"Dressed in white once more, making promises to follow in God's way. So much lies in store for the little girl who enters at the gates..."
This year marked my saying goodbye to my lovely, intelligent, and ever-active primary students under the 3-7 years-old age group. Just this afternoon, Dane, my smartest Primary student, got baptized.
I spent the entire afternoon mourning over (this is an understatement) the bitter and unexpected loss of the San Antonio Spurs to the Miami heat. While I was trying hard to concentrate on my Accounting review materials, something kept telling me "You are forgetting something..." I tried to remember an important thing I was about to do but I couldn't recall any.
However, after giving up on trying to put my heart into studying, the remembrance of Dane's baptism struck my mind like thunder. I exclaimed "OH MY GOOOOOSH!!! Ma, ano oras gani baptism ni Dane?" My mom reminded me not to worry because the baptism's set to start at 5 PM. Fortunately, I was able to attend the ordinance and give a talk.
I am so thrilled of what lies ahead of Dane. She is such a sweet spirit and a very smart girl. I'm sure there's so much in store for her. I can remember the line from the song "What Heaven Sees in You" that goes "Do you understand who you are? Part of the Father lives in you. And if you continue on this path, every promise God has given will come true..." I am confident she will be able to stick to her standards and grow up to be a beautiful and virtuous young woman.
It's just amazing to know that despite of the fact that temptations and challenges among the youth today are getting scarier and subtler, the Lord never fails to provide the necessary things we need to combat them all. :)
