The Leader

An open letter to the leader whose been with me for the past 7 years.

          Nay! I am grateful. Words might not be my love language, but today I just want you to hear and to read that I am blessed to have you as my leader. My Christian journey will never be the same without you. Meeting you was never been a coincidence, it was God ordained. Thank you for hanging there for the past years. Thank you for all the things that God taught me through you. Have faith to the seeds you planted in my life because up until now Jesus were watering them.

       I will never be who I am without the experience I've been through with you and with the Father. You've became one of my safest place especially those days that I felt like the world was unfair. Those days that I was so immature and selfish. To those days I am grateful that you didn't spoiled me, rather, God allowed me to be corrected and rebuked through you. More than the comfort it was always the lessons that you want me to magnify. I remember one of the often lines that you're tend to tell me, "Ven, ano kaya gusto ituro ni Lord sayo?". Indeed, God had been using you all along to mold me, to become matured not just as person but as a matured Christian. I am amazed how God used you to help me to become more like him.  I am grateful to you for teaching me and pushing me to wait for God's perfect timing, to trust to his plans, to save my heart from heartaches, to seek him more and to bring glory to Him. "If you think your standing strong nak, be careful not to fall", believed me nay that this lines were always giving me warning when I am about to rely to myslef so much and forgot to depend on God. I knew that there were lots of days that God was speaking to me through you. I honor you nay for being God's vessel in my life. I find serenity in our adventures especially to those times that I was just exhausted by the world's standards. Nay thank you for investing your time and resources to me. Thank you for not giving up to your calling. Thank you because you're allowing God to use you. Believed me when I say, "I never imagined myself to be in another lifegroup aside from our lifegroup." And one of the hardest part maybe was to accept that you're about to let me (us) go. Our lifegroup became my comfort zone. However, God finally told you to move forward and lay us down back to Him. You're about to give me (us) continuously to God because you wanted us to grow a lot more. I am amazed how well God trained you to be a good steward that at the end of the day you're willing to let go of the people that God trusted in you. Nay, thank you for planting seeds in my heart, in my life. I pray that you continually impacts another lives.

Tonight, I've finally decided to let you go too this time legit na. Letting you go, means rooting for you to bloom to the next unfamiliar place that God called you to. You might not be my leader anymore, but then you gained a new status in my heart- a family, an ate. I will always still be available when it come in doing God's kingdom with you. There were still many thoughts in my mind and I'm afraid that I won't be able to cut this letter if I don't stop now!

I know your rooting and fighting for me too in prayer. I love you naay! Let us continually grow in Christ in the new things and adventure he's giving us. Let's move forward! Cheers for more adventure to come! We will finish this race!

And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.

Philippians 1:6

~ The disciple whom God gave you 7 years ago. ❤️