Are you one of those who sit around stewing in their own juices when the Lord says, “Get up, my child, and do the work I have called you to do.” I stumbled upon this verse in Haggai chapter 2 of the Bible. If you'll notice BE STRONG is repeated three times for emphasis' sake. Haggai seems to suggest comfort in the thought that such admonition was needed at such a time as well as now when the people he was speaking to were so depressed.
Three times in verse 4 God says, “Be strong.” Rise up and do the work of God. Be strong in the face of difficult and do the work of God. Don’t let anything stop you. Be strong and work!
You see, I was back there again, on that phase in my life where I would dwell in the past seeing how I failed on my own terms, not being able to have a grasp of what I had dreamt of when I was young. With that, I almost lost track of blogging from the heart and I still have a bunch of articles yet to be finished. To add to that are disappointments and more unfinished tasks.
Nevertheless, because there was Someone far greater than any disappointments and failures and problems combined, who always (without falter) lights my path and guides me back the right track, I was able to pull myself through and found strength, in spite of having a heavy heart.
Case in point, I was invited by a friend to a tour in Coron. You could have imagined how my face have lighted up when I received the invitation. I could finally get away from stress for a while and get back on track, a much needed R and R can surely boost up my morale and find more time to live my life. But then, on the day of flight to Busuanga, our trip got cancelled. Then, a project where I had put my best foot forward somehow did not really materialize, not in the way I was hoping for, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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| At the peak/view deck of Kayangan Lake (raw photo taken with my Samsung K Zoom) |
