Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Called to shine in times of Crisis!

Eto ang panahon ng PAGMAMAHAL...

PAG MAHAL ng Gasolina...
PAG MAHAL ng Bigas...
PAG MAHAL ng lahat ng bilihin....

so with our income the only unchanging, makes one wonder how to live on...and yes for some, even survive!

We are meant to rise above our situations.
We are people meant to shine in times of crisis.
When the going gets tough, the faithful gets going;
when others would hoard, we take our cue from the Widow and his child in the time of drought who willingly gave all that they had - and from then on, never ran out!

We are committed to our calling - to be a people of blessing!
When cursing is the natural reaction, we choose to respond in love; we prepare our bread with fillings of love and we give them out -- yes even to those who threw us stones.
Our love will conquer them, even as we were conquered by His love.

We refuse to be controlled by the abundance or scarcity of our resources. Our Spirit is our major resource. And so we draw our strength from our inner resource who has abundantly provided for us -- not just meant to be enjoyed by us, but to be graciously shared to everyone especially the needy. In our weakness, we are made strong. And in our poverty, we are made rich.

This is our time.
In the midst of darkness, we will shine brighter!
For His Glory alone!

Truly this is the time for PAGMAMAHALAN in the truest sense of the word!