Fruits of Movement

No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame (Psalm 25:3)

I've been very busy since I shifted to my new company that I haven't been able to at least write about the meaningful transition events that are marking my 2nd quarter life. In my occupied weekdays and weekends, I even have not celebrated the little successes that God helped me achieve in the past 1 and a half months except for the humble "thank you's" I have uttered to the Lord.

One of the reasons I chose this path instead of staying in Smart is the handful of opportunities to learn. And indeed, I've been learning a lot that I spend almost everyday studying. The 1st month of my stay in WSI was intended for me to learn about Citrix Netscaler ADC which is totally new to my Networking vocabulary. By God's really amazing grace, I was able to pass the 1Y0-A28 Certification Exam for the said technology. I have been longing to get a Certification since I was in college but I never got the chance to pursue a course such as Cisco. But I realized that what I have now is even more prestige than Cisco since I'm one of the very few that I can count with my fingers to have the said title in the Philippines. There goes to prove that God knows me much to know that I don't like mainstream. :) So thank you Lord that one of my goals in moving has been achieved and I know it doesn't stop with acquiring that Certificate as I'm greatly encouraged by my boss to take more exams such as Citrix XenDesktop and Microsft. I need more of you each and every day. I will really get crazy trying to understand all these without Your help. :)

Another goal met with me moving is the consistency of my personal quiet time and ministry. :) I have been excited to spend time with God every morning and my working day is never complete without a touch of God's presence in the morning. I have been graced as well to be able to establish a victory group that I meet every sunday with girls that are really great. :) I know that my transition is far from perfect as there have been things that happened  that still affects my everyday but I'm thankful for the people who surrounds me with Godly encouragement and joy :)

Right now, I should be going back to the slides I'm gonna present on Monday. Yes, yet another challenge that I'm given through my work. I'm just a dummy Systems Engineer yet I already have the task to train professional SEs who are far more experienced that I am. Before my crowd was only students with whom I'm ahead in comparison with experience, but now eyes and ears that will see and look at me are much greater than I am and I feel like Moses whom God appointed to speak to Pharaoh in spite of his lack of experience. I know You love me as much as you did Moses so You gotta get me through this Lord. Oh how could I ever face these without You? Your grace and favor and love are the only ones that keep me hanging.

Back to work. On a  Saturday. Late night.

The righteous person may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all; (Psalm 34:19)

Who Jesus Came for

Jesus came for the chewed up, the crossed off, and the crying out,
The dropped out, edged out, fizzled out, and freaked out
The have nots and the held back,
The hung over and the knocked around

He came for the left out, the loaded down, and the looked over
The locked up, led astray, the laid off, and the let down
He came for the messed up and the mixed up

Jesus came for the passed over, the picked on, the put down
and the pushed around

The ripped off, the run down, and the run over

He came for people who are screwed up and shrugged off
The shut in and shut out
The smashed up and the strung out

He came for the torn up, the thrown away, and the turned off
Those who are used up and walked over
The washed out, the worn out, and the wiped out.

The written off

He came for you.

And me.




Rick Warren

Make my Faith larger than my Fear

Today I choose to feed my faith so that it becomes stronger than the fear I feel. I know that I'm not called to be fearless but faithful--that there will really be situations that will pose fears in front of me but even so, thr God who is in me is bigger thank any challenges I am facing.

I confess that I couldn't help but eake up with a heavy heart in the morning knowing how big the challenge is ahead of me in my workplace. My certification exam is nearing an I only got about a week to study. The feeling is far from how confident I was when I took the board exam last 2010. Lord I want to have that same perspective--that no matter how critical this exam is, I would look at it as a victory I can win because you already won. I want to live the "fighting from victory" perspective.

Lord I pray that you'll transform my perspective. I don't ever want to look at myself but look to you. I know that you'll come through. Help me hear your assurance. Need to feel your presence overwhelm me. You alone satisfy me.