i hope joshua harris wouldn't mind me "borrowing" one of the chapter titles in his book "Boy meets Girl".
i was reminded of this while listening to the sermon of the 5pm bcc sunday service at pisd. whenever bccians talk, especially reloaders, they almost always never fail to mention in bccnese, "taga next level ka!" (you belong to the next level)
with that in mind, i had the notion of hastening my way up to the next level, not wanting to tarry too long where i was. this detrimental way of thinking led me to believe that was all there was to that: one level being a stepping stone towards the next.
as much as this was true, i failed to realize that the past levels would always have a bearing on the current one. if i wanted good things to overtake me in the future, i should invest the right kind of things at present.
imagine going up a ladder with each step as a level... after leaving one step, whatever was planted would surely grow, setting the ground for the next. if i would want to harvest blessings (in all aspects) by the second level, i should initially plant what is good and right at the first! talk about the process of sowing and reaping! true enough, we don't leave behind the past levels entirely but we carry on the rewards of investing in them.
i decide to plant, invest, sow what is good now so that in a day's, week's month's or year's time, i would delight and not fear when the past comes knocking...
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