Danke!

Gratitude - I'm so full of it right now I feel like I'm floating in midair. Everything around me seems to be falling in place. Mind you, it's not in place as I want it to be, but you know, when you just allow God to work in Your life, even when it seems most difficult, He will be there to set everything on the right direction.

Well, to tell you why I'm really thankful right now, here's a revelation: I'm joining an oratorical again! Now that it's final, I think I better try to make this journey worthwhile first, by sharing it with you. It wasn't an easy decision - especially because it was out of my own call to adventure. No one chose me (but maybe God did in the form of a mistaken ad while taking the ACET), but I embraced the call and volunteered as tribute after much discernment and prayer. I won't go into details - for I can't take the purpose of my adventure notebook away, but one thing led to another and here I am with the prospect of another journey.

It's been very hard lately, especially because I've been sick for the past two weeks with every weather/stress-related disease there is. The virus just seemed to love me too much that it had to visit me again right after I was just feeling well. But yes, it was difficult, really, to trust when you couldn't see any hope in the rut you've been stuck in. Sometimes, I found it really hard to find God in it because everything's just impelling you to start asking why. But God, who is love, does move in mysterious ways.

By the rut, I meant routine. I was stuck in some kind of monotonous lifestyle wherein I could only see the difference at night when I finally try to modify it in some way - which would often result in an unfinished pile of work or being too tired to even get through the book that I've been reading for over a month now. It's not even overwork, it's become over-tedium. God was just there to let me know that it pays to wait patiently for what He has planned for me. He made me realize that He keeps His promises, and He is never late when it comes to His Will.

I'm just very grateful right now, because of many, many things and people. First is VOTY, which, I know, will be another great adventure. Second, for every person who showed me that it was possible for God to live in people and become a guiding light to those who are lost. Third, for His eternally overflowing grace that never fails to give me a reason to trust fully in God and to seek Him in anything and everything. Whatever God has accomplished in me, I will continuously offer to Him.

Everything is just beginning from this very small step, and it will end; but God has convinced me that He will always be there to lead me to a new beginning and give me the courage to face the doors of the uncertain tomorrow if my heart would only bend to His Will.

As I go on with this hectic but wonderful part of my life, I will always remember these times when I was nothing, but He was everything. I thank you and I thank You.