Wednesday, April 13, 2011.
I entered
my review class with a heavy heart. Everything the reviewer says was mere noise
to me. I was not in the mood to study and learn. And since everything was just
noise and I can’t digest and understand anything, I moved out of the room, went
to the veranda of the building. I tried to cool myself: Nagpahangin ako ng
magulong puso.
It was
supposed to be a me-time moment. But God made it as a God-time moment. As to
where I am, I had a view of the houses, the cars, the other buildings, etc. As
I sit in the veranda, I saw a flock of birds just flying in circular manner. This
is where the Lord spoke to me.
God says:
See the birds fly? As they fly, they are able to
worship Me. In their very act of flying and in simply flying, they are
worshipping Me. They are able to worship Me by just doing what they are made to
do. And Kaye, I made you for Me. By simply being human, you are worshipping Me.
In doing the things I made you to do, you are able to worship Me. I MADE YOU
FOR ME; and not for anyone else, not even for yourself. And with this, I
promise that you are DESTINED AND MADE FOR GREATNESS, that I may be worshipped.
With
this, it occurred to me that I should get back to class and review. This is
because by just reviewing and doing it for God, I am able to worship Him. What God told me created both fear and excitement. Fear of not even having myself; and excitement for what the Lord will further do for me to witness and experience. Before going back to review, I prayed and thanked God for the affirmation. I went back to review, and heard another affirmation.
Through
our reviewer, I believed that God affirmed our work of being missionaries. Our
reviewer was discussing “transcultural nursing”; and in the latest book of Madeleine
Leininger (proponent of transcultural nursing), she says that Filipinos is the
best example of transcultural nursing. With this discussion, I am affirmed that
God has really set the Filipino people for His Work: that God would use the
Filipinos in the Church’s work of evangelization and mission.
Thursday, April 14, 2011.
A day
before the much-awaited World Youth Congress 2011. It was about 6AM. A carpool
of missionaries was bound to the north of Luzon at Dagupan City, Pangasinan,
for a five-hour drive. We were able to reach Dagupan City by almost 12PM. As we
enter the main venue, CSI Stadia, and as I saw the stage, aesthetics, the
largeness of the venue, etc., I said to myself: “Huwaw! This is the life! Ang
lakas! Sure win ang congress.” Everything in Stadia was big. Ang laki ng stage.
Larger than twice the human height ang mga designs. Kakainin ka ng venue
if you are not prepared for its greatness.
Then we
had our Mass at the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist. After celebrating
the Mass there, we went to the Blessed Sacrament. Everything was just beautiful
and everything was worth experiencing. ‘Yung pag-Simba ko lang sa Cathedral at
sa pagpunta sa presensya ni Kristo sa Blessed Sacrament, panalo na ang congress
ko!
In the evening,
we went back to Stadia for our recollection. The message was very powerful:
JESUS CHRIST IS THE MASTER OF BOTH THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN.
The congress proper has not even started.
On the feeding of the five thousand: Lahat kayang pakainin.
Totoo, Walang Imposible Sa Lakas Ng Diyos!
My God is now my strength.
-cf. Isaiah 49:5
My God is now my strength.
-cf. Isaiah 49:5
