Don't boggle your mind

Here's another story i wanted to share today. By the way have i told you that each of our personal stories are not just stories but are sacred stories? Here's one for your daily dose.

From the very moment he made his first cry (uha uha uha) Lloyd Duhaylungsod declared to the world that he will be successful inspite of the given fact that he is born out of a complicated relationship.His grand mother took care of him and showered him all the love, cares and guidance. He smells the difficulty of being poor and growing without parent.

He goes to school which is seven kilometers away from his home.That means he does 14 kilometer of brisk walking a day.On Sundays he works a a janitor during his high school.He earns eight pesos every Sunday.His heart pumps faster every end of the month because he receives 32 peso check which he fairly use for his personal needs especially his favorite soap Argo. He also give some to his grand mother and the rest is his allowance.How did he do it? Ask him!

There were times that out of great need his grand mother would eat less and give to him the rest of the food.He wondered why at first but later he realized that its all because of love.(His grand mother deserves an Ulirang Lola Award)His grand mother wasn't the only good person in his life because even mother nature provide Lloyd a protection from the rain through the banana leaves planted along his path to school.

Fascinated by his achievements in school and his dedication his step mother offered to support his college education.Fast forward... After graduation he choose to work for a bank so he can have just a five day work and spend a day for church.

He applied to one of the biggest bank in the country and pass the exams and interviews.But he was devastated because when he was ask to go to the branch office for interview he was turn down with out second thought like he is not needed.The fire
is still in him and so he applied to another bank with a 3 word name.(make a guess) Pass the exams and interviews but just like the first one he was rejected.(I guess he cried a rainfall of tears that day)Anyways lets continue with his venture.Two straight denial is not enough to bring him down and he applied again to another bank. This time he decided to look for a bank that will give him a solid future and so he applied to a bank that has a very solid name.(i guess you know the name of the bank now)He pass the exams, the initial interview but once again denied on the final interview.

He believes in the saying "try and try" and so again he applied. This time to a not so solid and big bank but a bank that has many friends(read between the lines so you can guess the name of the bank)To his surprise he was accepted!When he went to apply everyone in the bank welcomed him with excitement like he is very much needed.Not only that, instead of getting the clerical job which he applied for he was hired as an auditor.Now thats really a WOW!

Just a few years after that he became the manager and was invited by another bank (a huge bank ... Metro Bank)He accepted the offer and he was assigned in Leyte but not for long because he was sent to Cebu to manage a branch.Days before he went to report for his new branch he went out to see personally the location of the bank and he almost fall to his knees.Because the bank the he is going to manage was actually one of the bank that denied him. It was bought by Metro Bank!The second bank that denied him was also bought by another bank.

Had he worked there probably he will be out of job sooner than he thinks.Or he will not be getting the position that God desired for him.He desires for clerical job but God wants him to be an auditor in preparation for managerial work. Can you see how God works now? Sometimes we can't understand why things happen and why doors slammed in front of us.God's plan for you is really big.

Let me share to you a text message from my friend and former teacher Dr.Gladys Fuentes...

"When you cannot understand God's reason for doing things the way He does, pray and whisper " Lord please give me a trusting heart and not a questioning mind"

You are inscribed in Gods hand my friend.Trust His heart and plans for you.Don't boggle your mind with a million and one question why things you did not expect are happening.That shows He is working out on something bigger and better.

P.S. The 32 pesos salary that he was able to fairly and equally allocates to his needs and to his lola is the first financial management lesson that he gets.God is amazing indeed!