Pay-back a Package

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 1^st 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.