Saturday, September 20, 2008

Strength to Endure

Oh boy! School starts on Monday. My goal for this year is to be outspoken. When in school, I don't really talk much; I’m a lotta bit shy around people I don't know. But now that I think about, it seems quite selfish of me, because I have valuable information that some people out there don't even know! I pray God gives me strength and words to say as I start the new school year. I want to do my all for His name sake. “For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”

Also, I haven’t told my parents yet, but some of my goals for the future have changed. I feel they have so I can be a better servant of God. My heart is for the foreign mission field, I don’t feel they fully understand that. I have aspirations to become a doctor, but I don’t feel 100% that’s what God wants me to do. I have ideas about going to bible colleges or Christian undergraduate schools, moreso than I do the schools my parents want me to go to. I fervently pray that God will give me the strength to tell my parents that I have chosen to follow God wholeheartedly. I know that if I am walking with Him, that He will guide my steps. God always provides for those who are sincerely trying to follow His will; but if I suffer persecution or even suffer in daily life, I know it’s all for God’s glory.

In Christ,
Cody Enciso
Phil. 3:10