my comfort zone
For five months, I've been taken out of my comfort zone. August of 2011 when we started our cabin crew training in Manila. I had to move out from my hometown because of my busy schedule. We finished ground and in flight training by November. And what a good way to start the month of Christmas, I had my first ever productive flight (meaning 'with pay') on the first day of December. So mathematically speaking, I have been flying for 83 hours now. Ahem, humbly to announce that I'm one of the high flyers for December. =) anyway, those are the few bits that happened to me during the last half of 2011. I could say, I have been extremely fruitful! And it's all by the grace of God.
To continue what I wanted to point out in this post. . . January 1, 2012, as soon as we landed Manila, I received a message from my co-crew informing me that we are finally and officially Clark based crews! Wuhoo! Happy new year to me! I've got my first exceptional harvest for 2012! PAMBIHIRA! It's an answered prayer. =) we thought we would have to wait for our visas (about 3-6 months) before we'd be based in Clark. But God is an amazing God. Nothing is impossible to Him. I say nothing! =)
Truly, my stay in Manila was a great challenge. . Before I moved there, my life here in Pampanga was the place itself. I get to sleep in my comfortable bed, eat whatever I want, get everything I need. . . It isn't because I'm a brat that I couldn't move out without my mum nursing me. No. More than those pampering I get from home, it's the church that defined the challenge I was about to face. My life revolved around the church: Worshiping God was my pastime. Making disciples was my routine. Serving God was my pleasure. I call that my comfort zone. And so that job promotion was a test to me. How could I worship God without my fellow Christians? How could I continue to make disciples in an unfamiliar place? How could I serve God outside the church? Losing God's presence was and is my greatest fear.
When I moved in Manila, I exerted extra effort in seeking God. Everyday in my life there was depended to God. For I know that without Him, I'd be totally lost there. An hour of my morning was devoted solely to God. I created my melodramatic scenes every night I seek God's face. At the end of the day, I could always say that God's awesome presence was with me there. Every day. Every single hour. I managed to attend Saturday/Sunday celebrations at Victory Ortigas Church. And I have never imagined that God's presence would be that stronger and powerful. God exceeded my expectation.
I praise God for not forsaking me. I could say that my relationship with Him grew even deeper after that. And now that I am back to my comfort zone, I pray that this time, it would be exceptional. Far better than my stay in Manila. I pray that this time, our relationship would continue to grow and get stronger everyday. I pray that this time, my mornings and nights would turn as exceptional devotion.
I pray that, whether in joyful moments or in painful times, my comfort zone would always be God's presence.
For five months, I've been taken out of my comfort zone. August of 2011 when we started our cabin crew training in Manila. I had to move out from my hometown because of my busy schedule. We finished ground and in flight training by November. And what a good way to start the month of Christmas, I had my first ever productive flight (meaning 'with pay') on the first day of December. So mathematically speaking, I have been flying for 83 hours now. Ahem, humbly to announce that I'm one of the high flyers for December. =) anyway, those are the few bits that happened to me during the last half of 2011. I could say, I have been extremely fruitful! And it's all by the grace of God.
To continue what I wanted to point out in this post. . . January 1, 2012, as soon as we landed Manila, I received a message from my co-crew informing me that we are finally and officially Clark based crews! Wuhoo! Happy new year to me! I've got my first exceptional harvest for 2012! PAMBIHIRA! It's an answered prayer. =) we thought we would have to wait for our visas (about 3-6 months) before we'd be based in Clark. But God is an amazing God. Nothing is impossible to Him. I say nothing! =)
Truly, my stay in Manila was a great challenge. . Before I moved there, my life here in Pampanga was the place itself. I get to sleep in my comfortable bed, eat whatever I want, get everything I need. . . It isn't because I'm a brat that I couldn't move out without my mum nursing me. No. More than those pampering I get from home, it's the church that defined the challenge I was about to face. My life revolved around the church: Worshiping God was my pastime. Making disciples was my routine. Serving God was my pleasure. I call that my comfort zone. And so that job promotion was a test to me. How could I worship God without my fellow Christians? How could I continue to make disciples in an unfamiliar place? How could I serve God outside the church? Losing God's presence was and is my greatest fear.
When I moved in Manila, I exerted extra effort in seeking God. Everyday in my life there was depended to God. For I know that without Him, I'd be totally lost there. An hour of my morning was devoted solely to God. I created my melodramatic scenes every night I seek God's face. At the end of the day, I could always say that God's awesome presence was with me there. Every day. Every single hour. I managed to attend Saturday/Sunday celebrations at Victory Ortigas Church. And I have never imagined that God's presence would be that stronger and powerful. God exceeded my expectation.
I praise God for not forsaking me. I could say that my relationship with Him grew even deeper after that. And now that I am back to my comfort zone, I pray that this time, it would be exceptional. Far better than my stay in Manila. I pray that this time, our relationship would continue to grow and get stronger everyday. I pray that this time, my mornings and nights would turn as exceptional devotion.
I pray that, whether in joyful moments or in painful times, my comfort zone would always be God's presence.
