko lang. ha!). while i was reporting, nelson already looked at me and said something like, gimme five naman jan! i already knew what he was talking about. astig. after that, i gave my groupmates a high five with exclamation of, "WE NAILED IT!!!" thank God!!! thank you Jesus! whew! it finally paid off. that was the time that i remembered the feeling what was it like if you really put yourself into something under the Lord's guidance.
after lunchtime with friends, i rushed to our house to change clothes and went to church with my church friends/neighbors (kate, arra and priscilla-slash-babes). we started practising for the youth meeting since i was the assigned worship leader. medyo sumasakit ulo ko kasi i wasn't able to get enough sleep nga, di ba? but then, the joy of the Lord is my strength. the love that i give to Him and as i serve Him, i'm sure it makes Him happy and from there will i obtain my strength for the whole day. i was able to lead my youth members in worship in spirit and in truth..thanking the Lord for the things He has done in our lives for the past year and making us a servant by molding us more and receive clear calling from Him. nakaka-bless ang topic ni kuya mike (our youth pastor), all about different kinds of spiritual COMMITTMENT. truly, mahirap gampanan ang pananagutan mo and devotion mo sa isang ministry pero by God's grace, nagagawa naman natin, right? if we aren't focused with what we're doing or gotten ourselves into, our plan would probably be not His plan for us. pls take time reading the following passages:
Proverbs 16:3, 9, 25
1 Timothy 6:11-12
these Scriptures will help us what we should do here on earth, in exchange for its eternal values and entrusting/committing to the Lord what we need to do in our lives.
we have ended our youth meeting by having our youth leaders pray for us members for spiritual refreshment, reflect on what God wants us to do this year and lift up to Him what we plan to do.
in the evening, we practised for the service tomorrow morning. walang dumating na ibang members ng music ministry, so i will be one of the cupbearers/back-ups for our worship leader, ate cet. so imagine niyo na lang kung gaano kaaya-aya boses ko after the practice, considering that in the morning i spoke with a well-modulated voice kasi presentation nga at walang microphone, tapos kanta sa hapon, then eto --- basag, gumagaralgal! i pray that God will replace my voice into a less strained pitch para maganda kalalabasan tomorrow. hindi naman sa para marinig ako ng ibang tao, but, para hindi ako mahihirapan mag-praise kay God.
at the end of the day, kahit inaantok na ako, i'm still stubborn to write a new entry. sabi ko na nga, parte na ito ng pang-araaw-araw kong pamumuhay. hehe. it exercises my interest in writing...kahit hindi ba literary-ish yung mga sinusulat ko. i just wanted this blog to be an inspiration and become an encouragement to the others who read it. i'm glad nakapunta ako sa church and serve God. i love singing praises to Him pag talagang iniintindi mo yung lyrics.
if you're the type of church goer na kinakanta lang what was being projected or if it has been just routinary for you, try what i had said...really reflecting every line that we sing out to Him. you'll realize lots of things!
sige, gotta make up for the limited sleep that i had this morning. Go to church early na parang sobrang excited ka to receive God's abundant blessings ha! gosh, tomorrow prayer and fasting daw til 3pm. first time ko!!! hmmmm...wonder how it feels like?
Nyt! God bless!
