Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf's Chai Tea Latte is supposed to relax me! It ain't workin'!
Just capping my long day with a blog entry having returned home from Coffee Bean with Joy, Lennie and Clarissa! Early this afternoon, Lennie requested for a night cap at Coffee Bean after Bible Study. Incidentally, it was at Coffee Bean Promenade where my day officially began- a meeting with someone.
This morning, while in that meeting, Joy texted to say that GCF did not have electric power so I decided to go on with my paper work at the coffee shop all morning. Receiving news from Ruby, a trusted and super-efficient ministry assistant that power was back at GCF, I packed up my laptop and walked back home to prepare to go to the office. Joy, then texted asking me to join her for lunch, which I did. She had piano lessons in the area at three and decided to spend her free time at Virra Mall, a shopping center five-minute walk away from my condo.
I got to GCF at 3:15, worked on some stuff until 7, came down for Bible study at 7:15, which ended around 10.
Going to Coffee Bean at Ortigas Park, as Lennie and I walked several paces ahead of Joy and Clarissa, a speedy motorcyle passed by. We heard a scream. When Lennie and I looked back, we saw Joy and Clarissa running towards us motioning that the two guys on the motorcycle that drove by tried to snatch Clarissa's bag! With the look of both sheer fear and relief on Clarissa's face, she told us how the man tried to grab the Italian leather bag she bought in Florence with all her valuables in it. She complained of pain on her right thigh which was hit by the bike's handlebar!
Clarissa kept thanking God for protecting her which reminded me of Osie's closing prayer at the Bible study, "Lord, may You graciously protects us as go our separate ways."
It was fun to think about the fact that un Bible study, we were talking about how everything happens for a purpose, and that there no coincidences. But here are some incidentals:
- Joy texted Lennie earlier that she's not going to Bible study anymore because the rain was just too heavy. I called her to somehow convince her that she should be in Bible study. Good thing she did come.
- Clarissa is not officially an attendee in our study group, It happened that her singing group rehearsed at Church tonight for a benefit concert they're singing at this Saturday. She and I saw each other in the lobby, she asked for my phone number and wondered if she could join the Bible study.
- Good thing Joy was walking with her when the men tried to snatch her handbag. She was able to grab hold of Clarissa which combined their weight all together making it hard for the men to get what they planned on stealing!
- Good thing Clarissa used that bag today! It's a nice cream-colored bag made of smooth leather. It was so slick that the thieves weren't able to take a nice strong grasp of it.
- Good thing the Lord has kept His eyes on us and placed a hedge of protection over us!
Tonight, we listened to and discussed Louie Giglio's teaching on the greatness of God and His redeeming work!
Redemption. That is one of God's great and special works. Everything He does in human life is aimed in this direction, redemption. These mighty activities of God, recorded as miracles in the Bible, are all redemptive in character. They serve to buy us back from our unbelief and miserable way of life. Even protecting us providentially from people with evil intentions is His way of redeeming us from believing and relying completely on ourselves-- instilling in our hearts that He cares for us and is keeping us under His wings!
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