in a few minutes i'll be crashing on my bed and soak myself into deep slumber. gotta be ready for another week of my hectic schedule. since the start of this year, i have been nothing but keeping myself balanced with all the work needed to be done - church, work, family and personal matters. for a short period of time before 2006 ended i certainly have missed being on the go with churchwork. for 6 months i wasn't able to attend saturday fellowships and other activities due to work. and now, i thank the Lord because He is always in good timing - there are lots of things to be done this january and february...and....my day off in these months is SATURDAY!!! hooyah! ;p
our youth core team was able to plan for the months of january up to june of this year and i get excited everytime i think of what the great Lord could do as He fulfills His own masterplan for our youth ministry. may He freely move and continue on with the leading of the holy spirit and His Word.
i also thank the Lord placing me in my work right now and He placed me there for a year already (in 3 months time). praise God! He has established me there because i know there are lots of things that He would want to teach and develop in me to grow into maturity. this has been of great help to me and my family and i just want to bring back all the praises and honor unto the Lord Almighty alone. hallelujah!
personally, i praise Him because He is faithful and majestic. His wisdom and power supersedes everything. His plans are always better than ours. God's ways will only be unfolded if we continue to seek His face and grow intimate with our relationship with Him every sweet day that He gives us. He does His own work, in His own mysterious ways. if we just let ourselves surrender under His plan and will, He can use (most of the time) providential arrangement of situations to confirm that it is God Who is moving...Who is in control.
once again, i've proven that when i've been seeking (and still doing so) the Lord how will He lead me this year - if He'll let me go, in the soonest time possible. whenever i ponder on this matter, i always feel half-hearted because i know i'm not yet ready to go. i believe the Lord will send me somewhere and do His work as a tentmaker, but not this time yet. i was yearning for a confirmation from Him by letting the things as they are, wait upon Him and let the Master do the work. and yes, praise the Lord...for He has answered my prayer (though not yet completely...but it's already a guide..). last saturday, i was told, together with my other churchmates/co-youth leaders, to be one of the cupbearers during worship services, mainly during sunday service. hindi pa muna ako pinapaalis ni Lord kasi may gusto pa Siyang i-develop and i-train sa akin... it has always been my desire to use my voice solely for the Lord and my other skills as well. my heart overflows with joy and cheer the moment i heard that! i'm already being used by the Lord before to lead the young people to worship and now, becoming a cupbearer as one of the ministers for the congregation of our church is the Lord's way of preparing me to fulfill the highest calling that He has for me to radiate His glory.
...at paos ako ngayon. haha! but hey, i love it! of course our bodies should also be well taken care of because this is the only body that the Lord will ever lend us. =) kaya matutulog na ako. when our strength ends, that's when God's grace begins to help us become victorious in every step of our way.
God bless you all! have a fruitful 2007!
