"He paid the Ultimate Price..because He carried our cross.."
"..can you??"
In the beginning, GOD, the source and creator of all things made the world, life, and everything in its place. But a there is a common misconception, in that people tend to think that GOD made all things now. GOD never made the world as it is now; He could have because He can, but He wouldn’t and more importantly He didn’t. GOD made the world then, a beautiful and serene haven, and our lives in perfect harmony with everything else. Life then was fair, as fair could ever be, given the circumstance that everything and everyone was given its rightful place and just dignity. But when GOD gave us the gift of choice, our human-nature made misuse and abuse that powerful gift bestowed upon us. Instead of manifesting our divine-nature by committing ourselves to the propagation of this wonderful haven that was then, we started caring for ourselves a little bit more than anything else. And in that brief moment, when Man made such a choice, was the precise moment that Life began to tilt its favor, Life began to be unfair.Such a saddening predicament and heart-breaking circumstance has been well displayed and manifested in the film we saw entitled “Ang Pinakatagong Lihim ng Simbahan”. A depiction of the Life that is the consequence and the precursor of Man’s Nature, such was what the film is. A Life nowhere near what bountiful haven we used to have in the palm of our powerful and responsible hands, when all that’s left is our dirty and stained hands scarcely filled with the alms given to us by the people who are given power by other people, and GOD’s promise of a saving grace. It was never clear who or even what the source of all this turmoil and suffering we are in, it never is, and it never will be. But as things are now, the problem is no longer with the people or the things that started it, but with us, the people who choose to do nothing, or even worse contribute to what is now a hurting sight to the One who made things then.
It is now a reality that Life is unfair, because it really is, for NOW. Furthermore, it will most likely stay that way, as seen in the seemingly never-ending cycle of poverty shown in the film that could extend for many generations of families, if no one will make a stand and more importantly make a move towards making life to what it is supposed to be. BUT, the actions of a single one is never enough, in this world where those with the power and fortune could easily pay-off or dispose such single-heroes of change. The pains and burdens of changing the whole world does not lay on the shoulders of those heroic few that choose to care for others a little bit more than themselves, like the Forest Guardian Priests in the film, and the people in the squatters fighting for their rights. But because of how the world works, it seems as if it really is because everyone else is too busy caring for themselves a bit more, a majority staying stagnant amidst a few trying to move everyone else.
A very important lesson I have learned and I have come to imprint on my Life, is the constant reminder of the conviction and the responsibility of not only becoming a miracle for change, but also in becoming an advocate for being the change. Not only being the one who helps the world change by my own actions, but also by my words. Inspiring people to becoming the very instruments for being the change is one of the best ways of changing the world. True, that changing the whole world begins with a small and individual step, but nobody ever said it had to stay that way. If only the world knew how to follow those heroic few, and the Holy One, who suffered the greatest pain and burden of renewing the world, or more appropriately, returning the world to its original place; then maybe, just maybe, and this I pray and move for, the world and Life itself will become the beautiful haven and serene paradise that GOD has made for us; Because Life was never this unfair . .
"be not only the change.,
but also be the inspiration for people to be the change.."
"and be happy.."
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