As I said, the reason why I love my birthday is because yearly it reminds me that my God the Father decided I am important enough to be created. And also because during this time you'd find out who treasures you and takes the time to send that birthday greeting through email, text, ym, facebook and yes friendster too.
Just flip through the nine albums on my birthday and the blessings I enumerated above... and you'd realize... I am so abundantly blessed!
One colleague pointed out that I have such a great network of friends to celebrate this long. I've never thought of my friends as such - "a network" and his comment did make me see that I know so many people and that kind of made me realize that how I am with the people around me is such a huge responsibility. What I say and do may affect them and looking at it that way scares me a little. I am the most transparent person I know. I wear my heart on my sleeves and I blurt out things easily. When I am irritated or angry or hurt, the person beside me will hear my litany of rants and when I am exceedingly happy, the person beside me will get tired hearing me rave. When I frown, I might pass on the negative aura to whoever I met and when I smile, I just hope I can influence others on that too.
These things made me get my favorite book on prayers - The Power of a Praying Woman by Stormie Omartian and made me scan through the topics to look for the right words to pray about what I am thinking and I found chapter twenty five where it says "Lord, use me to touch the lives of others."
So this is my prayer for today:
Lord, thank you so much for blessing me this much. Until now I can't contain my joy from the many friends who took time to celebrate with me for my birthday. Thank you Lord for the network of friends you have provided me. I just realized how big my responsibility is to conduct myself properly to bring honor to you and not to shame your name. Help me to see things that will hinder myself from giving glory to you in all my interactions with the people around me. Give me wisdom and guidance to live according to your ways. May the people I have offended before learn to forgive me and may you open my eyes that I may see where I am lacking and that I may see if I hurt someone. Continue to shine through me, my Lord. Equip me with your light that when people see something good in me, they will see you and when they will see something that will shame your name, may they rebuke me that I may be able to straighten my ways.
It has been a great journey of twenty eight years, including the eight years that I have known you truly. Father God, you've seen me at my worst and have guided me through my best times. I have been stubborn in some areas of my life but you have always been so faithful and patient in taking care of me. Thank you Lord for all the blessings you have given me, for all the pain I inflicted upon myself whenever I will go out of your way, for all the tears I have cried these past eight years. All those I know is part of your plan to mold me in your likeness.
Last Thursday, Pao texted me asking how she can pray for me for my birthday. I replied to her and said "Please pray for my GB." Her reply will forever be engraved in my mind as she said "Maging GB ka muna..." Yes, Lord thank you for opening my eyes through Pao that before I can ask for that someone you have in mind for me, that God's Best... I myself have to work on being the best for that someone. Thank you Father God for the valuable lessons I learned towards the fourth quarter of last year. I just pray that I will not forget those and please continue healing me from the scar of that very painful experience.
Lord, as I end the celebration of my birthday series, I submit to you the remainder of my life. Use it as you please, to give you honor and glory and I say the same prayer from the book:
"Lord, show me what You want me to do today to be a blessing to others aound me. Specifically, show me how I can serve my family, my frends, my church and the people whom You put in my life. I don't want to get so wrapped up in my own life that I don't see the opportunity for ministering Your life to others. Show me what You want me to do and enable me to do it. Give me all I need to minister life, hope, help and healing to others. Make me to be one of Your faithful intercessors, and teach me how to pray in power. Help me to make a big difference in the world because You are working through me to touch the lives of others for Your glory."
Amen.
It has been a great journey of twenty eight years, including the eight years that I have known you truly. Father God, you've seen me at my worst and have guided me through my best times. I have been stubborn in some areas of my life but you have always been so faithful and patient in taking care of me. Thank you Lord for all the blessings you have given me, for all the pain I inflicted upon myself whenever I will go out of your way, for all the tears I have cried these past eight years. All those I know is part of your plan to mold me in your likeness.
Last Thursday, Pao texted me asking how she can pray for me for my birthday. I replied to her and said "Please pray for my GB." Her reply will forever be engraved in my mind as she said "Maging GB ka muna..." Yes, Lord thank you for opening my eyes through Pao that before I can ask for that someone you have in mind for me, that God's Best... I myself have to work on being the best for that someone. Thank you Father God for the valuable lessons I learned towards the fourth quarter of last year. I just pray that I will not forget those and please continue healing me from the scar of that very painful experience.
Lord, as I end the celebration of my birthday series, I submit to you the remainder of my life. Use it as you please, to give you honor and glory and I say the same prayer from the book:
"Lord, show me what You want me to do today to be a blessing to others aound me. Specifically, show me how I can serve my family, my frends, my church and the people whom You put in my life. I don't want to get so wrapped up in my own life that I don't see the opportunity for ministering Your life to others. Show me what You want me to do and enable me to do it. Give me all I need to minister life, hope, help and healing to others. Make me to be one of Your faithful intercessors, and teach me how to pray in power. Help me to make a big difference in the world because You are working through me to touch the lives of others for Your glory."
Amen.
"Let no one seek his own, but each one the other's well-being."
- 1 Corinthians 10:24
- 1 Corinthians 10:24
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