Of Unupdated Blogs and New Work Spaces
I cannot believe I haven’t blogged more than a month. I’ve been meaning to. But I guess the blogger in me is looking for its old environment (in my own room at a ghastly hour). Still not used to my work desktop enough to write from my office. I guess I’m not used to the office being a place I can be my blogger self. That, I think, will change once we move to the new office in Cybergate 3. I’ve seen photos and my area looks fantastic and is right next to our very own meeting area. I have an L-shaped desk, too! Really excited to move.
Could this be a God idea?
I was driving home from church tonight when an idea struck. I might not need to choose between doing something God is asking me to do for a season and doing something I’ve always loved to do and would love to go back to doing. I can’t really spill any details but if this is really from God, I think this just might work. I’m totally pumped!
Me? Drive my own car again?
So, my mom proposes this weekend to help me buy my own car. A brand-new one at that! She’ll pay the downpayment and will pay half of the monthly installment so all I need to pay for is half the monthly payment, gas, maintenance, and insurance. This has gotten me seiously thinking about taking my finances seriously. I have to admit I haven’t been the most frugal person these past few years. There have been times I was downright stupid about money. But tonight has gotten me thinking about spending less and earning more. Yes, I believe it’s time for me to attend the seminar by Crown Financial Ministries.
Moving in with Mama
If the plan of getting a new car pushes through, I’m considering moving in with my paternal grandmother who’s been living alone since my grandfather died two years ago. The thought makes me happy. She won’t be so lonely with me around. And I get to sleep in her oh-so-comfy bedroom with airconditioning. And I get to eat real food everyday and brown bag real food so I’ll have something to eat at work. I’ll have a car to go around. If all pushes through career-wise, I’ll be doing what I want to do (although I know this will mean 6 days of hard work, instead of my current 5-day workweek schedule). If the work thing pushes through, it will mean getting more financially so I can finally pay off all my debts plus the car. I can go home to my family every Saturday and spend quality time with them. And because I’ll still be living in the vicinity of Metro Manila, the travel and gas expenditure will not be as bad as if I had to go home to Laguna everyday. I think I’ll even manage to be able to work out. Fantastic.
Loving Finding Jonah
The series we’re on now at church is awesome. We’re talking about the life of Jonah. Patrick Mercado, our youth pastor, preached at the 7PM adult service today and his preaching was absolutely anointed. I’m telling you the young man has tremendous potential! If he can preach like that now that he’s in mid-20s, I can imagine what he’ll be like in ten years or so. I’ve been working with him in my church’s youth ministry for the last year and he really has grown a lot as a leader.
The preaching tonight made me remember how grateful I am that even when I ran away and hid from God, He was relentless in pursuing me. I didn’t get the message very early in my life and that’s why I had to go through a lot of gruelling challenges. I, like Jonah, came to the point of being swallowed alive by a whale. There was no one to turn to but Him. I know it’s bad that it got to that point. But I think for me, it really had to come to that. Hitting rock bottom only meant there was no way to go but up. And I am absolutely floored until now when I remember that time in my life when God picked me up and took me from pitch-black to darkness into His wonderful light.
More about that in the next blog.
