I decided to spend some time blogging now as there is this inertia to start work. After 5 days of break, I guess I just need a little push in order to get into the momentum of things again. :)
Anyway, it has been a wonderful, eventful and also stressful long weekend but thanks be to God, all went well in the end. It is always a comforting and assuring thought to know that my Lord will pull me through everything that I need to do and when I am doing it, there is peace in my heart. All I needed was to let Him use me as an instrument.
The main event for me was the Saturday's wedding that I needed to coordinate for two of my dear siblings-in-Christ. I literally saw one of them grow up in church. It was an honour and joy to have helped them in their wedding planning.
Thanks be to God all went well - of course here and there were slight hiccups but I guess that is part and parcel of what we experience daily. I have concluded this - we can plan all we want but what will go wrong will still go wrong and sometimes it is beyond our control.
This was precisely what I told the banquet manager who shared with me that his first wedding coordination went awry. Since then he dared not take up any more assignments for fear that he would fail again.
I basically encouraged this individual to not let mistakes put him down but to learn from them. All of us are humans and none of us are perfect - if we fail once, it does not mean we will always be a failure. In fact all these boo-boos of life make us wiser and knowledgeable. Though I have coordinated more than 30 weddings already, I still err but lesser now because what I have learnt from the past weddings has made me more effective in the present.
Let us be courageous to face this fact. We cannot let failures put us down to the point of paralysis. Instead we must see all these as opportunities of growth and development of our character and organisational proficiency.
Oh yah, we must not forget also that God is there to help us when in need - many times in the midst of our busyness and preparations, we forget completely the invaluable resources God can provide to help us. Once we are in partnership with the greatest Planner, we are on our road to success - of course at the end of it all, all glory to Him!
Well, through the whole course of the wedding, I made a couple of new friends. I praise the Lord for that and look forward to knowing some of them better. I had a good chat with one last night over MSN and I praise God to have known this dear sibling-in-Christ better.
Alright, I guess I shall be a good employee and start work now - the week is going to be a short one. I am thankful it will not be that busy - I am already looking forward to the weekend! :)
Have a blessed short week, everyone!
"It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights." Psalm 18:32-33
Anyway, it has been a wonderful, eventful and also stressful long weekend but thanks be to God, all went well in the end. It is always a comforting and assuring thought to know that my Lord will pull me through everything that I need to do and when I am doing it, there is peace in my heart. All I needed was to let Him use me as an instrument.
The main event for me was the Saturday's wedding that I needed to coordinate for two of my dear siblings-in-Christ. I literally saw one of them grow up in church. It was an honour and joy to have helped them in their wedding planning.
Thanks be to God all went well - of course here and there were slight hiccups but I guess that is part and parcel of what we experience daily. I have concluded this - we can plan all we want but what will go wrong will still go wrong and sometimes it is beyond our control.
This was precisely what I told the banquet manager who shared with me that his first wedding coordination went awry. Since then he dared not take up any more assignments for fear that he would fail again.
I basically encouraged this individual to not let mistakes put him down but to learn from them. All of us are humans and none of us are perfect - if we fail once, it does not mean we will always be a failure. In fact all these boo-boos of life make us wiser and knowledgeable. Though I have coordinated more than 30 weddings already, I still err but lesser now because what I have learnt from the past weddings has made me more effective in the present.
Let us be courageous to face this fact. We cannot let failures put us down to the point of paralysis. Instead we must see all these as opportunities of growth and development of our character and organisational proficiency.
Oh yah, we must not forget also that God is there to help us when in need - many times in the midst of our busyness and preparations, we forget completely the invaluable resources God can provide to help us. Once we are in partnership with the greatest Planner, we are on our road to success - of course at the end of it all, all glory to Him!
Well, through the whole course of the wedding, I made a couple of new friends. I praise the Lord for that and look forward to knowing some of them better. I had a good chat with one last night over MSN and I praise God to have known this dear sibling-in-Christ better.
Alright, I guess I shall be a good employee and start work now - the week is going to be a short one. I am thankful it will not be that busy - I am already looking forward to the weekend! :)
Have a blessed short week, everyone!
"It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights." Psalm 18:32-33
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