what I almost missed today... Reflection #4, 2008

I almost didn't want to get up this morning. It was so cold in my room when I opened my eyes. No, we don't have aircon in the house, just the good old raindrops knocking on my windows making the room so cold.

I was supposed to attend the Leadership Summit at CCF. Should have gotten out of the bed at an earlier time but because of the chilly weather, I slept in and finally woke up at 10:30am. Ate Rona was already calling. But seems like my back was glued to the bed and I had such a hard time waking up.

The first thing I did when I opened my eyes? Rats... I opened my laptop! Grrrr... Did not even greet my Lord good morning first! Oh well, as I said, I am a work in progress :)

Anyway, I am so tamad today. I texted Ate Rona that I will catch up with them at CCF but I didn't move away from the laptop until past noon. There is no way I can go to the summit now since we have Choir meeting at 2:00pm.

2:00pm, huh? I got a text from Coney that she's already at the mini-theater by that time. Where was I? Still in my room! But by this time, I'm all set to leave the house. The truth is, I almost wanted to skip the entire day and just stay at my room. I almost missed the choir practice! But then I remembered that FMM (Filipino Music Ministry) have the practice for prompting at the Tagalog service tomorrow. There is just no way I'll pass on that. It's my only offering to God, my ministry.

So I went on my way and got into a jeep going to Guadalupe MRT and from there took the train all the way to Ortigas and walked that 7mins walk from the station to St. Francis.

It was 3:00pm when I entered the mini-theater. So they haven't started yet. Lucky me. Today's Choir meeting is actually dedicated to just thanksgiving to our Lord. We sang worship songs and listened to impromptu testimonies from our choir-mates on how the Lord has blessed them the past year. I really wanted to get up there and stand and let everyone know how God has saved me in 2007. But nervousness got into me. Sorry, Lord, wasn't able to honor and glorify you that afternoon.

That afternoon is just food for my soul. I can't believe I almost passed on that. And we have real food too! Yummy the sandwich! :)

After that, Jhen and I proceeded to the band room for our prompting practice. We started devotion at around 7pm and the actual singing practice commenced at 8pm. And guess what time we ended? It's past 11pm! We usually end at 10pm. But today was different. But you know what, nobody complained. Everyone was just singing for the Lord. It's one of the best practices ever. I'm singing melody all the way tomorrow so it should be a great worship for the Lord at the Tagalog service!

So now, as I sit and write this blog, I just realized what I almost missed today if I've given to the temptation of enjoying the rainy day cuddled up in my room...

A time of worship for the Lover of My Soul. A time of fellowship with everyone at the church. A time to remind myself the truth that all I am and all I have is God's. The only thing I can truly offer Him that will be coming from me is my time and availability. Whatever talent I have, He gave. Whatever anything I possess, doesn't belong to me. It's all from Him. Have you realized that? The only real offering you can give God is your availability.

Now that's a lot to miss in one day.