Okay, maybe the title of the post is void since my previous CGL, Sammie is really someone who could convince you to take up the post. Basically, just accepted the invitation to become a CGL in my old CG.
To be honest, I have been trying to avoid that due to my other commitments, but after further consideration (and partly due to Sammie's skill of persuasion), I feel that uni is a platform where you should try new stuffs, and to get out of your comfort zone. I admit that I am getting 'quite' comfortable in my own CG group, when someone is leading, and I would just only need to participate without any commitments. Well, for sure, this is a new challenge, and I hope I would be a good CGL, by God's grace.
Another reason for taking up this post is partly due to my desire in serving the Lord. I mean, I haven't really done anything worthwhile during my stay in uni so far right? So, why not I try out this semester? It's another application to this verse, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all this things shall be added unto you".
Well, allow me to paste this testimony, which Sammie have wrote to me.
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But in the first year in CF, I really felt that the Lord has been gracious and my spiritual walk with Him had been growing, and I saw stepping up out of my comfort zone as a cgl as an opportunity to allow God to mould me through the journey and also an opportunity to love God more.
As a freshie back then in CF, I experienced a lot of warmth in the CG and hence I also wanted the freshies (next year) to experience that same warmth and edification from fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Since stepping out of my comfort zone as a cgl, the Lord has really changed me a lot. He was my pillar of strength and comfort all this while, helping me to draw closer to Him, leaning on the strength He provided and not focusing on my inabilities.
Though my father was discouraging in my areas in service in church and in CF as he was very results-driven, wanting me to concentrate on my studies as he was worried that CF would consume a lot of my time during semester, I was prepared to face the impending challenges then and knew that I had to work a lot harder in my studies if I wanted to show my dad that service wouldn't necessarily detriment grades.
There's this fear amongst CFers of the inability to juggle both cf, church and studies at the same time. Haha, but why do we always have to see things negatively? Serving in CF can help you manage your time better for your studies, and through serving, God moulds you in your Christian walk with him and when we learn to rely on Him more, he provides the strength to help you conquer the seemingly unconquerable.
In fact, during XXX year as a cgl, her GPA was the highest and in my final year last acad year, though I was kept busy with many more commitments in church and in cf, God surprised me when my grades actually turned out the best among all the other sems. Really praise God and all glory goes to Him who provides the strength.
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There's more towards that, but you guess it. Basically, I wanted to experience the same thing, where I am finally applying stuffs which I have learn about trusting God and that He will provide. :)
So, now my responsibilities is kind of increasing, not to mention that school haven't even started yet. But I believe I could do it, by God's grace.
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