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Thursday, September 22, 2005, 11:52 AM
New Level
God spoke about going to a new level this time, and that reminds me of a 'new level' phase I went through during the 2nd year of my Christian life. My East district in Youth ministry that time had to move over to OnePLace to pioneer the church there. It was considered an okay transition as cell members were intact and we are moving along as a zone together. Then, my cell leader had to leave church because of some reason which was not revealed to me then. Then again, I dun find the need to, since I've moved on from there. My cell members and I could not take it, cos 'transition' afterall, is a new thing for us as sec 3s and below. Imagine this: you are having your cell session one fine Sunday morning, and your cell leader gave each of you a unique present. The next thing you know, the district pastor comes in and announced that your cell leader is moving on in another church from the day forth. You guys prayed and blessed your cell leader, and from that day forth, another person took over as cell leader. It also happens that the cell leader is very sickly and was unable to hold a proper cell session every Sunday, and soon the whole cell was dismantled, and all the girls, the cell members, all 5 of you, are put in different cells, separated since then. Of course some who could not take the news left the church. Out of 3 who left, one came back and began to allow God to use her in ways she could never imagine. She grew in the Poly Ministry, and went for Alpha Track, and is still serving fervently in CM Drama. It was not an easy time for those who stayed. We began to lose trust in the leadership, and though we still do what the leaders ask us to do, we did it unwillingly, and constantly gossiped about the leadership. But I still wanna thank God for that 'new level' in our lives. If not for that huge transition, I wouldn't have been able to serve as an SP in the new cell, and I wouldn't have been taught at an early stage to move out from my comfort zone. What the new leader does by nurturing continually, and the pastor praying through with us to make sure that bitterness and pain will not take root from this whole issue really puts back the trust we had initally lost in the leadership. Without that transition, my transition to poly XA ministry would be 4 times harder; Harder to fit in, harder to trust the poly leadership, and most of all, harder to trust God. Because of that huge transition, and when everything takes a huge turn, I learnt not to look back to the past failure. One of the things that I had continually prayed to God in my first year in poly is that, I want to be humble, I want op have an open and teachable spirit. I also prayed to Jesus that I have only a pair of hands, and asked Him to use it to do His work. I have no idea what I was praying for that time, but in my prayers, I kept thinking about that transition when my cell leader left, and how other leaders continually believed and nurtured me to be of a certain maturity. I want to be like my leaders who believed in the members and input into the members' lives, to help them through transitions. Since the day my cell leader left us, our lives changed to where we are today. I'm serving in RP as a cell leader now and during camp, God reminded me how my leaders helped me through my transition, and God spoke to me to lead in the same way to help my people, the young ones, through this 'new level' transition. My 'new level' took place 5 years ago and the process is on-going till now, when I'm ready to be thrust into another 'new level' . It may take a longer time than the last transition, but I will be the leader that will help my members to transit and step into the destiny God has prepared for them, just like how I stepped into mine when I transited. |
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