May 30, 2015
Rise and shine! I mistakenly saw the time. I thought it was already 6:40am only then after I took a bath realized that it was still 10 minutes past 6 :’< I wanted to go back to sleep but can’t. I went out and saw ate Krish. It was a good thing though that I woke up early because I was able to have my prayertime with ate Krish at the amphitheater. We had breakfast and afterwards the plenary talk #4. I didn’t get enough sleep for the past few days and I was really sleepy during the sharing and talk. The talk was actually interesting and I tried hard to keep myself awake. What really struck me most during Jean Barbara’s talk was that we need to give our all on our mission. Our heart, mind, body and soul. We need to excellently contribute to humanity. We need to stop mediocrity and mediocrity lies anything under our 100%. If we didn’t give that remaining 1% of ours, it’s like a fly in our soup. We don’t want that. It’s not the best anymore. I was really struck by this because I think there were really times that I’m just too passive with my service or that I don’t really give my all, it’s just for the sake of doing. It was really this talk that motivated me to give my all in service especially that I only have 1 year left in CYA because I will be graduating this school year. It’s never too late. I was also assured by God that I am never alone. I have my 700++ brothers and sisters who will support and encourage me plus I have Him. I just have to take courage. It was repeatedly stated on the sessions: take courage! I had my lunch together with CYA Davao and had a quick sharing of what happened during the day. We prepared for our next track afterwards. DSL: Desire, Sex and Love. The theme is somehow catchy. What happened during the talk were purely testimonies and advices from 3 couples with successful marriages. The main point was to really wait. And love is not actually the “you complete me” thing. It’s actually “you complement me”. We should control our emotions and of course do first the SOL or State of Life Discernment. We need to listen to God because even marriages should also bring glory to Him. I also thought that waiting is really hard but hearing the couples being happy and stable I could say that it’s really worth the wait. I recalled what kuya Biboy said that love should not be in a rush. Rushing love is like farting in a hurry and only poop will come out. Haha. I also realized that I’m still too young to enter in a relationship. I am even not yet stable financially, emotionally and mentally for that. Some would say just experiment, life is short. But nah, I think it’s more fun being single and I would rather build and establish my relationship first with the Lord. SOL first! Haha. We ended by 4pm then got ready for the Lord’s Day. When we were done, we went to the amphitheater for our final prayer meeting. We were seated by tribe and by discussion groups. We weren’t able to find one of our DG, Sam. So it was only me, Rex (CYA Valencia) and Laryssa (India). We had our time of worship and prayer. Then John Keating gave the final talk. Arise! Shine! For your light has come. It was really overwhelming. Again, it was reiterated: Take Courage! Do not be afraid. Let your light shine so others can see. When we were told to light our flashlights, I was really amazed by how great God is to each and every one of us, for touching our lives, for renewing us, for being ever present in us. These people love the Lord so much and I myself was also encouraged to love Him more everyday. It was really a different night. It was happy. Joyful. Promising. Overwhelming. Every day I spent there in Tagaytay was really becoming better and better. The present days get the better of yesterday’s best. We had a praise concert afterwards and I was really singing and dancing. I can’t contain my happiness. Another best thing that happened during that night was the FIREWORKS. I was really surprised and happy because I was at the right place to see its beauty. I was screaming. In my 18 years of existence, it was my first time to see fireworks! Oh, God gave me a lot of first times already! It did not end there because there was bonfire. Since it would be the last night of Kairos, we had longer fellowship. I didn’t even wanna go to sleep but mass would be early the next morning. I went to bed at around 1:30am. God is really beyond amazing!
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