May this “pick-up line” speak of our Passion…!

Pick-up lines ???

Kahit gaano tayo ka-slow, ‘di na uso na di natin ma-gets ang ibig sabihin. Mas maraming pick-up lines, mas mahabang usapan, mas enjoy ang samahan … tama po ba? …

On the contrary, for our past four gospel readings, Jesus has been throwing His “pick-up lines” hoping that more people will follow Him after He fed thousands of them with those five loaves & two fishes. But so sad that in this last part of John’s Gospel, tuluyan nang hindi na-gets ng mga tao ang “pick-up lines” ni Jesus kaya karamihan sa kanila ay tuluyan nang umalis at hindi  na sumunod pa.

Jesus was left, asking His 12 Disciples:  ⁶⁷ “You do not want to leave too, do you?”
 Putting into picture such scenario, we would surely doubt if it would still be a right decision not to leave when everybody has taken aback. Jesus’ question was another indirect test, if the 12 Disciples would still stay. Sad thing if they would say that they are also leaving, but still, Jesus gave them the choice. Mabuti na lang, may isang Simon Peter who assured Jesus that they came because they believed that He has the words of eternal life. They already had the “passion” to continue the mission that they were trained in. The thing in our real-time scenario is, sometimes, we are also put into such a mission na sa umpisa ay parang malabong tanggapin natin. We would kind-a ask, why of all, tayo ang binibigyan ng “parang mahirap” na mission na di natin alam  kung ano ang mga dapat gawin at kung paano uumpisahan, lalo na at di rin natin alam kung anong pagtanggap ang mapapala natin sa paghihirapan natin kasi we might also be doing the right thing, the wrong way. Yet, the best question is, “where do we begin?” And the best answer is “deep within”! Yes, the passion that’s within will START-UP THE MISSION! There may be some inhibitions, but we just need to “let go of what we seem to just know” and “let God take-over” while we give out the best of what we have.  At the outset, if we will strive to fulfil our mission with whatever little of ourselves that we can extend,  we would soon be one with Jesus in this pick-up line para sa mga taong imi-mission out natin:“Gusto namin maging karpintero..Para makagawa kami ng tulaypapunta sa puso nyo!” -- Jsunset

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Can We Really Un-learn Love?

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How can we just leave and turn away?

While you've been expecting things to level up, it's just a distraught that all of a sudden, you are left with no other choice than mend all by your self because the other half of what you used to have has just opted to turn away :( For whatever reason, that special feeling and grand decision that you used to commit yourself to, has surprisingly given up to hold-on. It used to grow, and you both nurtured it, built you world around it ... but what happened along the way? -- just what was it that came up? Can you really just UN-LEARN that affection which made both of you so strong for such love all throughout those trying years?There could be those hurries and flurries which could win its way to ruin relationships -- yet, it's more than sad if you would permit yourself to be carried away by those pessimism and allow the other person to suffer your indecision. Sometimes, we just need to be real careful of the things that we are trying to UNlearn today, for you may never know that it could have been the greatest learning that would really complete you in the near future -- yet, because you opted to turn your back from it today, it might be too late to realize how wrong you've been  -- 'coz somebody came along just before you decided to RE-LEARN :( 
 

Sometimes, we have to “keep distance…”

“I want to pick you up each time you fall, I want to cheer you up each time you frown, I want to ease you each time you’re stressed, I want to calm you down each time you flare up, I want to clear out your mind from bugs when you think that people are against you…”

“I intend to teach you the wisdom that you need when loads are heavy, I intend to make you feel that I am just here in support of the good things that you do, I intend to save you from committing mistakes when you think you seem so right…”

“…BUT, your reactions, your ways of thinking and ways of feeling never allow me. Your justifications keep on pushing me away.  Your self-centered beliefs has created the wall that hinders you from seeing and from realizing -- that all that I intended, and all that I wanted is to help you become the person that God wants you to be.”

“Nevertheless, how I still wanted to give you a hug just for you to know that things will soon be fine and for you to feel that despite the pain that you’ve inflicted in me because most of the time you misunderstood me, still, I will keep on searching for ways ‘till you eventually understand, because I know, deep within my heart that YOU ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS.”

“There may be times when I will have to keep distance, to give you the chance to listen to my silence and make you look within, hoping that you would grab the opportunity to reflect on things and to see the difference when you decide to also look up and ask if I would still be back so that you could cope and make up.”

“This is never easy, but because the Holy Spirit keeps on working in me, I will also never give up on you, my child…’till that day you’ll eventually let go of your pride and let your FAITH in God lead you closer to Him  .”

These lines, I have personally composed for my kids and for the youths of today’s time. I am pretty sure that most parents would also want to boost these lines to their kids, specially those who feel the intensity of manifesting the love when we forgive despite the pain and in never giving up, notwithstanding the difficulty through the force of the Holy Spirit for the purpose of building a “church” in every child.

In recollection, I have several times told my students that such “church” is actually our “personal relationship with Jesus”. I personally feel that we should be channels of this personal relationship which we could sample-out to our kids so that they may witness for themselves the difference of a life in God.#

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