Sign of Love: Pain: Part Two

In the first part of this blog post, you have heard every pain I had experienced in the past week. That pain was so unbearable that it almost crushed my heart and my entire life. So unbearable that it almost made me gave up in life but I heard a voice saying, MY SON! MY SON! DO NOT GIVE UP! I HAVE SOMETHING GOOD IN STORE FOR YOU! This made me realize that IN THE MIDST OF EVERY UNBEARABLE PAIN, THERE IS A GOD WHO IS READY TO FIGHT FOR YOU NO MATTER HOW HOPELESS IT MAY BE. A GOD WHO WILL GIVE YOU HOPE. A GOD WHO WILL HELP YOU WIN IN LIFE.

It was March 28, 2013, MAUNDY THURSDAY, when I have realized how God loves me through the TV Program “The 8^th Word”. It was a Shepherd’s Voice Radio and Television and Preacher in Blue Jeans Holy Week Special. It was about the Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ before He died on the cross PLUS AN EIGHT WORD of Christ to the World. The message was delivered in a special manner by Bo Sanchez and some Kerygma Preachers like Alvin Barcelona, Obet Cabrillas, Rissa Singson-Kawpeng, Arun Gogna, J Yogawin, Migs Ramirez, and George Gabriel. Their message is simple yet it will move and change your life if you just let them.

I realized a lot of things. Yes, I may have lost a thing that I only treasure (being on the Dean’s List) but I realized that God has given me everything that I need in life. I realized that if I haven’t sacrificed my time for other people, especially for my friends and family, they may be experiencing great pain in their life.

I remember those times when I readily sacrificed my time just to help my friends in their problems like in Academics (Most of the time), Spiritual, Social, Relationship, Family, etc.

I remembered that whenever I have a friend who find it hard to understand their lesson, regardless of their year level and their academic level (It may be High School or College), I will help them even though I’m also busy. I remembered, I have helped friends from Paranaque Science High School (lower years), Information Technology Department (lower years), AMV-College of Accountancy, and of course, Computer Science Department (both my block mates and some friends from other sections). I would tend to sacrifice going home late or going to school early just to help them in the best way I could. I do this without expectations of something in return. I don’t want to be paid for what I do. I just do these things because I LOVE THEM. Yes! As simple as that.

I also remembered helping friends in their relationship and social problems. One is a friend of mine during high school and now studying at De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde, another is a friend from CFC-Youth For Christ South B9, and also some friends form University of Santo Tomas.

Now, my message for you (a message inspired by the K Preachers) is that, you may be experiencing right now a PAIN SO UNBEARABLE, IT CRUSHES YOUR WHOLESELF or maybe, you may be experiencing DIFFICULTY SO PAINFUL, IT POWDERED YOUR WHOLE LIFE but REMEMBER, GOD IS A GOD OF BLESSINGS, HEALING AND MIRACLES. God knows your pain. As a matter of fact, he experienced PAIN in human context. (Revealed on some bible verses like the shortest verse in the bible, “Jesus wept” - John 11:35) Yes, it may be painful but just LET GOD TRANSFORM YOUR PAIN INTO YOUR PARADISE and USE YOUR PAIN TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE RECOVER FROM THE PAIN because ONLY THOSE WHO HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME PAIN CAN HELP THOSE PEOPLE WITH THAT KIND OF PAIN. (Ang mga taong makakatulong lang sa mga pighati ng isang tao ay yung mga taong nakaranas ng parehong pighati sa buhay) That is a proof that you can trust to God your pain. Besides He is a God of Healing, He also know what to do with your pain because He had experienced every bit of that. He had experienced every bit of human pain. Just RAISE YOUR WHITE FLAG TO GOD AND EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. You don’t have to live in fear because you have a God who will never ever forsake you. He is the Perfect Father, Perfect Brother, and a Perfect Teacher that WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. And if you tell me that you think you are not worthy of His love because you are sinful, I tell you, GOD DOES NOT LOOK AT EVERY BIT OF SIN YOU HAVE DONE BUT HE LOOKS AT YOUR FUTURE WITH GREAT HOPE. Trust in Him and everything will be Alright. ALL IS WELL.

(This is the reason why PAIN is a SIGN of LOVE.)

Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last.

-Luke 23:46