WOYWW: God's Work

When I woke up this morning,

this is what my desk looked like.

My family and I are going to Vietnam

and I am researching so 

I can make our schedule.

My father wants to go and see

Halong Bay as my sister Peggy

and her family had great stories about it.

May I share what my brother Robert 

did last Monday?

We have a new store in

SM Pampanga, a mall in

San Fernando, Pampanga.

He painted this on top of our counter

and he did not even need to do 

a pencil sketch before painting!

But he said that what was amazing is

he did not spill any paint on any one!

 "And for their sake

and on their behalf

I consecrate (sanctify, dedicate) myself,

so that they also may be

consecrated in truth." John 17:19

How amazing is it that

Jesus thought us worthy of His

dedicating His whole life to make sure

we can be with Him in Heaven?

How inconceivable is it

that He allowed Himself to become

the sacrificial lamb,

God the Father's Isaac,

so he could bring us to our eternal Home?

All of us were put here on earth for a purpose. 

St. Paul in Acts 20:24 said, 
"Yet I consider life as of no importance to me, 
if only I may finish my course 
and the ministry that I received 
from the Lord Jesus, 
to bear witness to the Gospel of God's grace."

For most of us, our lives are not as
dramatic as St. Paul,
but it is a race of perseverance nonetheless.
Carlos Lasa Jr, Charlie, my brother-in-law,
was asked by Peggy, my sister,
if he wanted to serve in the
Prison Ministry in QC Jail.
He exclaimed adamantly,
"What?!!! Are you crazy?!!!"

He started preaching there in 2009,
in spite of his misgivings,
and he still continues to go there every week.
Sometimes he gets discouraged.
Last week, one of the former inmates
visited him and said he got a woman pregnant.
Charlie felt so disheartened and angry.
Why was he doing this every week
if it did not make a difference?

Peggy said they go to QC Jail
to show the inmates that they are loved,
that some people care for them,
even if they are forgotten
by their families who do not visit.

Cardinal Rosales said we all
have a mission, and what is
important is we love our brothers,
we are generous with what we have,
our time and resources, our gifts and talents.
And we should always remember
it is God's work, not ours.
We may plant but God will give the growth,

I admire Charlie a lot.
Sometimes I see him walking into the jail
all by himself, bringing cookies and juice
for the inmates.
He is "bearing witness to the
Gospel of God's grace"
not only with his words
but by his actions as well!
God bless him!!!

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Creative Things, Bloom!

 

Blessings!

Patsy