Sayang na mga oras
I am middle age. At this point in my life, I have made so many mistakes that I regret wasting a huge portion of my life on nonsense.
Naaalala ko yung dami ng perang inubos ko sa arcade noong highschooler ako. Ngayong pamilyado na ako at kada sentimo ay mahalaga, nanghihinayang ako sa perang nilustay ko kalalaro ng video games.
Naaalala ko ang daming beses na-scam ako. Kung hindi ako nagmamadaling magkapera, naiwasan no sanang magbayad ng loans for years. Imagine umutang ka sa bangko, pinaiskam mo lang tapos magbabayad ka pa rin sa bangko.
Naaalala ko ang panahong naging fornicator ako. Sinira ko ang aking reputasyon bilang Cristiano, binigyan ko ng sama ng loob at kahihiyan ang aking pamilya at pamilya ni misis, and that mistake and sin ensure that we'll be below poverty line for many years. Even though God forgives our sins when we confessed them, hindi na maibabalik ang mga panahong naubos out of fellowship. The only thing to do is confess the sins, isolate them and move forward in the spiritual life.
I can list so many other things.
But I am still alive which means God has a purpose for me yet. Maybe part of it is to share my mistakes and sins to others so they won't do them. They can learn from my mistakes and sins and avoid the heartbreaks. Maybe part of that purpose is to comfort others who fall on the same mistakes and sins and trying to move on with their lives. Maybe part of that purpose is to provide me with real-life examples to use as illustrations for my sermons on how God can show grace to sinners. I may not be the chief sinner that Paul is, but I come pretty close, and just like Paul, a recipient of His grace.
One sign of maturity is the recognition that as we grow spiritually we become smaller in our own estimation. Paul started from being the least of the apostles, then least of the saints and finally, the chief of sinners. It is not a matter of false humility. It is a matter of recognizing the greatness of God's grace.
Some people think they have arrived. As they grow older, they become arrogant and bitter. They think they are better than others. I think these people misunderstood grace.
When we were new believers we think we're something. That's because we didn't know a lot. When we grow older, we learned we barely know anything. That gives us humility. We understand that without God's grace, we're nothing.
It is said that a full rice stalk bends. Empty ones remain tall. Unless we learn humility, we're empty-headed. We lack divine wisdom. We're full of ourselves and nothing more.
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