and says to you,
Do not fear; I will help you."
- Isaiah 41:13
No one saw it coming.
Well, scientifically, no one could see it coming. Earthquakes cannot be predicted. Technology, in all its advancements, still has not found a way to foresee the occurrence of earthquakes.
Some say it's a punishment, a manifestation of God's wrath.
Maybe it is; maybe it's not.
Maybe, just maybe, it's a call.
Suffering does not come from God, but I believe that God allows suffering so that we can stop thinking of ourselves and start thinking about others.
The charity and kindness I've witnessed--first during the Zamboanga crisis, and now the Bohol-Cebu calamity--have blown me away. We Filipinos have shown that regardless of differences, we are one people. We have shown that we all have something to give--cash, kind, service, prayers--and that no one has too little after all. That what God has given us, we can share with those in need.
Right now, we are still collecting funds for the next batch of relief goods for the earthquake victims. I could swear that God had called me by name for this. He lit a fire in my heart, and I was so restless. It was a beautiful kind of restlessness, though. It was a restlessness that made me look forward to waking up in the morning. It was a restlessness that told me I could do something, that He could use me, that I could make a change.
October 15, 2013 -- Chong Hua Hospital. Photo by Wendell Stars Contento
"Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."
- John 13:34
He is calling us. Let's answer Him.
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