God’s Ways

In today’s WORD (see http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/080912.cfm) , we see how differently God thinks.

In the first reading, we see him as a loving and forgiving God. What if someone whom you love, who you gave a lot of yourself to, just ignores and hurts you. Syempre maiinis ka. Maaasar. Masasaktan. You’ll probably have a hard time trusting and loving that same person the same way again. But God is different. He chose to forgive and continue to bless us. Kahit alam nyang sasaktan natin sya ulit, he still forgave us and loved us. He still wants to reveal himself to us, he wants us to know him, not for him, but for us to be truly happy. Ibang klase.

In the gospel, we see that Peter knows who Jesus is. God revealed this to him, and He does to each one of us. We just need to listen to him and be sensitive enough. We see Jesus thinking differently too. As human beings, we would probably feel loved by Peter’s statement – ayaw kong masaktan at mahirapan ka! But Jesus does not think like us. He knows that the only way to really love us and really make us know that love is for him to die and suffer – for love of God and us.

In life, we may not always see the way God sees. We don’t see the entirety of his plan, that’s why we just need to trust in Him. We just have to surrender and put our full faith in Him. We just need to look deep in our hearts to hear God’s voice and to experience God’s love… and like Peter, we will be able to say that Jesus is the Messiah in our life.

Father God,

Thank you for your word. Thank you for reminding me that your ways are not my ways, because your ways are far better. Lord, today, we may not understand what is happening in our country, but we just put our faith in you. We know that you know what’s best and we know that you will never leave or forsake us. Like a child, we put our trust in you, and we know you will take care of us. Amen.

Stay blessed!

In Christ,

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