On my way to work I got to ponder on some things… for the
past few weeks, I have already been praying for gentleness and meekness. When I asked myself why I pray for this
traits there are two answers. First is I
was told by a concerned friend that I need a lesson on meekness and second is I
believe that to be meek one has to be gentle to.
Yesterday, I had conversation with a person I respect
highly and whose counsel I value. He
told me to regroup and to find peace. As
I reflect on what he told me, I understood why he told me this. I will never respond with grace, be meek or
gentle if my heart is not at peace.
There must me something wrong in my soul if I just lash out.
If I allow Jesus to calm the storms in my heart then I
will be at peace, the kind of peace only He can give me. When I receive this peace, it will open a
space for many other qualities I would like to have. I will become gracious, grateful, humble and
forgiving. When allow His peace to reign
in my heart, then love would also abound in me.
A few years back I also prayed for wisdom, looking back,
my reason for this is not very noble. It
is good to be wise but I wanted to gain wisdom, so that I become a “go-to-person”
and it puts me in a place above others. Did
give make me wiser, yes He did in His own way He did.
In one mass I attended in Baguio, the priest said in his homily
that whatever we ask the Lord in prayer He would give. If there are qualities we ask the Lord to
give us, He will grant these prayers by allowing us to go through situations
where these qualities can be used. All
we have to do then is be sensitive to His leading and we should learn to
distinguish the opportunities for us to step up.
Yes, I am work in progress, I will continuously learn. I have been created, broken and recreated and
continuously being molded to a better version of who I was to who I am not and
who I will be…
carpe diem... ü
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