The Promise

Nineteen years ago, I made a promise out of desperation.  I was 12 weeks pregnant and like my two previous pregnancies that ended in miscarriages, I had spotting.  My OB told me to take a leave from work and rest for two weeks.  I took his advice to the extreme and dropped everything for the next 27 weeks.

It was during one of those 27 weeks that I became so hopelessly desperate (because of the re-appearance of spotting)  that I promised God I would serve Him on the condition He'd let my baby be born.  He answered my prayers and I gave birth to Daniel on May 6, 1990.  It wasn't an easy delivery but Jun and I finally held him in our arms.   It was a perfect moment to end the three long years of waiting.

Three months before Daniel's 1st birthday, God reminded me of the promise I made to Him through an office mate who invited Jun and me to attend a  Christian Life Program for couples.  We both went.  After 13 sessions, we decided to accept the invitation to join their community for couples.  I realized then that this was how God wanted me to serve Him... with my husband.

We've been in the community for the past 18 years; serving the Lord in whatever capacity we are called to do.  I've gone the extra mile by also serving in the family ministry for women.  I don't know where the Lord will take us next.  All I know is He has given me the grace to keep my promise to Him and He will continue to do so.            

        

     

Crossroads

"Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood,

and I, I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference"

- Robert Frost

Fourteen years ago, I became a fulltime mom and wife. The transition from working mom to stay-at-home mom was thrust upon me when the company I worked for closed shop. It was an answered prayer; my children (Daniel, Miguel and Gabriel) were growing up so fast and I wanted so much to be there for them during their childhood years.

I wasn't so sure how things would turn out for me at that time. I had worked for more than a decade and I had gotten used to earning my keep and having my own money. Looking back, being a fulltime wife was the greater challenge for me.

Rick Warren stated in his book "The Purpose Driven Life" that it's not about me. My purpose in life is far greater than my heart's desires and ambitions for self-fulfillment. It's even far greater than my family. I'm a fulltime mom and wife to serve God's purpose for me. I may not be the best mom or the most loving wife but I try my very best to be who God wants me to be.

I had two more sons: Jonah is 12 yrs old while Joshua is 11. The three older ones are now in their late teens. Daniel and Miguel are in college. Gabriel is in 4th year high school. In a few years time, they'll be pursuing their respective careers and finding their own life's purpose.

The path I chose was "the road less traveled by" and I heartily thank the Lord for leading me to it.