Ang tagal ko na palang hindi nakapag-post. Hehe. Anyway, last February, for the first time nakasama ko sa ICON (
International Conference). Sobrang excited ako kasi bukod sa unang beses akong makaka-attend ng ICON, first time ko din pumunta ng Bicol at first time ko din sasakay ng eroplano. Yipee!
This conference, opposite of what I'm expecting, is not so different with
Metro Manila Conference. Siguro dahil ang Metro Manila din ang nag-organize kaya halos pareho lang sila ng program. But nonetheless, it leaves us a very clear lesson: to stand for everything we believe - with conviction!
Pero ang pinaka-natutunan ko talaga sa conference na to, is to always be on guard, Jesus should remain my focus. There's a lot of enticing temptation that the enemy is throwing at us, and most of the time we didn't even realize that it is actually from him. Kaya if there's a little bit of doubt in you, even a hint of doubt in your heart about something, then pray. It is our best weapon.
Friday night, dahil nainggit kami sa pictures nila Aldino at Marie sa
CWC, pinlano namin ni Monch na mag-CWC din ng Saturday afternoon after ng workshop. So logically, wala namang masama sa plano namin na yun right? Aattend naman kami ng workshop sa umaga then after nun tsaka kami mag wake. Pero kung iisipin mong mabuti, parang may mali. Una, we are there because of the conference. Pangalawa, Saturday is scheduled for our workshops, confessions, counselings etc., Pangatlo, Saturday afternoon, our chapter is the appointed service team for one of the workshop. So there we go, alam ko lahat yan pero tuloy pa din ako sa plano. But God works fast. He is rescuing us even before we ask for Him to do so. Alam mo ba ang ginawa nya? He told the Governor of CamSur to make the wakeboarding free for SFCs. Siguro iniisip nyo,
"Oh eh di mas maraming SFC ang magwe-wakeboard nalang kesa umattend ng activities ng conference", well maybe you're right. But come to think of it. Since we are not paying, do you think they will make us their priority? Maraming foreigner dun na willing magbayad. And FREE for six of thousands of people... what will you expect? Mahabang-mahabang pila. One more thing is, (
based on my observation, correct me if I'm wrong) the wakeboard facility can only accomodate 10 to 15 persons per hour, depende pa yung kung ilang hours yung binayaran nila. So, siguro makakapag-wakeboard ka kung alas syete o alas otso nakapila ka na. And there you go, dahil makulit kami, tinry pa din namin ni Monch after ng workshop. Pila kami, sige pila! ...and our wakeboard plan for Saturday fails. We fall on number 80+ and they are serving customers number 46. Take note that every customer number can be a group. Baka abutin na kami ng hating-gabi eh hindi pa kami naka-wakeboard.
This is just a simple tactic of the enemy. He uses our weaknesses and insecurities against us. Satan will make us feel defeated. He does not even want us to try. Pero tulad nga ng sabi ko, God is in rescue. Our armor is Christ Himself. Pray. We have already won this victory 2000 years ago. All we have to do is to keep this victory on us. Sabi nga ng isang brother,
"If the devil could do anything he wanted, there would not be a single living person left on earth". That is so true.
Keep in mind who you are and whose you are. - You are God's. That is final and true.
