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3 Important Lessons from the Feast Valle Verde Servants Gathering

August 4, 2017 by Tina

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Image credits: Erika Mendoza

It was my first time to attend the Servants Gathering of  (FVV) last week. To be perfectly honest, I was tempted to skip it. I actually did not feel “worthy” enough to go, because all I do as a “servant” is help with social media and, whenever I can, edit the FVV weekly bulletin. But I still went, out of obedience to the Lord, with four kids in tow, while my husband Anthony was at The Feast Bay Area for the Kerygma Conference Launch.

And I’m so glad I did. Although I was not able to stay inside the Servants Gathering venue the whole time (my three older kids kept going in and out, and I had a toddler who refused to stay in the room with me because his siblings were outside), I thank God that I was able to glean three important lessons from the Gathering. I’d like to share them with you, in the hope of encouraging you somehow:

1. God doesn’t call us to be successful; He calls us to be faithful.

This applies not just to our service but to our lives in general. Are you a parent like me? A sibling? A child? Do you work at an office? Run a business? Work at home (like me)? Do other forms of work? Be faithful. Keep on keeping on. Offer it all up to Him.

2. Love is the reason for everything we do.

Erika Mendoza, or Ikay as we fondly call her, emphasized this in her passionate talk at the Gathering. We do what we do, as excellently and diligently as we can, out of love for God and for others.

3. People need the Lord.

I’ve been in the Charismatic Renewal for around 26 years now but not all of those years were spent truly living for Jesus. It’s only by His grace alone that I’m still here, trying to serve Him in my own way. And one thing I was reminded of during the Servants Gathering is this: People really need Jesus. We need to bring Him to them.

I pray that we remember these lessons as we go about our daily lives. May we bring the Light of Jesus to all who need it. For His greater glory!

P.S.

Sharing this invitation with you. Hope to see you at Feast Valle Verde!

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Join us for Mass with Bishop Mylo at 10am and Fr. Steve at 1pm this Sunday at Valle Verde Country Club. Plus, watch out for the powerful comeback of our favorite feast builder Bro. Obet Cabrillas as we introduce a new talk series at this Sunday’s Feast sessions at 11am and 2pm.

Admission is FREE.

Get ready to be blessed this Sunday! See you there!

Filed Under: BEYOND THE FAMILY, Our Faith, Our Relationships, REFLECTIONS AND DEVOTIONS Tagged With: Feast Valle Verde, Light of Jesus Family

Our Worth Lies in Our Being

August 26, 2016 by Tina

our worthLast weekend, I was honored to give a short testimony at the first JEWELS gathering. JEWELS is a ministry for women, and it stands for Jesus in Every Woman, Empowered to Love and Serve. The talk that day was given by my friend and sister in Christ Ichel Alignay, and it was about “Women of Worth.”

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Ichel reminded us all of the importance of focusing on who we are in Jesus, and I am so grateful that she did. Every person needs to remember this actually, but I think women especially need to hear this message:

Self-worth is the sense of acceptance of who you are — both strengths and weakness.

We need to take care of ourselves, and to love ourselves as Jesus Himself loves us. How else can we love those around us — if we are not filled with love? And who can fill us with love? God alone. Yet He also expects us to love ourselves. Remember His greatest commandment (Matthew 22: 34-40)?

When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them [a scholar of the law] tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest? He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”

Jesus said, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” So self-love is NOT selfish. Self-care is NOT unimportant.

We also need to remember that our worth is NOT based on what we can do, nor on what we have. Our worth is based on our identity in Jesus. It is based on our being His, not on our doing.

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I need to be reminded of this often, because I tend to put my worth in what I do, and not who I am. Because of this, I sometimes say “yes” to tasks even if I am already fully loaded. Perhaps you need this reminder too, today, or in the days to come. Please pray for me as I pray for all of you, dear members of the Truly Rich and Blessed community! (I consider all my readers as members of the community!)

Filed Under: Our Faith, Our Self, REFLECTIONS AND DEVOTIONS, SELF LOVE ISN'T SELFISH Tagged With: A Woman's Worth, Feast Valle Verde, Jewels Ministry, Light of Jesus Family, The Feast Valle Verde

Hi! I'm Tina Santiago Rodriguez, a Catholic wife, homeschool mom, and self-professed "media missionary." Welcome to Truly Rich and Blessed, a unique lifestyle blog about appreciating the "riches" that we have — our faith, self, relationships, resources, discoveries and experiences. I hope you'll enjoy your time here, and come away encouraged and inspired somehow!

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