god' s plan and his covenant with us

I know each of us goes through pain and struggle at times, but god never gives us a burden we are unable to carry. For he knows his plans for us, and they are not for woe, they are for a future full of hope. For god so loved the world, that he gave his only son for us. And he asks us to love one another as I have loved you. And the lord washes the feet of his brothers and sisters in christ, and asks us to do as he does. So that we too may lead through our service to one another. And the greatest servants are rewarded with the greatest harvest and treasures on earth and in heaven. Just imagine the more people that value your work and contribution to the world, all the more financial and spiritual blessings will be poured down upon you. So spend each day finding ways to help others, and eventually you will find the harvest you have been longing for. Just keep planting your mustard seeds, and if they reach fertile ground, and grow roots, then soon you will have giant trees with roots bearing fruit to all that encounter you and the good work you have done.

I pray you use the video to know that even when we are in our toughest trials, god loves us and he is working on our behalf through the prayers of our loved ones here on earth and in heaven. Stay positive if you are struggling right now. I have experienced great suffering in my short life and still I stay positive. I was given an illness at 18 years old in 1991, and I was not proclaimed healed until dec 2007. The healing was a process, but the medical declaration coincided with the two years I spent in formation with singles for christ. God needed to work a miracle in my life, and my service and prayer has led me to a healing recognized even by the medical community. I had hospitalized multiple times while I was sick and was unable to work at times, and I had to cope with this while in school. Yet he did not abandon me, Is still graduated from ucla, one of the premiere colleges in america. So do not despair, even at your weakest moments, god has wonders in store for you if you do not give up hope and if you pray, and if your loved ones pray for healing for you and blessings will come to you, often times more than you ever expected or felt worthy of because of the sins and mistakes in your past. I know this to be a fact, for god has redeemed me. That is the phrase I love in psalm 71, for this psalm speaks of redemption. Which is the act I sorely desired after becoming sick in the prime of my college years. God has a wonderful story and plan for each of us, unique and amazing as each of you are gifts to this world. Find the power within yourself, and pray for god's guidance when you make the difficult decisions in your life.

At the discovery weekend, one of my brothers told me "Ronald, you are a strong brother" and another told me that "the way I worship was inspiring." And those affirmation reminded me that even though something I do may feel ordinary to me, it is insipiration to others. So do not take for granted the work god is doing to others in your life, through the service you are doing in the community. On easter mass this year, one of my brothers told me good singing, and I responded that when I sing at mass it is always good, for my voice is being used to spread his word. I am just a tool, a speaker if you will for his thunderous voice when he needs his message to touch other people in their heart, mind and soul. He supplies the power in my voice, but he seems to have chosen me for that role. And I accept it and go to mass and worship knowing that it is very likely he will use me to touch someone else during worship through music.

All of us have been given special gifts that enable us to make a difference in the lives of others, if you believe that and seek him first, then he will bless you with even more talents and more gifts. For if he can trust you with small things, then he will trust you with large things later.

Sensei Ronald Panlilio