Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Trials and Graces

Many of us find our way back to God amidst difficultie and trials. Many of us realize our desire for God when dark clouds hover us. We cling to this Hope that somehow, someday, this dark moment would end.

There are also moments when we question His presence because we wanted to believe that if He is present, if He doesn't leave us, this trial, this dark moment will never happen in the first place. If He is here, He would never allowed this thing to happen.

The approach, the attitude on how this must be faced depends on us. Different people have different ways of dealing with the situation. The desire of being close to Him, burns even more intensely as situations like this happen to some people. Others draw the gap even wider.

Hope. We cling to this hope and say that this dark clouds would be gone one day. And when it's gone, we'd be a better person. Sometimes, trials teaches us lessons. It molds us to be better, tougher persons. It shapes our personalities and opens our eyes to perspectives. I think this is the grace brought about by trials. It brings out the bravery hidden within us. It allows us to extend to what we just normally give. And God wanted us to be better persons, bring our our talents, take that simple step to be good children.

Some trials simply test our faith. Temptations, in form of trials sat around the corner, ready to take a bit of what we have. But again, it teaches us to endure temptations. Surpassing all these, we cab say that we have opted to be better persons and good children of God.

If we experience trials and hardships, let's pray that we hear God's voice within. Let's pray that we will overcome all of these. With God's grace, we will survive and succeed.

In the end, we have stronger faith and better views of life. And you'd realize that God never left. He was just watching you, giving you support all along.

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