FROM NOTHING TO SOMEBODY

“FROM NOTHING TO SOMEBODY” is the great mystery of my being. Indeed, my very existence in this world is a great mystery to me.

First of all, how have I come into existence? I was NOTHING when God, the Supreme Being, used my parents through the mystery of CONCEPTION to bring me into existence. For nine months the fertilized egg that I was grew into a baby in the womb of my mother. After that gestation, I came out of the womb of my mother and saw the light of day in this world. My parents then took care of me and provided for all my needs. Then, I grew up and gradually became an independent man, having full responsibility of my own life.

How did I continue existing? For more than eighty one (81) years now I have been existing in this world. It has been a life of ups and downs. In general the events of my life could be described as joyful, sorrowful and glorious. On the whole, it was a day to day struggle to meet the challenges of life as they came in different ways under different situations. In the early years of my life my main concern was mostly absorbed in simply doing the daily chores of living – eating, drinking, working, studying, playing, and sleeping. As a family man, I ventured into various ways of providing for the needs of my family. While there were times when my resources were at their lowest ebb, somehow I still managed to provide three full meals everyday for my dependents.

As I grew older, however, my mind started questioning what life was all about. The question that kept lingering in my mind was “What is the meaning of Life?”

One of the books I read entitled “The Phenomenon of Man” by Rev. Fr. Teilhard de Chardin, SJ, presented to me a rather broad perspective of life in this world. However, the challenges of living still made me skeptical on whatever is worth living for. It came to a point when life seemed meaningless for me. The Supreme Being, however, who created me made me experience His loving presence in a very wonderful way during a Life in the Spirit Seminar (LSS). This personal experience strengthened my Faith in the Reality of God Who is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, of everything in this world.

Now I see the Hand of God bringing me into existence, from Nothing to Somebody. I also realize my complete dependence on His creative power to sustain me in my existence. And I fully trust that God, Who is infinitely Good, infinitely Wise, and infinitely Powerful, created me for a purpose – TO BE UNITED WITH HIM IN LOVE AND LIVE WITH HIM FOREVER.

by: Salvador 'Buddy' Cagurangan
August 1, 2010