“WHAT MORE, OH LORD!”
This is the prayer that came out of my heart after reading a Meditation
from the ANAWIM WAY, a booklet published by the Anawim Community entitled:
“Pondering the Word”. I was struck by
the words: “A disciple of Jesus does not
dwell on the failures and losses of the past. He simply moves on, led by the
Spirit.”
I was
actually on the verge of tendering my resignation as a Barangay Pastoral
Coordinator due to a feeling of physical weakness that may make me incapable of
carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the office entrusted to
me. Reflecting on the abovementioned
words, however, I realize that as a disciple of Jesus I just have to ‘move on, led by the Spirit’. While there may be failures in my past
performances, and also failures in future performances due to one reason or
another, what matters is my ACTION NOW
in doing whatever I am supposed to do under the guidance of the Holy
Spirit. Hence, the prayer: “WHAT MORE,
OH LORD!”
This prayer
is based on my conviction that I am a CREATION of GOD. Since God is my Creator I must be a being
whose capabilities and capacities are beyond human ingenuity. I am, indeed, a great mystery to myself, in
the sense that I am unable to understand fully my potentialities and the
ultimate design of my being. I, however,
have full trust in the Goodness and Omnipotence of God who created me; and,
therefore, I just have to do whatever may come my way in the present moment in
the best way I can, believing that this is what God wants me to do with the
guidance of the Holy Spirit.
“WHAT MORE, OH
LORD!” is for me an attitude of SERVICE.
I am deeply grateful to God for having created me. Without Him, I am nothing and can do nothing. Hence, as a manifestation of my gratefulness
I put myself entirely at His service, day in and day out. To be able to serve God in whatever way He
wants me to do, is for me, a great privilege.
I do believe that this privilege of serving God is actually in the HERE
AND NOW. It is in the concrete situation
of my life that God is giving me the privilege to serve Him as I perform the
duties and responsibilities entrusted to me by the Community to which I belong.
I trust that
with this attitude of a SERVANT OF GOD I shall PLEASE HIM and give GLORY
TO HIM.
by: Buddy Cagurangan
May 13, 2012
