When i bought the November 2006 issue of Kerygma grabe talaga i'ved read about Uncovering Discernment, an interview with Thomas H. Green SJ by Tess V. Atienza, SO INSPIRING!
ok the reason kung bakit pinost ko ito sa blog ko is everytime na magppray ako, madalas kong pinagdarasal na God sana madiscern ko talaga kung anong plano Niyo for me. siyempre God knows best! hindi good, hindi better! kundi BEST! B-E-S-T! BEST!
Before ako matulog, at on the way to school nagdarasal talaga ako, pero may mga times din na hindi, ayoko kasing magpray pag sobrang antok ko na kasi para sa akin, ayaw kong nakakatulugan ko prayer ko, siyempre prayer is a form of communication with God, anong feeling mo kung tinulugan ka ng taong kausap mo tapos hihingi hingi pa siya ng favor? pagbibigyan mo pa ba yun? i don't think so!
kasi just recently, nagtampo ako kay God... ewan ko ba kasi there's this 2-day no communication with Him, as in hindi talaga ako nakakapagdasal and then nung 24th of December, may part kasi sa service (mass for Born Again) na you could raise your hand kung gusto mo i'accept or magbalik-loob kay God, i raised mine pero ewan ko ba ang nangyari is naramdaman ko naman kahit papano ang pasko but yung mga nangyari sa pagdiscipline sa amin this school year may kirot parin eh, then hindi ako masaya sa birthday ko, lalo na sa bagong taon, yung bang naramdaman ko na parang di na Niya ako naririnig...
pero gusto ko labanan yung tampo ko kay God January 1, 2006 nagsimba kami, then i prayed that God will speak to the heart of whoever the preacher tonight na maging para sa akin ang preach na iyon, yung tipong maliwanagan ako kung anong dapat kong gawin...
at un nga ang preaching is to have a dynamic purpose, at positive attitude
sabi nga ni John Maxwell: "attitude determines your altitude"
aminado naman ako na pessimistic ako madalas when it comes to having a problem, pero when i heard that nagbago isip ko
SEE:
James 1:17
Romans 5:17
Phil 4:4
sabi nga ni God in a part of the verse
Romans 8:32
"HE will freely give us all things"
naniniwala ako dun dahil si God ay mayaman, maawain, at ayaw niyang nalulungkot ang tao kaya nga ginawa niya si Eve diba?!
and motivation and determination
SEE Phil 3:14
"I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
John 5:17
9:4 I must work the works of Him who sent me while it is day; for the night is coming when no one can work.
BUT THAT WAS PREACHED BY REV. DR. DAVID SOBREPENA
WHAT'S IN KERYGMA WAS:
ung favorite part ko doon is, determine kung saan galing ang consolation kay God ba o sa devil?
to determine that look at the beginning, middle and end...
pero pano kung maganda ang beginning?
kunwari Aira met Gary, a time where she could handle a stable relationship, kasi she's making good money, tapos di makakaistorbo sa studies kasi graduate na diba? ganda ng beginning
then nag blobloom yung girl, nagiging happy than before- ganda rin ng middle
now there are 2 possible endings
either:
nag break sila tapos sobrang devastated yung girl ayaw na magwork, maki-interact, ayaw na nagtampo na kay God, then the end is not good, thus it does not come from God
pero:
kung kahit anong mangyari, naging madasalin yung girl. laging nagsismba, naging mas close kay God then maganda ang ending, it comes from God!
discernment according to Fr. Thomas H. Green, SJ,
it is discovering in prayer how God wishes us to act.
=kaya nga wag magtaka yung mga Christians kung bakit namamali sila ng landas kahit Christians sila dahil kung you lack prayer how can you discern how God wishes you to act?!
=according to our Church, Word of Hope near SM Annex, prayer is a communication with God, it is essential kasi imagine a relationship with no communication could it last?
aun... as of now, i said sorry to God for my rotten attitude, and i beg Him to let me change for a better me! basta para sa akin, alam naman ni God na kahit nagtampo ako sa Kanya during those times Siya parin kinikilala ko na Diyos ko at mahal na mahal ko parin Siya!
Love you God! to God be the Glory!!!
