blessed

Friday. 05 June 2009. 7:30pm.Prayer Meeting.

7:00pm. I was still thinking if i should go or not. Honestly, I was not in the mood to go. Tinatamad ba na ewan. But, deep inside I had this feeling na parang nakokonsensya ako na hindi umattend. I knew the Lord was the one tapping me and telling me that I should attend. At isa pa, wala naman ako ginagawa sa bahay, and I hate myself for that, tinatamad umattend. tsk tsk. Never na mauulit yon. :)

So I decided to go to the Church that night. Napalitan ng EXCITEMENT yung nararamdaman kong katamaran. ;)

It took me about 10 minutes to get dressed, and because of the bad weather, I asked Dad to bring me to the church.

Pagdating sa church, mas gumaan na pakiramdam ko. I knew that that feeling came from God. And of course, gawain Niya iyon kaya hindi ko hayaang may gumulo sa akin. Minutes passed. The practice ended. Then they already prayed, a signal to start the Prayer Meeting. I was just disappointed kasi ako lang ang naiwan sa labas. Lahat sila ay part ng program. Tinatakot pa ako ni Jenny dahil ako lang kasi ang naiwan sa labas (buti na lang lumabas si Igi :)) Kaunti lang nakaattend that night. I knew everyone who wasn't able to attend has their own reasons. Number one na siguro, the bad weather. Anyway, I was really blessed that night. Kahit na kaunti lang kami, I really felt His presence. Masaya. Singspiration pa lang. Kahit may kaunting gulo na nangyari, enjoy pa din. :) (ehem) Well, kasama lang iyon sa "collection of bloopers" :).

During the testimony, everybody was really glad to share how God moved in their lives. Most of us or almost all of us spoke about the Recital last Sunday, 31st of May, in which everyone was really blessed and amazed at how God moved during that event. Preparations pa lang, kahit may problems na nag-arise, still God is in control. And that night of the Recital was amazing. Everyone also enjoyed the mime show/blacklight show. They even requested us to perform it again. We were shocked but of course we did the whole thing again, with all the videos set. They said it was wonderful and somehow I realized that it was really God who was in control during our performance. To tell you the truth, the reason behind that successful performance was just "A Simple Prayer". Yes, minutes before our performance while we were arranging our queue and everything, Ate Kaycee called our attention and suggested that we should utter a prayer. So she led the prayer, then we came out from the office to start our presentation.

SO, going back to the Prayer Meeting...
I was glad about what Pastor shared with us during his message. It was about waiting for the right time, or waiting for God's time. I really learned a lot na siguradong magagamit ko in my everyday situations. Natutunan ko na ang mundo ay mahilig magmadali. The world believes that life is too short so dapat lahat ng mga gusto natin, magawa or makuha agad natin, which is not good. Sa pagmamadali kasi, maaaring magkamali. Those people who are always in a hurry may take wrong turns because they believe only in what they can do or according to their own plans. So, the Bible says that we must wait. Wait for God's perfect time. One of my favorite verses is Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Our God has lots of great and perfect plans for each and everyone of us. All we have to do is obey and follow His will, and wait for His perfect time. We must pray for whatever it is that we want, and of course, leave everything up to Him.

I encourage everyone to attend. It's a nice feeling na mawala ang pagod after ng buong week ng school or work through prayer meeting. This is a time kasi that we praise and thank God and altogether we pray for everybody, everybody's needs, the world, etc. Nakakawala ng pagod, right. :)

So next prayer meeting, I'm sure everyone will be blessed again. :)