{"id":314,"date":"2007-11-24T14:20:15","date_gmt":"2007-11-24T18:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/?p=314"},"modified":"2007-11-24T14:31:25","modified_gmt":"2007-11-24T18:31:25","slug":"looking-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shadow.sombragris.org\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"Looking ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

This has been a very stressful month. I was lost in a maze of things to do, reports to draft and translate, church administrative sessions and several meetings.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, we were able to conclude our administrative session on November 18th, with a good spirit of fellowship and cooperation among the members. I didn’t stay for the session; I just felt that it was better to skip it. However, I couldn’t be able to escape its effects: I was selected as a member of a committee tasked with reviewing the Bylaws and our internal organizational scheme. Pretty interesting, right?<\/p>\n

This time was also very difficult for me, personally and emotionally speaking. At times my own reality was nothing short of harrowing. But I was, and still am, being upheld in prayers by two very close friends of mine; and slowly, slowly, I am picking up my pieces. To them (they know who they are) and to everyone who offered a kind word of understanding and appreciation to me during this time: Thanks! And thanks be especially to our Lord and Father, who was always there with me.<\/p>\n

I would also like to thank Steve and Simon, the two brethren behind Oremus<\/a>, an excellent website that offers the Daily Office. There were times when I was completely unable to utter even the simplest prayer on my own; in those trying times, the structured discipline of prayers, collects and readings got me through and helped me in my personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

Let’s hope things get better on now; surely there is plenty of work to do. For starters, I have to sit on a meeting this Sunday at 6pm. Just great. But our church needs me, and I will try to do my best.<\/p>\n

To my American readers: Have a nice Thanksgiving in the company of your loved ones!<\/p>\n

P.S.: Pssst, I am looking at you now… just don’t be scared, I don’t bite \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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