This is true for emotional as well as physical hurt. But pain can also be the unwanted tutor that seeks to multiply our strength, expand our wisdom and deepen our compassion. There is, however, one crucial element. Someone must show you that it is not the end of the world. Someone must help you glimpse the purpose for your hurts. Someone must promise you that your tears are never wasted and that, someday, you will overcome and you will rise again --you will laugh again.
Maybe you had it worse. But I've had my own share of trials. I've had days when I tasted depression, regrets, exhaustion, frustration, anger and anxiety. Yet I find that for every valley I pass through, there is a stream of comfort that runs along it.
The secret is to know where to look.
You may be hurting.. weary..
You may have 'lost everything'. Perhaps you are haunted by your past. Or plagued by disappointment. Or gnawed by bitterness.
When you get to it, things have never changed much for thousands of years. Heartache is still heartache no matter when and where you live.
But God doesn't just let us squirm in the dirt. He loves us, comes down to us, and lifts us up.
Yes HE lifts us up, takes us by the hand, and brings us to the well of water.
We just have to open wide our hearts to Him. For it is only the heart that is open that can welcome the comfort it so desperately thirsts for.
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Very well said, Ju. I can relate to your new entry. I too have suffered all those things you have mentioned. But I now learn, when you finally grasp the reward of waiting upon God, you'd have that exuberant feeling you cant explain.
Although until now, Im still trying to have that kind of heart that would thank God FOR EVERYTHING. To be patient even when you cant see an end to your misery. To know that He hasnt left me but it is I who LEFT HIM... That there is valley of paradise in every mountain of sacrifice... I thank GOD for being patient with me, for still caring for me when I had doubted Him, and yes, cursed Him. I thank Him for loving me unconditionally when I know I dont deserve any blessing from Him.
I thank God for making you feel the same way I do about God's love and I pray that both of us wont let go of that.
Let's continue praying for each other, Ju...
JUJU!
i just want you to know that we're always here for you.. :)
di mo man ako maramdaman na super active.. but i just really wanted to say na pag naLuLungkot ka or may probLem, Lagi Lang kaming nandito ready to catch you even before you faLL or if we can't, we're aLways ready too.. to faLL together with you..
it's really nice to see you Last Sunday. ;) iLY!
- AT.. :)
they can say all the bad lines about you.. all i can do is still believes in you. :)
hey Ju! don't accept this comment. :)
i just really wanted to talk to you regarding some things.. di naman ako nabigyan ng chance makausap ka last Sunday sa shoot nyo..
tssssssss..
hey! tibayan mo Loob mo ha? wag kang papaapekto sa mga taong nagpupuLL sayo pababa.
i don't Like the attitudes of your co-starstruck graduates.. tsssssk. di ka man Lang niLa kinakausap Last Sunday. kaya i've decided na magpakiLaLa sayo..
and one thing, wag kang masyadong magtiwaLa sa iba sakniLa ha? you'LL never know kung ano tumatakbo sa mga isip niLa. :(
i LOVE YOU.. and i want you to know na Lagi Lang akong andito for you. :)
-aLyssa
Dear Friend,
I am really excited to see you act on TV again. it's a fresh start, a mini comeback, and i know you'd do your best. hopefully after this, there will be more bigger projects ahead. Jewel, you're a shining star waiting to be reckon. we patiently, your peeps are missing you so much and wishing you to succeed. so believe and you will achieve.
lately it pains me, it surely does, whenever i read negative remarks against you online. as much as i want to fight and argue, i just keep mum thinking to myself that they can't possibly hurt someone who is in the side of good like you. God lifts you and blesses you always. afterall you've been proven as a survivor from the very start of your career, some people had doubted but still you came on top. and now with everything that had been said and done, you are stronger than ever.
regarding about the fuss that you were involved in recently, it's not your fault. the media reporting the incident and the airliners have the same ownership and that alone makes it obvious that there's a propaganda going on. whether it's true or not. whatever happened, i am sure that there was plausible reason why it did so.
noone's perfect. anyone is entitle to make a mistake. everyone freaks out once in awhile. come to think of it, i'd lose my cool also especially if the circumstance is unfavorable towards me.
you know, i always think outside the box. it's not like i'm condoning the alleged reaction or something, but i think it's kinda sweet. if a person got upset and acted that way, it means he cares too much. maybe there was an international event that his sweetheart had planned to attend to and it was very important for her. and at that moment, being shutdown, unable to do anything about it; i can totally imagine and understand the flow of emotions, the disappointment, the anger, the love, the rebellion, fighting for the rights-- i would appreciate that.
If I Were a Boy, i think i could understand. i'd probably do the same and maybe i would even show more. i won't be afraid. i'd let the whole world know. i wouldn't let other people dictate what we can and can't do.
'Coz the Truth Will Set Us Free.
<3 xOXo,
BuTtErFLy
i'm with you through prayer juju..I saw you during your star struck days...i have not seen you active on tv nowadays.. Iv just read articles about you and RG..I'm so happy for the both of you...God is really in you..Keep it up JUJU..Gob bless!!
I need comfort ):
so you'll be the main caharacter in the next episode of "dear Friend". I'm so happy that i'm gonna see you act again. Your director said that your acting had gone much better. I'm really looking forward to watch you. Galingan mo pa JEWEL...Para lagi n kitang mapanood sa GMA. I like you because you are in showbiz, but you are not like showbiz. I can see a true person in you. Sana magkaron uli kayo ng drama or movie ni RG...God Bless you JUJU bear!!! You're very beatiful inside and out!
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