Today was a peculiar day of ministry. Last night, I learned that the students from our TUP DGroup are being dismissed early so we made plans to meet early. That meant missing my PUP DGroup, but thank God for student leaders who are ready to take charge in this time of need.
I thank God for our TUP DGroup. We met the students that make up this DGroup at the end of last semester. One of our members in LifeSource who is a professor in TUP always make it a habit to connect his students to Chi Alpha at the end of each semester. So 2nd semester came and we slowly established our discipleship groups, one every Tuesday and another every Thursdays.
I am blessed at how these students who we met at the start, who didn't have a saving knowledge of Christ, now become students who are seeking God and reading God's Word with hunger and anticipation.
Today we celebrated the birthday of Benok, one of our faithful students in TUP, even though his birthday is still Wednesday next week. That is because I'm going away next Thursday to go to Davao City for the Mindanao Youth Leaders Summit.
After that we visited another member of our DGroup, Romel, because he was sick with fever and wasn't able to join today. We prayed for his healing and brought him meds and Gatorade. I was a bit shocked at how small and cramped their dorm room was, I thought how could this be conducive for studying. But you gotta work with what you have. I am reminded by God that He is everywhere.
That's the same thought that came up to me when after that we went to visit a funeral of one of our member's mother. We went to their home where the funeral is and conducted a funeral service, the 2nd one since last Sunday. It's great to see brothers and sisters encouraging one another in times of grief, that's what church is all about. It began to rain, and the electricity became fidgety until we went home late in the evening.
Today I am reminded about celebrating and valuing life. Today time and life flies so fast we miss the important moments in our lives if we don't stop, breathe for a while and appreciate God's work. Let us seek and serve God while we are young. Let's enjoy and delight in Him.