It’s been a long time since I last posted here. Sorry about that.
I have a confession to make. Last year, I nearly gave up on this website because it was too costly for me to maintain. Unlike what other people think, this is not a website run by an organization or a congregation or anything like that. It’s just a personal website that I hope would inspire others to fulfill whatever missions they have in life. Back then, I had nobody to help me run the site and pay for its cost. No donation has ever came in since this website started. My apps on Google Play are all free to download. Yes, they contain ads, but the revenue keeps getting lower and lower and lower. There was hardly any sales on the merchandise back then as well. After that, problems came one after another that I told myself I have no more time for this. I told myself I didn’t need to publish posts anymore, that it wouldn’t make any difference in the world anyway. Yes, I almost gave it up.
I focused on my life and on my job. I told myself other people can continue this mission. But you know what? Instead of being happy and having a better life, it all went south for me after that.
The funny thing is when things were already at their worst, that’s when I realized I shouldn’t have given up on this website. Why? Because with all the problems I went through and am still going through, I felt how much God still loves me, is there for me, and that He never gave up on me, so I should never give up on Him and the mission He might be calling me to do. Maybe the trials are just ways for me to go back and do what I have to do.
I’ve proven time and again that He would always provide, so I shouldn’t worry about the cost of the website maintenance, the time I use to make post that takes my time away from my day job, because so long as we seek Him first, everything else will fall into place.
I checked out our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/missionariesofchrist and still couldn’t believe there are already 4, 072 likes, despite my near zero participation. I owe this to Joyce of http://itakeoffthemask.com/ who helped me and has taken care of the website and the facebook page when I was gone and busy with the world. Thank you Joyce! 🙂 MissionariesOfChrist.com would not have survived without you. See? God provides. He was the one who found a way for me not to give up. He sent help when I needed it the most. Because God never gives up on me…on us.
Now, that I’m back, that’s the first lesson I wish to share with you. NEVER GIVE UP. Trials may be all around you, tempting you to quit whatever mission you think God gave you to do. Don’t give in. Pray and ask for God’s help. He’s always there to help us. Let’s not give up on Him because He will never give up on us. 🙂