ODD

Reading: 2 Cor. 2: 14

Last week, i was placed again in a hot spot. The Provincial Government of Bukidnon, where i am connected, held a mindanao summit on alternative governance...so everyone was involved, tasks were given and all of the prep. anyways, i can take any assignment...but not ushering... i don't find it easy...anyway, i tried to ask my direct boss to give me another task but to no avail [my charm didn't work] :(

so D DAY came, all in costumes, and we truly did our job. I must admit, it was an effort to welcome the guests and usher them to their seats... but what made me amazed at the end of the day was... God's truly funny in accomplishing His works. How was that? See, i have these few officemates that i constantly prayed for everyday, that God will give me chance to befriend them and win them to bible studies... i've been with PGB for almost a year, i did bring few colleagues to bible studies, personally ministered to one lady who is growing with her relationship with God. But i know it doesn't stop there, (juz inviting one and ministering to the person, i mean) so i keep going, and so i have this burden to reach out to these ladies, from different offices in the PGB--- My prayer then was for God to open doors so i could reach out to them-- and last friday, God opened that door in odd circumstance (again)which i truly was not (and at all times) wanna go through (in cases like these, i'd begged God to please assign me to do something else).

I remembered during the time when PGB called me to report, i didn't want to take the job, for the reason that i wanted to concentrate on my ministry in the church...HOWEVER, my husband and my "in-laws" told me to get the job...(the rest of the story was bloody for me) so here i am in the government... yet only to realize a few months later that God has work for me waiting, i helped this new found friend (who is a christian) with her newly organized bible study with 8 ladies attending. (another testimony to tell)

Going back to the event last friday, indeed, was another odd circumstance that i was not willing to go through and yet this was the way God paved for me to befriend these ladies that i'd been praying for. We talked, we laughed, and i guess i have connected my self to them... also, to my surprise, they seemed to know my spiritual background, they asked me if i'm from a certain christian congregation, from there we got to talk about God.

Ending that day reminded me of what Paul said in 2 Corinthian 2 verse 14 , "But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him". I believe that people, even they don't know who we are, will have an inkling of our background, of whom we truly belong. I praise God for that odd circumstance last friday. Right now, i have different outlook on odd circumstances...