Rappler aptly described this year as "Creative Destruction," destroy and rebuild. Though we are a people challenged in 2013, I believe God is up to something. We could hope and pray that 2014 will be better. But regardless, our future is not in the hands of astrology and forecasters, but our future is in God's hands. "Those who trust in the Lord will never be put to shame." (Romans 10:11)
The Mind of the Melancholeric Man: Musings on Life and Ministry by Patrick Tan
Last Sunday of 2013
Today Nette and I got to go to Victory Fort for the last Sunday of the year. It's always a treat to sit and listen to God's Word through Ptr. Joey Bonifacio. What he preached on was so timely. It spoke to my heart and rebuked me at the same time.
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He preached about having a successful plan for 2014. He starts off by saying that we pray that God will bless our plans.. but how can God bless our plans if there are no plans to bless? The point is without a plan there is no way you can gauge if you are successful or not.
He takes his Scripture from Zechariah 4, wherein Zechariah prophesies a word of encouragement to Zerrubabel as he and priest Joshua prepare to rebuild Jerusalem after years of exile. Ptr. Joey gave the following points from this Scripture: 1) Find the Big - Relationship (with God and with others). This resonates much with his philosophy in discipleship, that we are created to love God and love others. 2) It's all about faith in Christ. 3) Less is more - meaning don't be a jack of trades, but focus on the main thing. And 4) Slow is fast. "Never despise small beginnings" as found in Zech.
It really made me think about what happened this year and it has motivated me to do better in 2014 to say the least.
I'm thinking of joining their praying and fasting campaign this January.
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By lunch time, after much deliberation with myself (Nette said she wasn't craving for anything). We decided to go to Moshi Koshi, a Japanese resto in Market! Market! This is the 2nd time we went their and finally I nailed my order: Shoyu Ramen with it's unmistakably Japanese broth. We had the whole restaurant to ourselves, maybe because most people are out of town.
After lunch we thought about going to a coffee shop nearby, but instead we took a more practical leisure: window shopping and grocery shopping :) Got some chips and snacks on the way out. Then we spent our afternoon at home and finished watching The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It was a great refresher after watching The Desolation of Smaug a few weeks ago.
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It's a few more days before 2014. Today has pumped me up for the new year.
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It's a few more days before 2014. Today has pumped me up for the new year.
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