You became Mine.
How sweet it is to be called Mine by our God. Nakakakilig.
With this simple statement comes one of His greatest promises to us - that He will never leave our side; that nothing can ever separate us from Him because we are His beloved.
Today, I was one car away from an accident.
While driving to work, I witnessed a vehicular accident unfold before my eyes. The driver of a car parked on the roadside suddenly opened the door and hit a passing motorcycle with 3 passengers, a kid sandwiched between the guy driver and a lady. The motorcycle reacted by swerving to the opposite side, wobbled for a few seconds, and finally slammed into the car that was just passing by on the left side, which was the car right in front of my car. The lady fell to the ground and seemed hurt, while the kid started crying. Though it did not involve blood or dead bodies (thank God!), I am very very thankful that it wasn't me that got into that particular accident. I could have been that other car that was just passing through if only I drove a bit faster or overtook that car in front of me before we got to that part of the highway. Imagine if that were me... I would not have been able to make it to school on time and join our very first field trip for the School Year, which I myself organized. I would not have been able to see my kids' eyes light up after seeing the tiger, the lion, the horse or the turtle that they only get to see in our books. I really believe that it's purely God's saving grace that I escaped danger today. This simple incident is His response to the stubborn, sinful, doubting me, His way of telling me, "Hello?! I'm here. I won't ever break my promise, silly. I will be with you. You are mine. I love you" "God indeed is my savior" as today's Psalms reminded me. His grace is really inescapable.
I don’t really like driving to work because of the long drive and the ridiculous morning traffic along Marcos Highway. But when I really have to, like today, I make the most out of it by relishing the time alone that comes with it. It's also a solemn moment when I get to pray to God as I am sure only He can hear me (Yes, I literally talk. So if you happen to see me driving along, I am not going crazy. Hehe.). So this morning, that's just what I did. I poured my heart out to Him, asking Him to bless me and my loved ones, offering to Him my plans and dreams (Rye's too!), and holding on to Him for strength to go through the day and the coming weeks that I know would be heavy. When I was done with my piece, I turned on the ipod and tuned in to my Hillsong playlist.
The song that was playing in the background when the accident occurred was Rye's most(-esssst) favorite praise song of all time - "Till I See You." I was singing along and even close to tears because I felt that God was intimately and lovingly speaking to me, as if He were right beside me in the passenger seat. The line "And till I see You face to face and grace amazing takes me home, I will trust in You." struck me and penetrated my heart... especially the last part - "I will trust in You." And there I was, entrusting my day, entrusting my future, entrusting my life, entrusting everything to the Lord, and then, KABOOM. At that moment, I am saved once more.
Doubt has no place in your heart, if you have faith in a Big God.
If God is for us, then, who can be against us? No one.
If I am with God, who can take me down? Nothing.
Not fear, not stress, not failures, not problems, not sin.
If He saved me from that little accident today, what more with the difficulties, the problems, the challenges that I am facing and about to face? Bring it on.
TRUST.
As that ancient sign on EDSA says, "Jesus saves."
Ciao!
4:52 PM
August 13, 2010
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