I am
born and raised in a Catholic family with Catholic beliefs and traditions. We
go to Church on Sundays and hear the mass together as one family. We pray
graces before our meal and before going to bed. We have Santo Nino at home to
keep us all away from harm. We have a lot of fiestas for our different Saints.
That is our faith..
But when I reached college, I joined
a Christian family in their praise and worship, especially during my review at
Iloilo City; my Mom was disappointed because she firmly believes that we are
Catholic and we should stay as Catholics until the end. I followed.
I always told myself that my
religion will not save me but my belief and worship to God; and my relationship
with the Almighty is the most important thing than what Church I go to. But to
be honest, having been able to praise in Catholic and Born Again made my faith
to God stronger.
When I encounter people bash God and
saying awful things about faith; I do not get angry, instead I listen to what
they have to say then think about it. I keep myself silent not because I am
afraid but because I respect his own belief. I do not have to say anything but
I firmly grip to my own belief and I pray to God that in some ways, may that
person encounter God in the most unexpected event to change him and his
beliefs.
I stand to my own faith and trust to
God but listen to other people’s belief to their own system. I do not have to
change the person; but rather, to change my attitude to the situation. If I argue
with the person whose beliefs are different from mine, what will it benefit me?
Nothing, it might just create chaos.
But if I pray to God for serenity in me, it helps me to
clear my mind and to also show to that person that I am God’s planter and I
live not to disagree but to understand.
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