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Was I?

Reflecting back on my previous leadership experience and attempts… One thing strikes me the most and it was trying to earn a spot on the Confirmation retreat team, specially as a small group leader.

2013s attempt ended with me on the stay-at-home and prepare team and 2014s…well… It was a great weekend at home.

Although I have learned that God’s will is always better than my own, there is something else I felt like I should have learned that I did this morning.

Was I ready?

It’s funny that when you’re rejected, they say “It’s not because you’re not good enough…” when it IS because you’re not good enough. You are not at the standard they are looking for and thus, no matter how they picked the leaders, you are not good enough.

Instead of pointing at those who chose the leaders, maybe I should have pointed at myself. Maybe instead of thinking I was superior to another, I should have realized what my abilities were at the time and see if I was ready to lead a group of people through a time where it was “make or break it” for their faith in God. Maybe the people who picked leaders had a bias or maybe they did not, but it is no excuse for complaining and insulting. Maybe it is ourselves we should have looked at first rather than give judgments towards others. It is crazy how we believe that we are entitled to things just because we are involved. It takes someone who carries themselves with maturity and I was not that guy and my actions did not show that after receiving my rejection letter.

God puts us in a situation because he made us ready. Maybe the retreat was a situation I was not ready for and I needed to learn from disappointment and to build myself to be the best I can be.

And to those who say you only need to pretend to care and you’ll make it as a retreat leader, if you truly believe that, then you need to find God again in your life. If you serve yourself, in the end, you’ll have nothing but yourself. Serve others, serve for the greater good, serve God.

- A Vietnamese Guy

avietnameseguy

Damn...written hella long ago, but still true to this day, especially as a seminarian.

#entitlement #Catholic #Godnotme

You beg for trust, I beg for understanding. I'm trying desperately to be there for you, but I sure hope you can do the same for me. :)

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rapicho

ok every time I see this post I find it necessary to point out Jesus was a carpenter like he legit would’ve used the fuck outta a nail gun

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"I love THIẾU NHI, I want more THIẾU NHI." I have been in the seminary for a little more than three weeks and I already miss a lot of things. One of those things is TNTT, the Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Movement. What was so special about TNTT was not only being able to share the Good News of God, but to live it as well. Being able to sống ngày Thánh Thể (live the Eucharistic Day) and to share the joy out of it with everyone who was just like me is something I'll truly miss as weeks turn into months and months into years. God has a plan and I know that to be the true, I just pray and hope that this is not the end of something absolutely spectacular. #tntt #Godsplan #Growingpains

#godsplan #growingpains #tntt

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spiritualinspiration2

No matter what happened yesterday, or even five minutes ago, God is waiting for you with open arms. Don’t let the enemy condemn you and lie to you today. God is not mad at you. He loves you and longs to restore everything in your life. Confess your sins to God and allow Him to cleanse you today. Choose to forgive others so that you can receive God’s forgiveness. Ask the Holy Spirit to keep you close so that you can live a life pleasing to Him. As you draw close to God, He will draw close to you and show you His great love and blessing all the days of your life!

readandreview

It’s another night in the middle of the week. See Philippians 4 and think of excellence :) God’s amazing grace and His reminders for us in His Word. We have reasons to rejoice - always!

upliftourday

faithprayers

Be fearless.

Was I?

Reflecting back on my previous leadership experience and attempts… One thing strikes me the most and it was trying to earn a spot on the Confirmation retreat team, specially as a small group leader.

2013s attempt ended with me on the stay-at-home and prepare team and 2014s…well… It was a great weekend at home.

Although I have learned that God’s will is always better than my own, there is something else I felt like I should have learned that I did this morning.

Was I ready?

It’s funny that when you’re rejected, they say “It’s not because you’re not good enough…” when it IS because you’re not good enough. You are not at the standard they are looking for and thus, no matter how they picked the leaders, you are not good enough.

Instead of pointing at those who chose the leaders, maybe I should have pointed at myself. Maybe instead of thinking I was superior to another, I should have realized what my abilities were at the time and see if I was ready to lead a group of people through a time where it was “make or break it” for their faith in God. Maybe the people who picked leaders had a bias or maybe they did not, but it is no excuse for complaining and insulting. Maybe it is ourselves we should have looked at first rather than give judgments towards others. It is crazy how we believe that we are entitled to things just because we are involved. It takes someone who carries themselves with maturity and I was not that guy and my actions did not show that after receiving my rejection letter.

God puts us in a situation because he made us ready. Maybe the retreat was a situation I was not ready for and I needed to learn from disappointment and to build myself to be the best I can be.

And to those who say you only need to pretend to care and you’ll make it as a retreat leader, if you truly believe that, then you need to find God again in your life. If you serve yourself, in the end, you’ll have nothing but yourself. Serve others, serve for the greater good, serve God.

- A Vietnamese Guy