August 08, 2008
· G O S P E L
Matthew 16:24-28
24 Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 26 What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life? 27 For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay everyone according to his conduct. 28 Amen, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
Reflection : “ If we cling to life in our own power, we will end up separating ourselves from God’s love.”
What I’m feeling now about the current work/career situation now is ‘acceptance’ . Come to think of it , all the decisions or paths I’ve taken since the time I was supposed to already have a semblance of independence , starting perhaps my puberty , after graduating from elementary school was a result of these forces --- half imposed by things external to me ( authority , including parental and the prevailing socio-economic conditions at the time ) and half self-decision in the sense that I accepted or agreed to what the situation warranted then , without really taking into consideration what my core gifts , talents or interests are/were , what my plans were … not that I had any conscious planning done then at the age of thirteen .
I’ve read a lot of books (self-help, inspirational , books with character building themes,psychology , etc. ) . I studied science and technology related courses in high-school, college and even while employed and while they engaged my mind and my efforts , they were not really settled in my heart and soul. In my heart and soul, I’m feeling really like an artist , but due to the fact that I have not really displayed any sort of genius or even a precociousness in the field, I did not go on that path. But sometime when I was thirty-five , not still knowing what my core-gift was, I said to myself that if there is anything that I could get an ‘A’ for, that will be my core gift . So , I got an ‘A’ in ‘Interior Design’ course with an Australia - based correspondence school named ‘Sheffield School of Interior Design. Almost twenty years thence , am still here at the old job and looking forward to making a go at that … Meanwhile I’ve been having a reprogramming of/in my interior landscape , aiming for a complete turn-around … towards my true north ---- and that is finding out and doing what God put me for on this planet …. I’m praying that for the next three months before I turn 55 , all my efforts in the past will come to a head , the new dreams and plans that were surfaced after the pivotal 50 will just settle in my innards …. And letting go …
Below is a video I found two years ago in a site while randomly browsing this net. I was struck by this video , maybe because of the 'cultural' aspect of it , of tradition and way of life trying to get back on its historical track after a being interrupted and imposed upon by some other historical and political
forces ... And since eastern Europe hasn't been much in the travel and tourism news like western Europrean countries, this piece really exudes some mystery that appeals to my mind ... ( Thanks to the site/source of this video .... I cannot remember or did not take note of it , because , well, I was really just passing by .... I placed this video on my blog solely for the intention of keeping a copy of this for my reading purposes ... to keep them in an easily retrievable place ...) And if other kindred minds reads this in this blog, I hope in some way I've helped disseminate the message the author of this video wanted to put forth ...)
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