Letting Go

September 25, 2007

Letting Go Letting go is never easy.

It requires great courage; for the things we let go are normally the things that are precious and “irreplaceable”. Who would have a hard time letting go of things that are not important to them anyways?

Letting go of a thing is sometimes bearable, for it could be replaced by small little joys that could fill in the void of that big thing that was gone.

But more than anything, the hardest is letting go of a loved one. Of a person who used to be your “happy thought”. Who used to make you smile, used to give you a deeper value and importance, who used to make you sing and who used to make your heart beats faster and faster by just being themselves.

Letting go is a choice.

It is a choice of whether we will allow ourselves to mature by the pains brought by the selfless act or be “at risk” of having ourselves carried on the upheavals of our emotions by being so attached.

Letting go involves the idea of having our “Mind rule over matters”, “Wisdom rule over Emotions” and having ourselves appreciate a person/thing WITHOUT elevating him/her/it above God in our lives.

Letting go is helpful in taking the risk/ probability of “abusing the harmless things”. For no matter how beneficial or INNOCENT something may be, when asked too much of it, could cause harm to us and to others.

When we learn to let go, we will undergo a very painful process, but no matter how broken we are we could be assured of a very rewarding result of its “art”.

Letting go- it is when we need to trust God more in bringing back that precious and irreplaceable thing/person again. It is trusting Him to bring us to the maturity level that we should be having, and it allow us to bring ourselves to that undivided heart and attention for Him that is expected in us. (Psalms 86:11)

Letting go entails the “risk of loosing”. We may be afraid of facing the struggles of our longingness for it; however, if we could fully trust God that He knows everything and He doesn’t just view our plight from a distance, we would be secured enough.

One thing I would like to emphasize is that, “God knew our desires and he is capable of fulfilling it in order for us to be happy.”

For this cause, we could now be at rest in His presence, being fully secured; we could be at REST for HIS BEST, (1 John 4:18).. for LOVE protects, trusts, hopes and perseveres (1 Corinthians 13:7)

True Beauty

Sept.12, 2007

Wonderin’….

Could there be a hope to maintain purity and faith in a place of such darkness and intrigue? When the doors of the world closed behind, it’s that painful and heartbreaking.

Then Brokenness will follow.
Yet, soon the awareness of the reservoirs of inner strength was revealed, from that moment, everyone knew it was different. Even people from the world believed.

Although the world had been surrounded by beauty for years, the beauty that it had never seen before should arise. It should show itself and it should leave a legacy. Beauty that is far deeper than any lovely face and gorgeous form. It is that beauty that is filled with peace and tranquility that nothing seemed to bother.

Unlike the petty, jealous, insecure beauties who usually surround the world. The beauty that is humble, forgiving, and always ready to serve would be above all. Beauty that is courageous to resist the otherworldly charms. The beauty with joy that is contagious; the beauty that could lift the spirits of everyone around.

“Yes,” The world said to himself, “this is what we need”. In its arrogance, though it tried, the world knew that the humility and innocence this beauty has, is exactly what it needed. Therefore, it’s determined to do whatever it takes to steal that testimony from it.
But it’s the same God who had been with this beauty at home, is also the one with it in the darkness of the world.

But when this beauty decided to let go and let God fight this battle to maintain the purity and innocence in it, though at the risk of loosing such reputation; it risked.

Then found mercy and grace, holding on to the only things that matters, the relationship it has with its Creator.

Then surprisingly, this beauty overcame and still overcoming, BY GRACE OF GOD ALONE. Favors upon favors... How could this beauty that had been raised in the purity and innocence back home gained such favor in the eyes of the world who tried to destroy it?

This had nothing to do with its preference or any attributes; the world is filled with beauties that are equal to it in natural beauty. However, the secret to its universal acceptance lay in the fact that it had an inner beauty which no one in the world had ever seen before.
The secret to God’s favor is His character.
As the character of Christ is formed in your life, it releases a winsomeness and magnetism which much of the world will find irresistible.

“It should be no different. No matter where God has placed you, He is well able to give you the same kind of favor you experienced before. Before you can fully walk in this favor, however, you must understand it. In Proverbs 3:3, 4 we find if a person walks in love and faithfulness, they will win favor in the sight of both God and man. “