DIOS PA RIN

John 11:17, 21

When Jesus got to Bethany, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days…Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

Sometimes we think we could have prevented people from dying but we can’t and we couldn’t because we are not God. Nobody knows where things would lead. We all get too preoccupied with the big and small issues of life to the point that we are not always able to give the attention we would have given people had we known they would die. So kung hindi mo napansin ang anak mo dahil kailangan mong magtrabaho, ganun ang buhay. Nangyayari yun. If we only knew. But we didn’t know We do not know. We will not know.

Ang Dios ang may hawak ng buhay ng tao. Hindi tayo. Kahit nandun ka, kahit kinausap mo, kung mangyayari, kukunin at kukunin siya. Hindi ikaw ang dahilan o hindi dahil absent ka kaya nangyari iyon. Those who like to live can’t live if God does not want them to live. And even those who want to die can’t die unless God permits them to die.

So, when a loved one passes away, we glorify God not by regret, not by self-blame, not by guilt feelings or by wallowing in what could have been or in thinking of the past. We give glory to our Creator by emerging from the experience with a bigger heart, a kinder disposition, and a warmer attitude towards others, ourselves, and even life itself.