Thursday, May 10, 2007
Complete – Parachute Band
Here I am, Oh God
I bring this sacrifice--my open heart.
I offer up my life.
I look to You, Lord.
Your love that never ends
Restores me again
So I lift my eyes to you Lord
And by faith, I will walk on, Lord
Then I'll see beyond my Calvary one day,
And I will be complete in You
I look to You, Lord
Your love that never ends
Restores me again
So I lift my eyes to you Lord
In your strength will I break through Lord
Touch me now, let your love fall down on me
I know your love dispels all my fears.
Through the storm I will hold on Lord
And I pray I will hold on, Lord
Then I'll see beyond my Calvary one day
And I will be complete in
I will be complete in
I will be complete in You
Close your eyes and think about this.
Who are you?
The true manifestations of a human in this world is being ourselves, without blemish. Face it, we are selfish and we do not want to admit it because the society claims that we must all be patriotic and sacrifice ourselves for a greater self, from serving the country or even sacrificing our whole lives maintaining a family life. But is this what God wanted us to live? If this is what God is meant for us to live, then why are we so sore about it? We don’t exactly say it all the time, but we know it. It is there. But no one ever bothers about it because everytime we voice about it, our friends will say, oh, everyone feels this way so it is normal.
Is it really normal?
Haven’t anyone questioned, if God created man, and we are going through all these hidden pain and He knows are going through the hidden pain, why aren’t He doing something about it? Or maybe some people might think, God created man so that we can suffer this intangible, painful thorns that poke us every now and then. This pain that people come up with various coping mechanisms to circumvent, this same pain that drives people into depression and drugs.
We seek to find release in these pain, thinking that maybe if I numb myself I can be like everyone else who are seemingly coping well or not even feeling the pain that I feel? You know something, we are missing the whole point altogether.
Let me put forth this theory of mine, the fact that we are feeling pain is God’s signal to us saying that something is wrong with our lives and the way we are living our lives.
I believe that within the depths of our hearts, there is a personality, a true you that is awaiting to be revealed, a beauty that is waiting to blossom.
Now, you ask, what is this innate personality? I cannot put a finger to exactly what it is, but it is complete. But I know when it comes out. When I begin asking myself these questions, what will I do if no one would condemn for what I have done, how will I react to things if I did not bother about other people’s opinions?
We do not feed on human opinion, we feed on God. We do not feed on condemnation, we feed on the Word of God. Why are we so worried about what people see us as? So, human opinion is more important and more significant than God’s opinion?
Learn, learn to embrace yourself for who you are, to believe that since we are created we are indeed perfect in His eyes. More than that, the satisfaction in living in the personality that God created for us is priceless. It is like fitting a piece of paper into a perfect sized envelope for it, it fits in so perfectly that not only the paper is not going to be folded or slided around (due to an oversized envelope), the recipient is also going to be happy because his papers are in perfect condition.
We don’t deserve to be squeezed and folded or slided around. We deserve the best. Not because we deserve it of course, because Christ died on the cross and made us clean as snow. It is hard to believe, but yes, because we are sinless in God’s eyes, we deserve as much as we should be given. We are not lowly slaves condemned to service for all our lives, we are heirs of Christ, we enjoy all His riches.
The beauty of knowing that you are created and loved is that you will learn how to love yourself. Learn, learn to ebrace yourself for who you are, to believe that since we are created we are indeed perfect in His eyes. Learn to love yourself and pamper yourself because if we can pamper others that we love, why can’t we be pampered too? Why are we created as humans. We are also given the ability to love ourselves because loving ourselves is a privilege and it brings joy that only God Himself can supersede. Only us (and God) knows ourselves the best.
Girls, you are the prettiest girl ever. Love yourself. Love yourself because you are part of God big creation. We always say that God’s creation is limited the mountains and skies and the seas and the rivers. But we forgot. We are His masterpiece too. In fact we are His finest masterpiece, we are created after Adam, the finale of the creations, the most beautiful of all, most beautiful of all, even more marvelous than the oceans and the skies. There is no need to fret about our clothes, we are the most beautiful one. There is also no need to worry about what others see us, we are the most beautiful already. There is no need to worry about not meeting people’s expectations, we are the perfection.
Innocence
10:51 PM
