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us His servants. God chooses common people with the willingness to be used by Him.
I was attending a BCBP meeting then when our former Chapter Head Kuya Bing Sarigumba approached me during the session break and without hesitation asked me if I and my wife can lead the Talamban Mission. I was not able to reply to him at that moment, I was a bit dumfounded, trying to process what our CH is trying to convey to me. And the Holy Spirit whispered in my heart to accept the task.
This was 2017. I have this fear and doubt in my heart, I am reluctant knowing the huge task I am about to face.
But God thru the Holy Spirit assured me of His promise that He will be with me every step of the way. After all, this was a God-given opportunity and who am I to say no to HIM.
It took only 1 year of the Mission when it was elevated to Outreach. Even more, I feel the loads are getting heavier. But, one thing is certain I will never give up the task handed to me whatever it cost me.
It is in this service that I encounter continues rubbing and purification. I honestly felt my unworthiness for this service in terms of maturity, faith and leadership I have made decisions that have hurt the members of the mission and have led others to shy away because I failed to do what I should do. In prayer, I lift up to God the Outreach, for it to remain cohesive and forceful for the Lord despite my weakness. In my inadequacy, I develop a sense of humility, I learned to be patient, and I
learned to place everything in God’s hands, for Him to fill-up whatever I lack. And true enough, God has placed his mighty hands over the Outreach by blessing it with very cooperative, dedicated and empowered servants. To me they are the hands of God working, supplying what I lack. I may have felt unqualified but God qualifies me by giving me a very supportive team and great mentors in the form of the governance and elders.
My main qualifications when I accepted the headship of the Mission was my faith in the Lord, and my availability and willingness to serve him. I believed that GOD doesn’t give us what we can handle; God helps us handle what we are given.
Leadership in the community was not an easy task, as outreach head I must juggle between my work activities and my BCBP duties. Again, with the strength the Lord has given me, no amount of stressor can let me down in doing God’s work by spreading the community’s evangelistic mission to the Market place where we belong.
When I encountered obstacles, trials and concerns, I immersed myself deeply in prayer, asking the Holy Spirit’s wisdom and guidance. For prayer is my only refuge and where I can find strength and assurance from God offering all our plans most especially those concerning our members. I also enhanced and deepened my scriptural readings hoping to find answers to my quandary. Spending time with God, puts everything in perspective. Proverbs 3:5 -6 gave me a clue. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways
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