message received loud and clear!! sometimes when God replies, he dun just send you a small sign. He whips out the flashing neon sign boards, he uses the loudhailer with amplifier super-woofer, surround sound... Dolby digital ans this morning during mass, i got the message loud and clear. Remeber my post yesterdae, about my frustrations of not doing good in school and painting mugs for a living.. well during sermon today this is what Fr martin said... " we are all given different gifts and talents and these gifts and talents are not ours..they belong to the big investor above.. and what we choose to do with these gifts and talents are really our own choice.. but when we study and train, we must remeber that it is never for our own glory or prestige, when we expand our gifts we make it so that we can better carry out what God has planned for us.. we are all unique, sent to fufill a certain task that only we can fufill.. sure we can choose to bury that talent but the world and the people we are meant to touch will be 'poorer' because of that...like good poker players, we must learn when to HOLD and when to FOLD... so the next time we are faced with difficulties on what to do with our talents, say a prayer that sounds like this.. Dear Lord, the talents i have you have given to me. Grant me the grace then to know when to hold and when to fold." And so it was a huge reassurance for me.. he has given me my talents and he had planned what i am to do with it.. instead of fretting for no reason, i should ask him to let me know when to hold and when to fold... silly me...worry for nothing again.. with God, i always get the reassurance i need to carry on and now that i've made it a point to pray before i start revision, things are finally picking up speed.. oh man How sweet it is to be loved by him!! heh.. The best part, is that for thanksgiving hymn, we sung "You are Mine" its my ultimate favourite him and each time i'm deeply troubled, it will be sung.. i felt so comforted i was about to cry..happy tears of course.. whao.. thanks GOD!!!!  ¶ 5:52 AM