#Kerygma Conference 2017 # Committed

Just came from the four (4) days Kerygma Conference  held at the SMX Convention Center MOA and a culminating Grand Feast at the MOA Arena .

What fascinates me with this event were the thousands of volunteers who comes in and participates with no financial reward or payments for their service . But you can see the smiles on their faces as if all the energy they have in their spirit . This observations inspires me to serve ...I am still looking in what particular way ... if you see all the opportunities to serve... your mind gets confuse ...you are just a speck of sand in a thousand shores  and you wonder how Lord . When there is so much people who needs help .

The Kerygma phenomenon is one such opportunity ...servants at the door , production guys taking care of sounds , first aid medic teams , and so on and so on...The primary servant leader is Bro Bo Sanchez ...such a simple person but overflowing with abundance . ..inspiring us to love Jesus more .

The four days gives rest also as you listen in  different classes with different speakers with varied backgrounds . As usual, I attended majority the Leadership classes so I can apply on myself the lessons as well as use in my line of work . Listening to new ideas ...old approaches done in a new ways ...gives you new perspective on how to go on with life .

Majority of attendees I realize were millennials and the talks revolve on how to understand and handle them . They are now 70% with the rest as 30% combining the Gen X , Baby Boomers and a small portion of the Traditionalists . Well , I saw it .We were asked to stand representing our generation based on our birth years .

The generation right now are becoming younger , with the coming of the Gen Z , who are now in school . The challenges goes on technology , the way of life , the impatience , the varied opportunity around us , changing mindsets. the world wide net ,,, what else can come ...

Looking forward to 2018 Kerygma Conference. 

Present Over Perfect

It is a book written by Ms Shauna ,  a daughter of a pastor in the States , Bill Hybels ( not very sure by the name ). She seems to have a full life , a book author and motivational speaker , travels around the US for her books and talks . But she decided to write Present Over Perfect , lessen her schedules on her present outside life and focus more on family and the spiritual side of her life .

With her previous lifestyle , she seems to be the picture of a very successful person but deep inside there seems to be something missing in her life ... full of schedules and activities ...but shallow on the inside ...empty and lost .

So she made the decision to be Present Over Perfect ... she got support from her father and her husband ...she realize during an ordinary Saturday she has about 64 things to do , not realizing now that her family members does not really look forward to these 64 activities but looking forward for her presence ...that's all.

Have you ever felt this way ? Everything seems to be busy and needing your time but deep inside you are looking for a certain meaning in your life . Lately I encountered the term "downshifting " , it has a similar concept with Present Over Perfect theory . Finding time for things that really matter ...appreciating things , people , events that matter and can make a difference.

Evaluate how your life works right now , there maybe so many things to do but empty in meaning . First is see your prayer life , do you communicate with the Great One , our Lord Jesus .  Do you have a relationship with Him ?

Meditate , have a inner life , see your real potential . Develop these talents that God gave you and then share your talents with others . It is our way of giving back to God His love for us .

Make a difference as much as you can to those whose lives you affect.

     

Windows of the Soul

There comes a time in our lives that we feel there is something missing . We go about our everyday lives but at the end of the day , we are still looking for something . What it is we remain clueless .

To find this something , I gave up my regular permanent job and find other activities to do .

There is timelessness and serenity to my unhurried mornings nowadays as I take my cup of  coffee , ideas comes into my mind . .. finally finishing my book to share my healing journey , to continue doing training on personal development , among others .

When I do training , I feel so alive and connected to my participants . Knowing who they are , sharing life experiences .

In our hurried life , doing our everyday life - beating work deadlines , taking the kids to school , grocery shopping , paying the bills  - occupies all our time . Keeping us so busy and forgetting to nourish our soul . What sort of life experiences does nourish our soul ?

We can not particularly specify what life experiences nourish our soul . It depends on a lot of things - our personality , lifestyle and values . There is no right or wrong answer to the questions . It maybe being in nature , to some music , others family camping . It varies as our personalities differ as well as what we value .

Some of us get wake up calls through illness or accidents before we make a move towards nourishing our soul. But we don't have to wait for traumatic events to happen . Let us take an inventory of where we focus our energies .

With our busy schedules , we lost our soul in the process . This lost creates that emptiness in our lives.  So how do we recover and nourish our soul ?

You can go back to your childhood interests , this may lead you to your soul interests as when life was still quiet peaceful and spontaneous . We may go back to painting , volunteer works , writing or drawing , where our creative life was joyful . This may open our soul nourishment . As I said earlier , it really varies and depends on our personal interests .

When you find what gives joy to your soul , find time to make room for these activities in your life ,

When we attend only to work and neglect our soul , we feel joyless .

When we have soul satisfying experiences , we are open to what is beautiful around us and appreciate God's creation and many blessings . We are happy and alive in our daily life . It is  not the material things around us that matters but the joy in our hearts .

What makes you happy ?

1. God's amazing love for me

2. My family - my husband , my children , my parents and siblings

3. My life works

4. Good health

5. Friends

6. Financial abundance

7. My accomplishments

8. Reading my books

9. Writing

10. Blogging

11. Listening to preaching - Bro Bo Sanchez , Joel Osteen , John Maxwell

12. Listening to soft music

13. House cleaning

14. My work

15. Nature tripping

16. Travelling

17. Eating good foods

And many more to come ....

My First Week

As I transition from office work to being home base , my first week revolve around family matters  and  house cleaning .

There is so much "clutter" to dispose of , things that accumulated throughout the years  that you just can't get rid of . Even if 5 years ago I already stop buying house items and decors . Things still build especially our document files .

Now is the time to sort of "purge" these document files . Still trying to justify where I can use my research materials . But are they still relevant for the new path I will be taking . I have hundred of books that I need to read . I have a lot of articles that I wrote ... well , I am still finding my way around my new world of vacant spaces .

I still get blank spaces ... when just alone there were so many ideas that comes into my mind but when I am writing the ideas stops somewhere along the way ... I love to share my every day stories of  healing , of achieving my goals , of leading a company through employee events , of being a parent , of being a wife , of being a child , a lot of stories that made me what I am now. Life stories that enrich my life ... I am excited ... just need to find the tools ...

Thank you Lord for guiding me towards the new light .

A New Journey

Today is my last day at my latest company after more than 8 years of  service  . This will be the start of  a new journey with a thousand steps for me . I decided to resign two ( 2 ) years ago but it took me sometime to look for my replacement . Finally I found one and done with the turnover after one month and a half .

Where will the thousand steps bring me ?

Life is a series of transitions ...when we were young and growing up we experience an identity crisis , finding our self , our purpose then we experience a lot of difficulties finding the ropes that we have to handle ... we commit mistakes , there were times we feel like giving up ...

Then we experiences success by achieving our goals and possess material things that we aspire before now they are part of our ordinary lives .

But after some time of success , we feel that despite these material things there is something missing in our life . So the search start ... why the empty feelings ? when it seems you have all the things that most people aspire for - own house , own car , gadgets , among other things

Eventually I discover that I need to strengthen my relationship with God ... He is the missing part of my life ... Serve through His ways ...I am still finding my way ... I am discovering how ... but my mentor said I have to start with the gifts that God gave me ...

All my life is about my work , my family ... I need to get out of my comfort zone so I can find  my way .

My journey begins today ...

 

Transitions

I had a talk with an employee at our office and she seems to be passing through a transition in her life ..a midlife crisis ...she was at a lost what is happening in her life .. as if something is missing in her life ..

Have you experience such a situation ? You seem to be having a life and yet you are still looking for something .

What is the story of your life ? Have you found your life dreams ? Have you fulfilled your life dreams ? Have you found your way towards your dream life ?

How do you face a uncertain future ? You have new goals to meet and find your ideal life ...when life seem to be more simple . ..less complicated and the responsibilities lesser ...

More time for service ...more space for reading... a life with infinite possibilities  ?

What else is there to reach ? What else is there to be ?  Where else should I go ?

What is your lifetime possibilities ? Can you be the mentor that other needs ? Can you proceed with a life of hope?

Searching for a life with God ...understanding his future plans ...what else is there to life?

So much question to ponder and think about ...how do you find the answers ?

Transitions create insecurities ... finding your best self in all there is to be ....