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Friday, January 26, 2007
CG3 -- Wednesday--
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The CG on wednesday had the same theme as the tuesday's where we shared about the gift and talents which we are blessed with and our human short-comings that prevent our gifts and talents from being used. Although we had a long CG, the sharing was fruitful. Thanks for the sharings wed CG!
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We first started out with a prayer followed by a short reflection session where we thought about the gifts and talents we possess and then the short-comings which we have that tie our talents down, not allowing them to be used.
After that, we shared on what we reflected upon. All of us had our own talents and areas which we had passion in. However, our short-comings prevent them from either being further developed or being used at all. As we shared, we also discovered that each of us have the similar short-comings. Therefore we can urge each other to develope our talents! Knowing full well how it feels like when these short-comings get in the way.
Our dear God has blessed us with talents and these talents can be used even for our own personal enjoyment! But if it is possible that it may help any community, it would be joyful to be able to utilize them for all to share! And more often than not, we have the inertia to push ourselves in developing our talents. Remember that once we step out and do it, everything else will flow. So do take the first step yeah? A talent not used is a gift not opened. Let's too give our God given gifts a try!
After that we had our affirmation session too. It was heartwarming to see everyone affirm each other. Sometimes we ourselves cannot recognise the talents we possess and need others to tell us. And if it affirms the talent that we already know we have, it will only push us further in developing it. So don't stop affirming one another yes? An affirmation goes a long way...
To conclude our session, we listened to the song "Why". The song was about the hanging of Jesus on the cross where a little girl who strode into town witnessed it and felt sorry for Jesus. Jesus then asked the Father why he was subjected to such pain and the Father replied that he had to die, for the sake of the little girl standing there, terrified and innocent. I shall type out the crux of what Dwi wrote...
The song depicts a chaotic scene which is somewhat similar to the situation we find ourselves in from time to time. Our burdens, past and present, our short-comings may have obscured our vision, taking away our ability to reason clearly and objectively. We build a wall around ourselves that separates us from our blessings. This wall can be our sense of pride; being afraid or a lack of confidence. If only we can look beyond this negativity and focus on our blessings, like the way Jesus in the song had looked upon the girl. The reason why he had to be on the cross was so clear and simple. It was Love. It is Love.
We should try not to envy other's talents but focus on developing our own and as mentioned in the scripture, not everyone is called to be a priest or a teacher. We have our own roles to play and part of it is determined by our blessings. Going further, exploring into how our short-comings may or might have affected our decisions will help us to understand ourselves better instead of just speaking about them superficially. Some of us may be facing similar problems and knowing this, we can encourage each other to overcome them. To summarise, the reason for our blessings is simply Love and to pass it on!
And with that we ended our CG session and went to fong seng to eat! Haha Thanks again wednesday CG for your sharing! See u next week!
With inspiration to develope talents further,
Dan Tan
P.S. Do try to look through the reading material given to you. It is to equip ourselves for the coming CAW to help others understand our faith better. And come for faith formation talk if you can! Just call me if you don't know how to go!
The CG on wednesday had the same theme as the tuesday's where we shared about the gift and talents which we are blessed with and our human short-comings that prevent our gifts and talents from being used. Although we had a long CG, the sharing was fruitful. Thanks for the sharings wed CG!
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We first started out with a prayer followed by a short reflection session where we thought about the gifts and talents we possess and then the short-comings which we have that tie our talents down, not allowing them to be used.
After that, we shared on what we reflected upon. All of us had our own talents and areas which we had passion in. However, our short-comings prevent them from either being further developed or being used at all. As we shared, we also discovered that each of us have the similar short-comings. Therefore we can urge each other to develope our talents! Knowing full well how it feels like when these short-comings get in the way.
Our dear God has blessed us with talents and these talents can be used even for our own personal enjoyment! But if it is possible that it may help any community, it would be joyful to be able to utilize them for all to share! And more often than not, we have the inertia to push ourselves in developing our talents. Remember that once we step out and do it, everything else will flow. So do take the first step yeah? A talent not used is a gift not opened. Let's too give our God given gifts a try!
After that we had our affirmation session too. It was heartwarming to see everyone affirm each other. Sometimes we ourselves cannot recognise the talents we possess and need others to tell us. And if it affirms the talent that we already know we have, it will only push us further in developing it. So don't stop affirming one another yes? An affirmation goes a long way...
To conclude our session, we listened to the song "Why". The song was about the hanging of Jesus on the cross where a little girl who strode into town witnessed it and felt sorry for Jesus. Jesus then asked the Father why he was subjected to such pain and the Father replied that he had to die, for the sake of the little girl standing there, terrified and innocent. I shall type out the crux of what Dwi wrote...
The song depicts a chaotic scene which is somewhat similar to the situation we find ourselves in from time to time. Our burdens, past and present, our short-comings may have obscured our vision, taking away our ability to reason clearly and objectively. We build a wall around ourselves that separates us from our blessings. This wall can be our sense of pride; being afraid or a lack of confidence. If only we can look beyond this negativity and focus on our blessings, like the way Jesus in the song had looked upon the girl. The reason why he had to be on the cross was so clear and simple. It was Love. It is Love.
We should try not to envy other's talents but focus on developing our own and as mentioned in the scripture, not everyone is called to be a priest or a teacher. We have our own roles to play and part of it is determined by our blessings. Going further, exploring into how our short-comings may or might have affected our decisions will help us to understand ourselves better instead of just speaking about them superficially. Some of us may be facing similar problems and knowing this, we can encourage each other to overcome them. To summarise, the reason for our blessings is simply Love and to pass it on!
And with that we ended our CG session and went to fong seng to eat! Haha Thanks again wednesday CG for your sharing! See u next week!
With inspiration to develope talents further,
Dan Tan
P.S. Do try to look through the reading material given to you. It is to equip ourselves for the coming CAW to help others understand our faith better. And come for faith formation talk if you can! Just call me if you don't know how to go!
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