(August 1, 2016)
No matter what happens even if it is your “first” time, there will never be a last time that you will be loved by the Lord. Again, when we say yes to what the Lord presents, you will always be guaranteed growth. You will always be loved by Him. There is always something to receive the more you give.
This quote comes from a blog post of a very HAPPY brother of mine lol.
But this excerpt really spoke volumes of how this past weekend was like, and even how this past year has been. If there is any evidence of the Lord’s love for me, these past few days have been exactly that. I was graced with the opportunity to serve at Metro Region’s first ever KFC Family Conference as a competitions head and as part of the music ministry (1st time playing the ba-buh-bass). This also marked my first time serving in a KFC event. The reason why I said that the past few days was evidence was because that’s how long preparations and execution took place. We literally had only 4 days to prepare, 4 days to organize competitions, 4 days to learn KFC songs (thank the Lord most of them were in the key of E) and all the songs for each session. There were always moments where doubt would creep in. But for some reason, no matter the moment, there was always a moment of HAPPY-ness (hehehehehe).
The kids were energetic and always happy; even on the second day of conference. Just being around them, seeing them, it really encouraged and challenged me to have that same attitude. You know to have that child-like faith. They didn’t care about the mistakes I made when playing bass, they didn’t care that we were behind schedule, they didn’t care about anything but to simply enjoy the encounters they had with their friends, their family, the service team, and with God.
And so the Lord showed His love through these kids, always smiling and being joyful. I may have given a lot of energy trying to keep up with the energy of these kids (hence sleeping for 14 hours after the conference), but I received something far greater in the joy and smiles of the kids.
This was a year of firsts, first year serving in the GTA as Sector head, first time as program head at RYC, first time serving as transpo at TNC, first time attending NLS, first time serving in a KFC event, and first year as an MV. Through all of this I’m affirmed by the post of that happy brother of mine, to know and see that the Lord continues to show me His love for me.
AMDG.