by: Gail S. Montero
Please
read Featured Gospel: Matthew
4:1-11
Life is like a box of chocolates! -- Winston Groom
-- that if we crave for some, we get to enjoy
some!
BUT -- not everything
that’s within such a box would soothe our taste kasi may karugtong pa ‘yong
famous quote na yon ng “momma” ni Forest Gump:
“…you’ll never know what you’re gonna get”!
Not everything
that we will pick from that box will be our choice kasi “ASSORTED”!
We craved for
it, but in dismay, “we didn’t like” what we got???
Habang hindi
tyo nasa-satisfied, we keep on complaining, throwing tantrums, justifying our
anger due to “unmet expectations” -- even sour-graping over someone’s failure
to make us happy.
On the outset,
because we didn’t appreciate the variation of flavors, we are even
unconsciously thriving to fill-in such box with something else.
Unaware of our
actions, we’re already creating “mess” na kahit sa “mess box” natin ay hindi na
pwedeng magkasya kaya ayan tuloy, we could no longer find comfort even in our
own room kasi clutters are all around. Namihasa tayong sinisisi ang ibang tao
at ginagawang excuse na naiinis tayo kaya “wala tayo sa mood” na ayusin ang mga
dapat nating ayusin.
What we do not
remember, just like what Jesus went through in today’s gospel, “the opponent”
might just be “testing us” if such scenarios will lead us into temptation.
Friend, di ka
pa ba napapagod sa kakaipon ng “kalat” sa buhay mo?
It’s Lenten
season once more, today is the 1st Sunday of Lent.
That box of
chocolates na hindi mo gusto ang laman, baka pinuno mo na ng ilan sa mga ito: [1]
Pride, [2] Covetousness, [3] Lust, [4] Anger, [5] Envy, [6] Gluttony and [7] Sloth. Bishop Fulton Sheen calls them "the
seven pall-bearers of the soul" and gives them the following names: self-love, inordinate
love of money, illicit sex, hate, jealousy, over-indulgence and laziness [http://www.thesevencapitalsins.com/sevenSins.html].
God is giving
you NOW the chance to at least clean up little by little. You have 40days to
prepare … reflect-reflect din tayo pag may time. ‘wag nang ma-PRIDE kasi this
is the deadliest among the 7 Capital Sins.
God has packaged life like a box of chocolates.
You’ll never
know what you’re gonna get, but the main intention of such a package is for you
to ENJOY it!” It’s already up to you to give your best appreciation and meaning
with what God has given you.
If you have
already emptied such box, could it be that you’ll be the one to fill it in this
time and package it as your “pay-back” gift to God?
God will bless
you more J #sunset.
