How was today?

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Today I did the storytelling for our Goodnews classes!!! EEEK. I didn't know it also meant that I had to be leader as well!!! It wasn't a comfortable feeling; three out the four people in my group are older than I am, and I am the ultimate rookie!!! But I loved the story: "Crippled Tom" is about a well, crippled kid, who, despite his condition was able to become a blessing not only to a few but to thousands around the world, all by sharing the Word of God. I practiced the night before, but I did better when I was narrating to the dining room chair than to the children, I think. I went too fast, I think. I'll wait a million more years before I do that again, I think.

Plus we had our Violin practice afterwards, and I got so dammmn tired (see previous post). Plus the on-and-off heat stroke-slash-chills just gave a coughs in addition to my cold. Boogers.

Andddd!!! This is the first draft of the testimonial I'm supposed to give at the DVBS Workers' Training. It popped up on me last night, after my family and I chatted all night until morning and left the dining table at 12am. I, however, after they had all retreated into bed, was just getting started. I'm still going to check up the requirements Maam Elsie wants for this to turn out, but here it is:

Around this time last year I had a special superpower as a Christian:
INVISIBILITY. Invisible in YP, in visible in choir, invisible from the work of
the Lord. I’m not proud to admit that; in fact, I am ashamed that I didn’t work
for the Lord when He has dealt so wonderfully with me, that He deserves to be
magnified every single moment of my life, even to infinity and beyond. And when
you’re in the darkness of worldly concerns having the power of invisibility
doesn’t help.

I came to that point in my life where God called me to finally quit
living in that world of sin, hoping upon things that would never deliver, that
would always end up in vain. Because as a child of God, He loved me, and He
wanted the best for me, and the best in life that any Christian could ever find
is to be in the service of the King.

But to quit living in that world of sin, I had to make a leap of faith.
Remember, I was living in darkness, and now I am instructed to just jump. To
just leave it all behind and take His word for His promises and just jump. It
was terrifying. But even to imagine life without the light and love of God, and
to stay in that kind of life, was far scarier, the scariest thing I have ever
seen or thought of in my entire life. And in that darkness, I lifted up mine
eyes and lo, and behold, Jesus was on the other side, waiting for me to trust in
Him so He could fulfill His promises.

So I did. Or as how people saw it, I entered the ministry. I came to
the DVBS Workers’ Training and sat beside my mother the whole time. No friends,
no experience, no knowledge. But God works in mysterious and miraculous ways.
Nagsimula ako na assistant teacher kay Ate Ellen, sa Grade 3 Girls. I was
humbled. I used to pride myself on being a good speaker, on being good with
children. But none of those talents mattered because I wasn’t able to use them
for God. I knew how to speak, but I didn’t know what to say. I knew how to love
but I didn’t know for what reason. God took away those talents from me, those
same talents He had given me. I was like the children who had come to
learn.

And what He taught me was even farther beyond answer sheets and
coloring pictures. He showed me His power. That even without my abilities, by
His Holy Spirit I was able to become a blessing to others. I Corinthians says
that He uses the weak to confound the mighty, the foolish to confound the wise.
And base things of the world, that He may be glorified. That coming to serve Him
wasn’t about receiving blessings in return, but to offer the only gift we may be
able to offer, a labor of love, our bodies as a living sacrifice. As Pastor had
often said, God doesn’t need your ability: He needs your AVAILABILITY. What He
needs is the heart of a servant. And serving Him always proves NEVER to be in
vain.

So remember, if at the end of the day you feel tired and all you want
to do is quit, remember that we possess something, or rather, Someone, that
surpasses all superpowers that there may be, and that Someone promises, in
Romans 8:37 that Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through
Him that loved us. And that Someone is God. And do you want to guess what my new superpower is? I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Believe it or not, that only runs on speech for less than 3 minutes. ;)

I have GOT to break off this crazed insomnia I have. It's summer and so far since Wednesday I've been lacking as much sleep as I used to lose when there were still classes; actually even more. This is so wrong, I cannot let myself last any longer this way. Which is why, painful as it is, I will not not NOT watch The Other Boleyn Girl tonight at Velvet. I'll just catch a replay, I guess.

And!!! From this post on, I'll be cross-posting with Multiply again! Weee.

And that was my day today. How was yours?