I attended the Anticipated Mass at UST this evening which I'm doing regularly. I was really inspired with the Homily a while ago. It made me realize about so many things.The Homily was all about our relationship with God. How committed are we to Him. How much do we love Him. It is something that couldn't easily be answered by a "yes" or "no" based on what we think. Sometimes, our actions justify our real feelings towards Him.
Whenever we pray, we don't merely ask for God's help. It is a time we spend to talk to Him, to share our insights, to tell our thoughts, to talk about our experiences, to speak out all the things we wanna say. Yes we might not be able to hear His response but He is there listening to all the words we enunciate. With every requests we ask from God, He has three responses. First is "Yes, He will give it now". Second, "Yes but not now. Just wait for the right time". Or lastly "No. Never, because He has better plans for us". We should always educe that our ways are not always His ways, but His ways will always be the best.
We always think about our relationship to God as something that goes on a vertical manner. A relationship which includes you and God. But that's really not what it seems to be. Our relationship with God is also being affected by our relationship with the people around us. How we treat other people reflects our treatment to God. So what is praying for if our hearts are flamed with hatred for other people? It isn't enough to literally say the words "I love God". There is also a need for us to prove it.
As a creation of God, we are the most perfect. He made us out of His own image. He granted us the intelligence, wisdom and intellect. We are able to reason out which differentiates us from all other living things. It is in our nature to be pure, innocent and chaste. But because of the emergence of developments, people were stained with sin and wrongdoings. We were blinded with material things and temporal happiness. We thirst for power and supremacy. We became greedy and self-centered. Despite all of these epidemic dilemma we are facing, God is still and will always be here for us. He will never deny us. He will never leave us. In return, we should never deny Him from our lives. We should never loosen our grip to Him. We should never take Him away from the center of all the things we do.
Love. Faith. Respect. Are we giving enough for Him? If not, what are we living our lives for? What are we striving for? What are we struggling for? What are we fighting for? If not because of Him, what is the essence of our lives? Without Him, what would be the color of our days? If not because of Him, what is happiness for? In all the things we do, we should remember that we are doing it not only for ourselves, not only for the people who expect so much from us, but most importantly for God. The Alpha and the Omega. The beginning and the end. The person who is willing to sacrifice for us. The one person who offered His life to save us.
How about you? What can you sacrifice for God?
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