This is what caught my attention from checking Facebook today. I never thought I will one day quote Eminem, but here it is.
I'm not saying he's right. Poems and lyrics become true to us if we personalize them. That's all this is.
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Romans 12:17-18
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. Matthew 5:9
My dear friends and I booked a spa getaway in Antipolo to celebrate a lot of good things, nataon sa typhoon Quiel, and decided to just push through with it anyway.
Kapag may bagyo, either nasa work or bahay lang ako, painfully waiting for the typhoon to just come and go, praying that my love ones are safe. While others dread traffic, exams and asthma attacks, my bad days are the rainy ones or when there's typhoon.
Personally, I have to say this is a refreshing way to get through a storm. Being somewhere else with people dear to me made me forget my typhoon anxiety and "everywhere is wet" crankiness.
And when I say "dear", I mean "I just had a setback so I should be bitter about your all expense paid Paris trip and your promotion, but I'm not because whatever makes you happy makes me happy, what makes you sad makes me sad."
It was easy to share this video but I gotta admit it was hard for me to start writing anything about it. It just talks about many bible principles that my limited writing skills may not give it justice.
So instead, I just thought of writing about how this video ministered to me.
For quite some time now, I find myself wanting to be a better person, either by accomplishments, or just plainly for being known as someone who is kind and nice. Parang, there is this person I am called and I want to be.
In a nut shell, this video is about God chiselling us into the masterpiece he created us to be, removing stuff that are not supposed to be there. I am comforted to have been reminded na hindi lang pala ako ito, that God is also part of the work, molding me into that person He wants me to be.
The video was right when it said that I care deeply about what other people think of me. Compliments and insults will be thrown my way but the only approval I should be aiming for is God's. And while I am so focused on my bait-baitan pa-image, circumstances in my life would just push me to show the opposite. Ang hirap maging peacemaker kung pino-provoke ka. Ang hirap maging thankful kapag may setback ka. But slowly, I'm learning to accept that God allows some circumstances in my life to produce character.
So who do I want to be? Eto medyo hardcore but it gives so much clarity to all the confusion: we want to look good, we want a good name, we want to be the best that we can be. But God will chisel away until when people look at us, they see Jesus and not us.
