“Listen,” said Granger, taking his arm and walking with him, holding aside the bushes to let him pass. ”When I was a boy my grandfather died, and he was a sculptor. He was also a very kind man who had a lot of love to give the world, and he helped clean up the slum in our town; and he made toys for us and he did a million things in his lifetime; he was always busy with his hands. And when he died, I suddenly realized I wasn’t crying for him at all, but for all the things he did. I cried because he would never do them again, he would never carve another piece of wood or help us raise doves and pigeons in the backyard or play the violin the way he did, or tell us jokes the way he did. He was part of us and when he died, all the actions stopped dead and there was no one to do them just the way he did. He was individual. He was an important man. I’ve never gotten over his death. Often I think what wonderful carvings never came to birth because he died. How many jokes are missing from the world, and how many homing pigeons untouched by his hands. He shaped the world. He did things to the world. The world was bankrupted of ten million fine actions the night he passed on.”
YFC Occ.Mindoro, Mamburao Chapter celebrated Easter Sunday with a fellowship activity. At ang highlight nun ay yung “Protect the Promise” Activity. Simple lang yung objective nung activity: protektahan ang papel kung saan nakasulat ang pangako ng Diyos sa amin. At habang pinoprotektahan ang papel, may mga nambabasa ng tubig dagat (hapdi sa mata), may nambabato ng buhangin (may nakakain nga e), at may nanghihila rin para masira ang “fortress” of protection.
Pero magpagayumpaman, nakakatuwang isipin na kahit may napirat, may nagkabukol, at lahat nabasa ng hindi inaasahan, nakakatawa pa kaming mga kasali sa activity; nakakakanta pa ng worship songs na mas lumalakas pag may nanggugulo; nakakadasal rin kami sa kabila ng distractions. Parang buhay lang. Kahit anung gulo at sama ng buhay, marami pa ring dahilan para ngumiti. :)
Oo nga pala, pinaka nasira yung papel na prinotektahan ng grupo namin. Haha. Pero, parang puso lang natin yan. God asked us to protect it — keep it clean and pure — pero pasaway tayo at di natin napro-protektahan ng mabuti, kaya yun, nagkadurug-durog tuloy ang puso natin. Sobrang durog minsan na di mo na pwede pang buuhin muli. Pero, mahal tayo ng Diyos. Kasi kung isusuko lang natin ang durog nating puso sa Kanya, He is willing to take it from us and give us His heart in return.
Cool di ba? Kaya, ok lang na sumablay tayo. Basta, wag lang mahiyang lumapit sa Diyos at humingi ng sorry. Hello, tingnan kaya natin ang Cross, ang tagal ng nakadipa ni Kristo, naghihintay na tumakbo tayo patungo sa Kanya para mayakap na Niya tayo :)
AFG.
PS. Smile pala ang theme ng fellowship namin :P