Hi everyone!
What do you normally do on Sundays? Do you go out with
friends or do you stay home and spend some quality time with your family? Do
you go to church or you prefer solitude over fellowship?
Me? Well, it varies every week but when I was younger,
Sundays would always mean going to church and participating in all the church
activities, which in my case, usually would last the whole day. It’s been like
that for years and I was happy with the way things were going, until I went to
college. I took up BS Architecture in college and it was tough. In the first
few years, I managed to still be part of all the Sunday church activities
despite how demanding my course was. I thought I was doing fine – that I could
keep up, but I was wrong. During my last year in college, I had to give up my
active spot in church to concentrate more in my studies. And that’s where I
realized that I didn’t really need to be that
active in church to grow closer to God. It can happen even in my bedroom, with
me just sitting quietly on the bed, hands clasped together, eyes closed. I’ve
always thought that once I give up who I used to be and what I used to do in
church, I’d be lost and that I would totally fail and suck as a Christian, but
no. That’s not how it works. Why? Because if God is in our hearts, He will
always be there with us whenever we need Him and wherever we are.
So where am I going with this? It’s just my way of introducing
a new series in my blog: Serenity Sunday. With this new series, my Sunday posts
will be more on realization, spiritual growth and basically anything that can help us all to
put our minds and hearts at peace while drawing closer to God, which is why I want to call it Serenity
Sunday.
Talking about serenity, I am well aware of the damages caused
by the typhoon Yolanda and the least that we can do especially if you’re like
me who is overseas at the moment, is pray for everyone’s safety. Let’s pray for our country
and fellowmen who got badly affected by the storm. This is a difficult time for
everyone: our countrymen suffering and we, watching the news, seeing them suffer.
News about the casualties is just heartbreaking. Let’s all pray for all these
to be over so that our people can start anew. And for those who lost members of
their families because of this storm, let’s pray that they find peace in the
midst of all these catastrophes.
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| SOURCE |
Ephesians 6:18 (NIV)
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
