I'm in a Relationship

First Question: How can you describe an important event in your life without giving any details about it?

Weird huh? Well, that has been my problem that it took me almost a month to figure things out on how will I describe that life changing experience without giving any details about it.

Well, to all the people who have been with me in this journey, this is for you.

As I have mentioned above, I have been in a journey; a very important journey of discovering relationships. These relationships are intertwined together that played a very important part in my life. These relationships are bound by love, happiness, friendship, salvation, and continuous learning.

Learning of what, you ask?

Let’s start by the weather on that day. It was sunny on the morning, cloudy by noon, and rainy on the night. I came excited and a little prepared for what will happen to me on that three day journey. Like any other event, I met the people who I’m going to be with for the next three days. I introduced myself, and then ask their names and where they’re from. I smile at them from time to time then share my little thoughts on how things are going on. I just realize that it was the first step in building the foundation of any relationship – friendship.

We ate together, sleep together, laugh together and sing together. It was amazing. It just felt like kindergarten again where all the children you’ll talk to will be your friend for the next five minutes.

Moving on, I also established a deeper solid foundation with the people within my age bracket. They share a part of them to me that I learned a lot just by talking to them. And it is the type of learning that I will treasure and be inspired to follow because I can clearly see that it was a step towards happiness.

If I ask you, “What for you is the greatest love?” What will you answer me?

Well, if you’ll ask me that, this is my answer: The greatest love I encountered is the love of God.

Now, “How do you take betrayal? What do you do?”

This is what my Saviour did:

In the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus is afraid. It’s dark. He knows the soldiers are coming. And His friends are asleep. It will be the last time He sees them before they abandon Him. He knows their betrayal is only minutes away.

But He doesn’t accuse. He doesn’t lecture. Instead, He chooses to pray. He prays for His sleeping friends, and for the people he will encounter from that point on.

We also know that He begged for an exit. “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will, not mine.” (Luke 22:42) If He could have, He would have turned His head back on the whole mess. But He didn’t.

He didn’t because He saw us. Right here in the middle of a world that isn’t fair. He saw that we are betrayed by those we love—in our own garden of gnarled trees and sleeping friends. He saw us, and He didn’t want us to be alone. He had made His decision. He gave his own life for our salvation.

Very powerful.

Now my friend, how will you pay Him with what He did for you?

This is where the learning comes in. You, me, together, we’ll figure it out. Let’s start by reading the Bible everyday and coming to Church every Sunday. Talk to people whom He gave for you to meet. Maybe not in person, you can message me here or on facebook and I’ll introduce you to other people I know who are excited to meet you.

You know, I ended that three day journey with a bang! Just look at our faces in full smiles!

I believe this is just the start of my journey in knowing and experiencing these relationships. By the way, I have a new name and its:

Overcomer Ayra!

Comeback

I love Comeback Stories. Its about perseverance against suffering. You know, I myself has a comeback story.

When I was four, I was diagnosed of Dengue. I have a high fever, my platelets count drop down, and the thing I remember the most is having a severe headache. I will just cry so loud in the middle of the night that my Mama will panic just because my head hurts. How selfish am I huh?

Anyway, I had a blood transfusion. And for me, this blood transfusion really made a big mark in me. I am such a brat when I was a kid. I will bite my cousins because I feel like it (I have four shark teeth y'know :P), I will show tantrums because I don't want to drink milk, and I will gather all my toys because its only for me, not for others. Well, after the transfusion, I got better. And I say, really BETTER. I no longer bite my cousins and I become a very obedient kid.

So whoever's blood was put on my body, thank you. God used you to save me.

You see, I'm bad so I got sick, then someone's blood saved me then I became better. Occasionally, we need a comeback. We need to correct wrong directions or compensate for wrong decisions.

In those times, we have an example in Peter. He had failure written all over him. First, he nearly drowned when his faith faltered (Matthew 14:30). Then he said things that were so wrong Jesus called him "Satan" (Matthew 16:22-23). And when Jesus needed Peter the most, he denied that he even knew Him (Matthew 26:74).

But that's not the end of the story. In the power of the Spirit, Peter made a comeback. On the Day of Pentecost, he preached and 3,000 people came to faith in Christ (Acts 2:14,41). Peter returned to effectiveness because his faith was renewed, he guarded what he said, and he stood up for Jesus.

Struggling? If Peter and I can come back, so can you.

-some were taken from odb.org