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January 16, 2012
How’s everyone doing? I hope all of you guys are fine and in good health with the blessings from our almighty father in heaven. It’s Sunday! I know most of us already went to the church and are ready to face the day with strength and love from God. I come from a religious family. While growing up my parents taught us (all of us kids) to be good children and to have moral values. One of the most important values was to respect each other because respect is a sign of love to each other and to everyone. I vividly remember, when I was still living in the Philippines. The church was like my second home. Especially when I feel alone and that nobody cared about me. At least when I was in the church I felt safer and I also felt the presence of God saying “YOU’RE NOT ALONE”. No doubt about it.
Since we were young our parents, uncles, and aunties taught us how wonderful Jesus Christ is. We never missed a story about Jesus inside my parent’s house especially during holy week. Holy week is a big deal in our family. Let me tell you a short story about my life. Before I met my husband in 2005 I had been praying and hoping that God would give me a nice guy, loving, big heart, those typical personality traits that any women would wish for. Time passed. Days, weeks, months, and years went by but God never granted my wish. Because of my huge belief in God I never missed the nine mornings (Simbang Gabi) of going to church every December. That’s want I want too.
But I felt that it wasn’t going to happen. I was depressed, wounded and devastated at that time. Ever since I was a kid I had that belief that God was just sitting there around the corner and listening everyone’s prayers. Day by day I lost that trust and belief that I invest in my heart. I feel like the more you asked a favor from HIM the more HE ignored you. I stopped going to church and doing my rosary even though in my heart I wanted too. I tried to divert what my heart felt. Until I came to a point in my life questioning if there is really a God. After a week of thinking how I felt about that idea I realized that wasn’t how I wanted to be. I wanted to prove to Him that no matter what happened I was still there strong and brave to face the trials. That day I went to church and confessed how weak I was. We are all human to feel that way but it’s not a persuasive reason to feel that way. If you love God unconditionally he loves you back unconditionally too.
A year later I met my husband online and got married. God gave me the guy that I had been asking him for. So, I’m complete and I’m happily married to a wonderful husband. I learned from that lesson that you can’t get everything you want in a hurry but you can get everything you want if you’re patient, loving, determined and most of all put 150% trust in God. Then you won’t have anything to worry about. God will grant your wishes. Here’s one of my favorite song to sing when I’m the midst of trials…FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND.
One night a man had a dream. He dreamed He was walking along the beach with the LORD. Across the sky flashed scenes from His life. For each scene He noticed two sets of footprints in the sand. One belonging to Him and the other to the LORD. When the last scene of His life flashed before Him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of His life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times of His life.
This really bothered Him and He questioned the LORD about it. LORD you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me. The LORD replied, my precious, precious child, I Love you and I would never leave you! During your times of trial and suffering when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.
This really bothered Him and He questioned the LORD about it. LORD you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me. The LORD replied, my precious, precious child, I Love you and I would never leave you! During your times of trial and suffering when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.
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