Tag: filled

My Cup Runneth Over

Jesus and the lamb

I remember reading a book where the main character first sees something beautiful. And she knows that it is truly a gift from God. And she has no words to describe the feeling she has. So finally, all she can say is, “my cup runneth over”.

One overwhelming message God told me during the Pacific region core SHouT was “your faith has made you well”. To me it echoed in all the readings, in all the sessions, in all the workshops. The feeling we get when we are together in God is not a feeling that is reserved for us alone, it is available to everyone. Everyone is invited to come share in the joy of our Christ. But it is our choices, our actions, our response to the invitation from the Lord that gives us the privilege of being able to feel the Holy Spirit within us. We can be nice everyday, help out others everyday, be helped and loved by our friends and family every single day. But if we can’t acknowledge that this is all a response to the love of God, then we can only partially feel the amazingness that comes from all we do and all we encounter. If we can’t acknowledge the loving kindness of our Lord, we can never truly be healed – we can never truly be well.

Our God said, “seek and you shall find me”. And He was in every action of my brothers and sisters, in every early morning wake up, in every late night giggle, in every tear, in every affirmation, and in every breath. My cup runneth over.

PGGB

Blessed are they

I am reminded by a story about a YFC brother in the Philippines.  I was being approached by one of the sisters about this brother who only bought a 1 way ticket to ILC, I believe he was from Cavite and did not have enough money to go home.  What caught my attention is, “why would you come if you can’t go home” and it clicked that this brother wants to be here.  His desire to celebrate with other YFC was stronger than finding a way home because he knew he would be taken care of.  Now it brought me to this…

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled” – Matthew 5:6

This brother is filled.  Experiencing that moment humbled me because it reminded me about my desire to be with our Lord.  With our busy schedules we might lose this desire, we won’t be hungry or thirsty for what is right in our lives, instead we try to fill ourselves with things that don’t satisfy for long.  It’s obvious here that as long as we thirst and are hungry for the Lord then we will be filled.  This requires consistency, don’t stop, keep going.  In my discernment for fulltime work the desire is strong and what challenges me is will I have this desire the next day. Like that brother who wanted to go to ILC we should also have his desire to attend our meetings such as our households, our 1on1’s, and our assemblies.  Our thirst and hunger should be focused on the Lord and nothing else.  This is why we keep going, it is because of our desire and I pray strongly that we all continue to be thirsty and hungry for Him through our community of CFC Youth.

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