i was greeted with two messages early this morning. a text message from my spiritual mama prej, and a phone call from my biological mama perla... both conveyed pain, loss, grief...
corki's disciple rejane passed away because of typhiod fever... she was 20... she was young... she was taken... my cousin, kuya jessie passed away because of a fatal heart attack. he was 51... he was still young... he was taken...
how could i go on planning a wedding when here were people close to my heart grieving the loss of a loved one? both deaths so sudden, so unexpected, so uninvited... reality dawned on me like a splash of cold water on the face. death is real. we try to not talk about it to mask the pain, or even the fear... but it still comes...
i am just comforted by the words of Paul when he claimed that we are not people who have no hope!!! Jesus has overcome the grave and we who die in Him shall live with Him! yes, they may have been taken away from us, but as long as they held tight to Jesus' hand, they could never be taken away from Him. as long as we live right with God, we can boldly say, "death, where is your sting? for to live is Christ, and to die is gain"
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