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Blessed Palm Sunday!

Christ enters into Holy City, Jerusalem; we enter Holy Week.

stay as you were

Often, I think of myself as an overly confident individual and capable of accomplishing everything in life as long as I work hard for it. Just few months of self-discipline, net working, intent studying, and exams, I know I would get my reward one way or another. Life has not been disappointed me in this matter. Then, I would get a higher status or station in society and I would get more offers because of what I made of myself. However, it’s a total opposite from what I’ve learned in Pauline teachings...
I’ve a long desire to know more about music and to play at least one instrument in this lifetime ever since I came to appreciating what music can do for my soul. As far as I remembered one day after mass, when I was wandering in the vestibule, the music director approached me and asked me to join the church choir. I was speechless and I told her that I don’t know anything about music. She smiled and said, “Just say yes and the rest God will take care.” Being a member of the church choir, my desire to learn music was getting stronger and I also wanted to improve my status in the group. Therefore, I got myself Russia teacher for private guitar and music lessons too long ago. I was faithfully coming to him two days a week and I was practicing at least an hour every day. Everything went good for a few weeks. Then, my fingers got hurt. My head couldn’t remember music notes. I couldn’t count the beats. I felt embarrassed. I got impatient with myself and I quitted. However, I still raise my voice singing his praises every week in the choral loft among the best singers. I don’t have angelic voice or know how to read music but I certain God want me there for a purpose. A purpose is unknown to me but I love every minute of being myself there and be content.
Even though I didn’t succeed in increasing my status in the choir, God in his mysterious way called me there anyway. So, I’ve learned that my status or station doesn’t matter but it is how I open up to God’s call where it finds me. I then will be at peace of being there. As St Paul said, “Stay as you were when God called you.” (1 Cor. 7:20) Don’t you try to move elsewhere?

Take care and until next time...

A 30 day Walk With St Paul

Here is another idea to go deep with St Paul.

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Have a blessed week, everyone!

St Paul--A Chapter A Day

I passed on the idea--St Paul A Chapter A Day.

Here are the chapters for the next two weeks:
13-Jul Romans 15
14-Jul Romans 16
15-Jul 1 Corinthians 1
16-Jul 1 Corinthians 2
17-Jul 1 Corinthians 3
18-Jul 1 Corinthians 4
19-Jul 1 Corinthians 5
20-Jul 1 Corinthians 6
21-Jul 1 Corinthians 7
22-Jul 1 Corinthians 8
23-Jul 1 Corinthians 9
24-Jul 1 Corinthians 10
25-Jul 1 Corinthians 11
26-Jul 1 Corinthians 12