Where Have All the Signs Go?

Where have all the signs go? We have heard this many times when someone is courting or being courted, they would say, “Oh I prayed and this sign was just too overwhelming... I ask for a rose and he gave me a rose.” “I ask for this and the gospel reading was precisely the answer and so I decided she's the one...” Fast forward months or years later, we can hear already, “Maybe this is really not for me because of this and that...” “I realized that I am not ready,” and so on and so forth... Both or either of the two seems to have lost the signs. Where have all the signs go?

Learning here: signs are good, but do not rely too much on it, God even warned us, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah." Mat 12:39

Signs and wonders for sure are part of Gods ways, but might as well be discerning because the other side can also do it and use it to deceive us. Wrong reading of signs leads to hurts and pains, confusion and disillusionment.

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Perseverance Is Good But

We might have been persevering for a long time now in work, family or relationship. We might even be losing hope already, feeling depressed. Life is not meant to be just perseverance, such life is hard. God does not want us to just persevere; He wants us to have a life, life to the full (John 10:10). He wants us to be happy and enjoy life. Our situation cannot remain perseverance always, we must look at the things we do and make some changes to our lifestyle. Perseverance is good but it’s not the end itself.

We cannot live by work alone, we need to nourish our spiritual life as well. We cannot remain forever in a work environment; we must go out and seek out an environment that can refresh our soul. We will never flourish in our work alone; we will survive but not flourish. We need to seek balance in all areas of our lives and do things that not just feed our bodies but our souls if we are to flourish and not just survive.

God has so much for us and we choose the lesser things. He is giving us a banquet and we choose to eat only chips! So choose the banquet. 

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Open Communication

In relationship, there should be no assumption. No one should assume what the other thinks or do. One must be clear. Yes, there are non-verbal things and that adds up to the beauty of loving, but being open and honest with each other brings relationship to maturity. There is no substitute to open and honest communication if we want relationship to work.

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On Thanksgiving Day

Celebrating Thanksgiving Day is a good reminder that there are so many things to thank than to complain for. We can easily be carried away with negative things that are happening in our lives but summing up everything, there is still so much good than bad.  

“In everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18

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Life is Like an Airport

Life is like an airport. You arrive and depart. While in between the departure and arrival is the waiting. The waiting makes the difference. Am I going to make myself useful while waiting? There will be delays and it will test our patience. Waiting is good so long as we focus on the prize without being distracted of what is now. 

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When The Cross Becomes But a Fashion

I attended a mass today and I found myself intently looking at the cross in the altar. It made me think of how many people are actually wearing the cross and have not fully grasps the meaning of it. The cross we wear now has become just a fashion.

When the cross becomes but a fashion, the truth of its brutality is glossed over. Our challenge as Christians is to look at the cross with the eyes open to the truth that there was a man who was brutally crucified, humiliated and died a horrifying death. The cost of love is the cross. Lest we forget, Jesus ransomed us with the cross. He was showing us that to love is to die on the cross. And, that’s something more than fashion.

When we wear that cross, may we understand the deep love of Christ for us. Lord, thank you for showing us the way of love through the cross. Amen.  

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When There Is No More Reason

When you have exhausted all possible reasons and still could not define it, then it is love. Love is when there is no more reason. We love simply because we love. We do not completely know why nor do we know its definition only because love is beyond the knowledge and definition of the mind. It is divine and therefore, human languages cannot fully grasps and fathom it. Love can only be experienced by a willing heart, two souls open enough for each others quest.

Are you willing and open?

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