Sunday is a favorite day. I already said that in my now defunct old blog over a month ago. And up to now, it's still keeping up to its reputation of being my favored day of the week. I have such good memories of so, so many Sundays, and that includes today!
Just this afternoon, I went to church with mama and my cousin. The sermon was all about sowing and reaping, planting and harvesting, right timing, etcetera (from their Sermon Series called "Overflow" ). In short: PATIENCE. A thing everybody keeps learning every single day and still would fail on application. It wasn't actually the heavy, mind-numbing sermons I usually get fascinated about during other Sunday or Midweek services. It's more like one of those times when you hear a good, gentle sermon and the verses speak to you subjectively then you can nearly jump out of your seat and praise God for His powerful prompting. It was only light and simple but straight to the Christian heart. :)
The message even got deeper and more meaningful to me when the pastor quoted this verse from Ecclesiastes 3:1; "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven." You may say I'm overreacting on this one because it's a commonly used verse and for a time has lost its meaning. But man. Nothing beats God's WORD. Especially when you're going through something, suffice it to say, a spiritual roller coaster, and God speaks to you in a very special way, it always feels like the first time. Coming across this verse again today meant really special to me since I'm on a waiting season of my life and has always been on it. Oh how God sustains.
Soon after the service we went to the mall to buy something in the bookstore. So I headed to the school supplies area and looked for a refill for my ever so loyal retractable red pen, which I regularly use at work since 2009. The salesman handed me over the item and I then rushed to the cashier because it's already half past 7 o'clock in the evening. I was in a slight hurry. And what are the odds, just as I checked my receipt, I found out the salesman gave me the WRONG item! And the price was over half the price of the original refill I wanted to purchase. So I was freakin' out in my mind already. I wanted to get mad and punch somebody in the face now, yet I was sober enough not to do so 'cause I was also in the wrong for not checking it out first. I can only take a SUPER deep breath just to release the tension. The Spirit was in perfect control. Thank God!
Seconds after, I remembered the sermon earlier: Patience. And also what the pastor have said, that patience is more than just a virtue. It's a blessing. WOW. See how God is at work in my life. It is like school, lesson then quiz. I'm utterly stunned. I couldn't help but be amazed at His sovereignty in every situation. I couldn't stop smiling. He just wouldn't allow me to go through life without being molded into His likeness day by day. That is the kind of God that we serve: faithful and mighty in power. And what's even cool? Our God loves surprises! He loves surprise quizzes! Thankfully, I passed that one. Solely by His grace. And for that I'm more than blessed.
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