I grew up an Evangelical Christian, my Mamang’s sister, Lola Lyd along with her husband, Lolo Bojie were pastors of a small church and my earliest memories included Lola Lyd praying for me and my siblings and going to their church in Manuela (now Starmall) with my family every Sunday. I loved it — the music, preaching the promise of God’s goodness, and even Sunday school. I took this love with me throughout school and early adulthood. By 2012, I was determined to follow my grandmother’s footsteps and go to Bible School and yet, for whatever reason, I decided to go against that dream and pursue the world of marketing and public relations instead.
Twelve years later, the passion to remind people of God’s love has remained within me but has definitely transformed from what I initially thought it would be. Twelve years ago, I thought doing this meant a big stage, bright lights, and many followers on Instagram. I was also extremely legalistic and was very arrogant about my legalism. I thought I was better than everyone and deserved more than anyone because I followed the rule book.
It wasn’t until I went through my own dark night of the soul that I realized that wasn’t what God is about at all. In the last eight years, I have dismantled the religion I grew up with and instead built my life on the foundation of God’s goodness and grace. Instead of entitlement, I am just grateful for God’s love and faithfulness through my own doubts and fears. And now, instead of a big stage, I share God in small ways by returning that generosity of grace to others. I no longer look for a stage but instead for a life filled with opportunities to pray for others and support them. There’s many frills that come with organized religion but Jesus has always meant it to be simple.
This was my mindset when I asked my good friend, Ann Peñaredondo to start a podcast with me. It started with a simple thought, “we simply do not experience God on Sundays but in our every day.” And from that thought, we took a leap of faith, and started this podcast. The podcast comes out of the desire to support those who are in need of God and who do not feel seen. We want to remind people that yes God is in the big things but he is also ever present in the small things. There’s bits of grace daily and our God is faithful especially on days we don’t feel very faithful.
Do you want to experience Bits of Grace today? Our podcast is available wherever you listen to podcasts!
