the therapist is now online...

my wednesday off is about to take place in a few minutes. i'm always looking forward everytime i get a rest day so i can divert my thoughts and physical activities into something directly related with church matters. i bless the Lord for rekindling the fire in my heart after attending the Zion Ministries Seminar with this year's theme, "Hitting The Mark". it is motivating for me to attend these kind of conventions because aside from hearing the message and receive encouragement alone, i also seek the Lord for what He would personally tell me with regards to the path that He desires me to take from that point. and indeed, He would never withhold anything from His children what they're they're desiring to receive if it's approved in the plans of the Lord for our lives. my prayers were answered. hallelujah!

every filipino therapist's dream (and i think in most allied medical professionals, in that case) is to establish work and be stable abroad. let's face the reality: life isn't getting any easier. economic growth of every blue or white-collared worker isn't satisfying enough to fulfill the practical necessities of juan dela cruz. and as we can see, many filipinos are now taking advantage of what they have - whether ability-wise or profession-wise, in order to fly to wherever their own interpretation of greener pasture is. on the contrary, there would still be some (hindi na most kasi umalis na ang marami) professional "martyr" who would be saying, "mahal ko pa rin ang Pilipinas." surprising as it seems, but it's interesting to know why these people would say such thing.

and i happen to be one of them. plastic, that's what most filipinos would be thinking. but as hard as an asphalt my conviction is, i am staying. during the seminar, it's been said that God has designed the Philippines to be a place to send "arrows" to many nations. God immediately spoke to my heart that i could be one of the many people He will be sending into a foreign land. if ever the Lord would place me somewhere, my goal will be something that is related with the mission of our church and not just to earn dollars alone. i know there's something more in my life that is worth living than this earthly dream. i pray that i may hit the upward call of the Lord for my life. i want to be part of the fulfillment of His Great Commission. i gladly choose to invest in eternity.

but then it will still boil down with my present race. for now, i must do what the Lord wills me to do and bring glory to His majestic Name wherever i go. i must continue to learn to be faithful with the little responsibilities God has tasked me with. God has increased the fire within once again and i really felt the realization that consecration is sinking deep in my being, that it really is happening and i'm blessed for this undeserving opportunity. only by His mercy and grace.

my heart's desire is to see the young people rising up like a mighty army, ready to fight for the battle and raise up the banner of the Lord Most High. sa ngayon, yan ang burden ko for every filipino youth - that they could withstand the storms that come in their way, for they are protected and determined to abide in God's Word, having their foundation of faith as firm as a solid rock that cannot be shaken nor moved.

i don't want to leave this place if i know the Lord isn't yet finished in equipping me to reach the highest calling for His glory.

"...but I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be. 13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven."

Philippians 3:12-14