I’m aware that it was only a couple of days ago that I shared I wanted to take a moment to Hit Reset and to focus on my top priorities. I also remember sharing that I’ll be sharing/posting less. Well, that is still true. I guess I’m just feeling like…“That was my plan, but I guess God has something else in mind for me.” Maybe it is because of everything that’s been going on in recent days. These experiences and events have been giving me something to think about, to reflect on. And in the process, I felt like, “Maybe this is what the Holy Spirit is guiding me to say/do. Not so much because I needed to share my experiences, but maybe because someone else might need to read it.”
For the most part though, I do still intent to maintain a low profile, just as soon as this brief season passes. Moving forward, my priorities are very clear to me:
- Parents/Family
- Career/Career Development
For the past decade while I was trusting God and took the leap of faith to follow my passions in UX and Front-end Development, the above list was inverted. In order to discover my calling and purpose (my “ikigai”), I had to make certain sacrifices along the way. Now that I have found my calling and purpose, the next step, according to God (I like to think that it is) is to switch those priorities around and put my family first.
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But it isn’t just the big picture view of my life where I’ve chosen to put my trust in God, I’m doing some self-introspection today to discover if there are still areas of my life where I might’ve tried to keep God out of. You know, sometimes it could be subconscious pride, or ego. I’ll be the first to admit that as someone who has OCD and someone who enjoys making plans (I’m actually rather good at making plans…really), it’s not always easy for me to adjust instantly when something doesn’t go the way that I had hoped. But in the recent years, after all the hardships and personal sacrifices that I had to endure to get here, I’ve discovered that I’m way more resilient than I thought I could be. And yes, I believe as a result of all my experiences, I have become better at adjusting to sudden changes.
That said, if God is trying to remind me of this passage in the Bible, then it must also mean that there are areas in my life where I haven’t really included Him.
Don’t Labor in Vain
Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
– Psalms 127:1
This is a verse that I’m being reminded of today. It is both a reminder and lesson that whenever I tried to do something by my own strength and understanding, it almost always never worked out. And I have the firsthand experiences to back that up. In my experiences, whenever I tried to relied upon my own talents and abilities to push ahead with a plan that I’ve created, I might experience some early breakthroughs. But that is really just an illusion. I thought I could succeed. So I kept on going [on my own]. Lo and behold, in hindsight now, all of those efforts almost always resulted in failure.
That is why I know better now. Just because there is a positive sign, it doesn’t mean that I did it, or that I made it happened. The bible reminds us that “all good things comes from the Lord”. So I’m here to remind myself that every single good thing I have in my life, past, present and future is from God. It is only by His grace and mercy that I could make it this far. And it is by that very same grace and mercy that I can continue to keep going.
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