26/06/2025
๐๐๐๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ 9๏ธโฃโจ
โ๏ธ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ญ
๐ช๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐
God is not done with her yet! Bless had faced many moments in her life that ultimately led her to join this year's YX Tribo Camp. Here, the Lord met with her fully and embraced her with His love that satisfies.
Witness how the Lord has walked with her during our YX Tribo Camp 2025 โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
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YX Tribo Camp was a moment of homecoming for me.
Usually, I visit South Korea every summer. But, this year, my parents "punished" me by not allowing me to go there for vacation. Or so we thought. I wasn't punished rather, I was rewarded by the Lord. He chose, blessed, and appointed me to be part of this year's camp. God knew how I had been looking forward to this moment, for my soul had been longing to be set free. This was confirmed and revealed to me and to our HLM Iloilo family when, during the Sunday we campers were about to be sent off, I was slain by the Holy Spirit during worship time.
My soul longed for freedom, for I had become an idolater of this world. After my grandfather died last year, it was hard for me to cope with grief. The darkness felt too heavy for me, but deep inside, I knew that Jesus was and is still in me. So, I keep on the faith. I committed to serving in the media team at church, and I enrolled in LGL+.
Nevertheless, I had been a disobedient daughter to my Father, The Lord Jesus Christ. God had been speaking to me all alongโHe never lacked in giving instructions, comforts, healing, discipline, revelations, and visions. But, then again, I was too caught up, too entangled in the patterns of this world nga wala ko gina sunod ang Iya guidance to the point that I relied on myself instead of Him. Yes, I heard Him. However, I wasn't a doer of His Word kay kabudlay katama buy-an para kanakon ang mga butang nga pangkalibutanon, thinking they could satisfy me. Kung sa Gen Z terminology pa, "world enjoyer." And so, I found myself fixated on the world, chasing after things that distracted rather than fulfilled, drained rather than uplifted, and dulled rather than refined me.
But God didn't let it end there. He loves me so vastly that He never gave up on me. He kept showing up, meeting me in "our coffee shop," believing that one day, I'd arrive early and consistently. And I thank the Lord for He is The God who satisfies and restores. Even now, He is still in the process of restoring me: my faith, my heart, my story, my dreams, and my testimony. He is the God who leaves the 99 to find the 1, that 1 was me. And maybe, that 1 is also you as you're reading this, lost in the fleeting things that don't truly matter.
News Flash:
God gave me a heart that obeys โ one that now holds to the "NO TURNING BACK PRINCIPLE." Today, I am BLESSedโloved, favoured, chosen, found, and most of all, approved by God. I no longer need the applause of the world, for I am already approved by Him. God loves me to point that He desires me to be protectedโfrom my own darkness, bad habits, worries, pressures, and everything.
And so,
The greater His love for me,
The greater the protecting,
The greater the pruning,
The greater the abiding into The True Vine.
He turned my graves into gardens.
During camp, I let the Ultimate Gardener, God, step in. And without delay, my graves were turned into gardens. And as soon as The Gardener steps in, this garden of mine transformed. With loving hands, careful tending, and wise oversight, the garden blossoms into a place of vitality and purpose, offering both sustenance and splendor.
I am now officially in my season of pruningโthe hardest season of mine yet, guaranteed to be the holiest one. It is a difficult season, yes, but what matters is that it will be pleasing to the Lord. This pruning means surrendering relationships, healing from family hurts and wounds, realeasing broken dreams, letting go of bad habits, and most of all, denying myself daily. (God First, kawgalingon second!)
The greater the calling,
The greater the pruning,
The greater the hurting and struggling,
The greater the joy that is coming.
To end, let me leave you with this personal writing:
Kakapit at Mananatili,
May bubunga sa aking pagtiwala, pagsunod,
At sa aking pagpaparaya.
Mananatiling kakapit
sa Tunay na Mapagpalaya.
To God be all the Highest Glory!
Thank you, Lord, for everything, especially for all the vessels You sent and used to bring me back Home: my family (Mami Mona, Papa Allan, Mama Jen2, Appa Lee, Papa Eric), Nang Melgie, Tita Faith, Pastor Ranty, Mhegan, Nang Dece, Gab, Tita Claire, Tita Apple, Tita Salveh, Tita Jing2, Tita Majesty, my college friends (Angels), YX Iloilo, and HLM Iloilo family.
To add, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation and gratitude to all the camp staff and everyone involved in organizing YX Tribo Camp 2025. Truly, your obedience, willingness, efforts, availability, and lives are like distinct fragrances, each a unique perfume of worship and reverence to our God, who alone deserves the Highest Glory.
