fireworks
i loved this evening’s new year’s eve worship service in my home church, CAP. there was a "different" ceremony at the end of the service, where we burned pieces of paper on which things we wanted to do away with were written. it was followed with a prayer and our entire church singing the benediction. (i really love how the entire CAP congregation sings "the Lord bless you & keep you" in SATB, ha!). tito willy padolina (a former DOST sec and one of my dad’s church friends) played the violin, his son-in-law (ling’s hubby) played auld lang syne on bagpipes and tita tina padolina (who’s the chancellor of the UP Open U) gave a nice message about God’s fireworks. she made this analogy between Christians and fireworks: God is the fuel which causes christians to spread His love to all (even to the undesirable).
it is with the main idea of that meditation that i enumerate the following things that i’m looking forward to in ‘07:
1. law school - ang matapos ang civpro (at iba ko pang subjects) ng maluwalhati, 4th yr na ako the sem after this one!
2. extra-curricular - i might take some next steps, which we’ll be seeing a couple of weeks from now. it’s not easy being a student leader, but it certainly gives me a lot of fulfillment, knowing i could be in a position to make positive differences in processes, paradigms and people lives.
3. new job - i’ll be taking on a challenging role - sales/marketing director of a start-up company: edge technology corporation, distributor of pldt my dsl, smart broadband & airborne access. also a way of advancing my advocacy: promoting entrepreneurship, helping strengthen SME’s.
4. stronger relationships - with God, with mike, with my mom and sister, friends (bestfriends, closefriends, blockmates, sisses, churchmates, colleagues in school and at work) and relatives. having a relationship is not easy. it entails a lot of hard work, humility, commitment, love, and quality time, which one should make despite other priorities. but relationships are most important. no man is an island; i’m not one either. my relationships are what make my life worth living, my pursuits worth pursuing.
5. more maturity - i have a lot more room to grow - spiritually, emotionally, academically, professionally. i want grow more Christ-like each day and so i could eventually be the person God wants me to be. i still have a lot of personal struggles, attitudes and habits that i ought to get rid of and i know there will be a lot of hurdles to deal with in ‘07. but with God’s guidance and provision, i look forward to lessons learned coupled with successes (which may come in various forms).
6. being God’s firework - i look forward to being a blessing to those whose lives God would want me to touch. i will continue to be involved in the music ministry. (choir mainly and band kung kaya ng time). i look forward to being involved in causes and endeavors He directs me to pursue.
i truly look forward to 2007. i hope i could be one bright firework for the Lord this year. 
