Today, Bo Sanchez, through his daily e-newsletter, sent me this inspiring message:

On this same day some years ago, God brought into the world a wonderful child destined to love and be loved and do great things. Never forget your destiny. Never forget who you are!

I remember as a child believing that I was destined to do office work, mostly typing on a manual typewriter, just like my mom and dad.  Then I saw myself as a scientist, because I did well in my science subjects. Then I realized I was even better in writing so I thought I would end up being a writer. But then I felt that it would be putting my drawing talent to waste so I thought I was going to be a visual artist.  I dreamt of being a performance artist as well, because I won Best Supporting Actress in our Speech and Drama class. I even thought I was going to be a broadcast journalist and a teacher.  I saw myself as so many different things. But I was so utterly lost as to what I was really going to be.

I ended up with Computer Science as my major in undergraduate school because I thought it had a lot to do with computer  games. I discovered only too late that I was wrong. That is why I now work in the IT Department of a government office. But it took me so long, 33 years to be exact, to find out what my true purpose in life is.  

You see, 2 year ago, I experienced Pentecost. What a wonderful way to usher in my 33rd year on earth. I finally said yes to my 2 bestest of friends who had been courting me for years to attend in their Spirit Empowerment Seminar (SES). I thought I was doing them and the Lord a favour for attending that SES. Boy, how terribly wrong I was.

Being immersed in the Spirit of the Lord set me free from a callous heart. I was given a brand new heart, one that was strong enough to withstand the trials and temptations that I so readily gave way to in the past, and yet soft enough to feel God’s loving presence everywhere and to empathize with everyone I meet.

Just before I took that fateful course, I had been trying so desperately to jump ship to some other company. But when I fell so deeply in love with my Father in heaven, I came to truly appreciate the countless blessings that He has showered upon me, including my present job.

And now, 2 years later, as I continue to serve and to grow in the Lord’s service, I am ever grateful for the Lord’s gift of discernment for my true destiny.  I am certain that I am right where the Lord wants me to be, and that He wants me to use everything that I have, everything in my power, to glorify Him in the work that I do at the office and in the work that I do in the community that I serve that is The Lord’s Flock, and in the life that I live.

Now I can truly say that this is my bestest birthday ever!