Sunday, October 21, 2007

What a Day....


Yesterday and today was like "one of those days". One of those days where your thoughts want to eat you and say, "yes, victory!" But God always has a way to remind me to look back to Him. I think it's the Holy Spirit...:) Pr. Ray Sanchez taught yesterday at church, and it was really good. He spoke about temptation...EEK!! Temptations can so easily entrap us- trust me I know. Little sins or big sins, they all lead to death- separation. But praise be to God who forgives because of what Christ Jesus did on the cross for me and the world. "God doesn't love me because of who I am or what I've done, but because of WHO HE IS!"- Sanchez. That was so refreshing to hear and sometimes it is so hard to even believe. But God wants me to trust and believe that and believe who I am in Him and who He believes I am in Him.
Today at Doral I thought I was going to have a melt down. I rushed through set up, tried to video tape something while setting up, felt so disorganized, some of my volunteers were late, etc. But in all that "emotion commotion" like my friend HP would say, God did something so OUT OF THIS WORLD. Our 9:30 am service had 5 children, which is great. And our 11:00 am service- are you ready for this- had 26 kids in total. TWENTY-SIX!!! We were all blown away, excited, and thankful.
After tear down, I had a short meeting with my volunteers and had lunch at Macaroni Grill with Heredes of course, and our friends Ivan, Lizbet, Mike, & Connie. I had the best Eggplant Parmesean. Later, we went to Dolphin Mall and Heredes got some nice, new sandals with a gift card he got for his birthday. Then we made a short pit stop at my parents house and went home.
I did something today that I hadn't done in a LOOONNNNGGGG time. I went by myself to the park and rollerbladed for about 35 mintues. Ohh it was awesome!!!! I loved it!
Now I am at home about to rest a bit and work on some stuff that I really need to get done by tomorrow night. God is good and made it a "What a day" day. In other words, a really great day. He is reminding me to just trust Him in every aspect of my life: emotionally, spiritually, physically, financially, etc. Goodnight...

5 comments:

Heather Palacios said...

Thanks for your honesty. It revealed so many layers of your integrity. You're a blessing.

Marcy Ribeiro said...

:) boo..thanks so much...just had to let it out..and you and everyone at FRC is a blessing to me too..thank you!!!

Anonymous said...

Marcy,

I really appreciate EVERYTHING you do.. I totally understand what Sunday mornings feel like, but the Lord is so wonderful He always shows Himself faithful. WAY TO GO FRC DORAL Children's ministry you are making a difference in the KINGDOM!!!!!

Blessings,Grecy

Marcy Ribeiro said...

THANK YOU Grecy....Thank you to you and Pr. Igor for everything you do at Doral...God has opened so many awesome doors because of your surrender and obedience...It's awesome being a part of the FRC team...love you!!!

Dave and Vicky said...

26 kids definitely deserves a Whoo HOO!!!

God always has a funny way in the midst of a "bad day" to show us that He is in control. Like my Mom always says "He uses us in spite of us and our situation". He is so awesome!!!