Prayer
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
November 25, 2017 7:44pm CST
Last Friday our clinical coordinator posted in our closed group on Facebook that I should prepare an opening prayer for our reorientation on December 6,Wednesday. Ma'am CC will make the closing prayer.
I commented :"Why me again? I have done that twice already?"
Of course I will do that. It is a privilege to lead the opening prayer to less than a hundred persons that will include all instructors, students, and even the president and vice president of the school.
We have to leave now. I and my sister are going to church. Today is her oldest daughter’s birthday.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
@JustBhem it is an excuse if you can't go to church because of the weather . I know you pray at home as well.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
26 Nov 17
@ridingbet
Nope, we did not. It was raining the whole afternoon here.
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@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
26 Nov 17
For sure you will have a meaningful prayer to give during that event.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Nov 17
i made a prayer of gratitude, and hope that the next semester will be a better one for the students and instructors alike.
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@LadyDuck (502187)
• Italy
26 Nov 17
@ridingbet It's warmer now, the wind is no more so strong.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Nov 17
thanks for the greeting. our day this noontime was sunny but not so hot, because there was cold wind blowing.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
@LadyDuck hello. We are waiting for the power to be off.it is past 8am now and it is nerve -wracking if we are spared of the power interruption.i hope it won't be hot day today
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
27 Nov 17
@ridingbet , sometimes a person needs to rest. All the best with the week ahead.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Nov 17
thank you. i wanted to be here the whole day today but i was drowsy and also watched my favorite afternoon Sunday show on TV
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Nov 17
thanks. i am 11 years older than my oldest niece. she has only one son too.
thank you. i hope the audience will sincerely pray with me when i will lead the prayer.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Nov 17
actually, it was our clinical coordinator who requested me. the first 2 times that i led the opening prayer was with 2 different female clinical coordinators.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Nov 17
@YrNemo they had the notion that i am a serious instructor and i lay my cards on the table.
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@YrNemo (20254)
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27 Nov 17
@ridingbet oh dear! You just happened to be 'chosen' by everyone then! 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Nov 17
my idea is, because i am the oldest clinical instructor in the college of nursing, being there for 13 years now.
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@toniganzon (77064)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
It's always nice to be appointed in leading the prayers.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
28 Nov 17
yes, i believe so too. when i make a prayer, i do make it simple. i don't use flowery words and i make it straight to the point.
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@Raine38 (12387)
• United States
26 Nov 17
You have done the prayer for a similar function, there are two ways of looking at this same request: either you think negatively about it, like maybe they want to pass on their responsibilities to you. Or think positively that maybe they liked your opening prayers from before that they feel like more people should witness it. The choice is yours.
Happy birthday to your niece!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Nov 17
i take this one positively. there is no hard work or strenuous activities that i should do, but read the prayer in front of less than a hundred people. i got used to speaking in front of a crowd (i was the contestant of an oratorical contest in my senior college year), and i am confident i can do that task.
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@jobelbojel (36791)
• Philippines
26 Nov 17
I am sure they chose you because you can lead the group into deeper prayer. Have a blessed Sunday.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Nov 17
thanks. i agree with your comment. besides, they chose me because some of the part-time CI's are not confident enough to speak in front of the president and students of the school.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
26 Nov 17
Nothing wrong with an opening prayer, we all need to pray every day.
@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
26 Nov 17
That's because they trust you as the best person to do it and they saw how well you did before.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Nov 17
I agree with you. Besides too I am the oldest clinical instructor.
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