How I See, Hear, Feel God…

By MARJOREE TAN

AT the start, amid this Coronavirus Disease (COVID) Pandemic,

I struggled a lot in my faith.

I just didn’t have peace in my heart.
Pre-COVID, my life was way different.

I was just this normal, regular gal. At right, that’s me enjoying my job as administrative assistant at the Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company of Manila.

I really wasn’t conscious, not really feeling God’s Presence in my life.

Everything changed in 2019. That year, my friend, Darlene Gia Ilagan, invited me to attend The Feast.

That’s us at left, enjoying a fellowship.

Little did I know, the following year, COVID would hit the world.

Here I am so happy at The Feast PICC.

I now realize that here, by His Grace, God came to me just in time for me to be able to bear the Pandemic.

The Feast has made me really aware of the blessings which beforehand I had taken for granted. And so now, I see, hear, and feel God ever Present for me.

I see God’s Presence— even if I am not looking for Him. For instance, I see Him in inspirational messages that would by chance pop out as I am checking out my social media pages. I would see that this is God Himself talking directly to me, erasing my fears.

I hear God through everyday situations in my life – good or bad.

Talks of Bro. Bo Sanchez (here I am in a photo-op with him) have made me hear practical lessons that God is telling me, especially doing what is right and pleasing to Him.

These lessons have somehow prevented me from going astray, away from God. God is everywhere, and I cannot run away from Him anymore.

So, here I am worshipping
God at The Feast; attending the Kerygma
Conference, and yes, learning to be brave!

I feel God through the love of my friends.

At The Feast,

I joined the Singles Ministry and my comembers have become my close friends, my brothers and sisters in Christ who have accepted me as I am. Here, our Singles group members, from left: Allan Bueno, Christina Orozco, me, and Gail Bayto.

At right, flanking Gail and me, Ynoh Cortez (red-blue stripes) and Mark Joseph Taneco (yellow stripes).

They reach out to me– even at times when they are not aware that I am going through a spiritual dryness.

Also lovingly supportive are my Light Group co-members.

Here we are during a recent fellowship,
from left: Ychelle Galvez, Anne Mae Natividad, Monica Miranda, Roxanne Azucena, Joy Muleta,
Charise Guerro, and Joycee Cerdeño

And so, now, amid this Pandemic, I have been really at peace, knowing that God is just around me. He is here in me.