Moments of Grace… Moments of Love and Healing by Evelyn Jo Lockert
I still remember distinctly how much pain I went through when my parents made me transfer school from the University of the Philippines—one of the best schools in our country—in Diliman, Quezon City (the capital of my country, the Philippines), to La Consolacion College of Bacolod City (the city where I live—progressive, yes, but not in the capital region and in the province).
My Mom then had just about dissipated all our family assets through her compulsive gambling. Still, the reason I was given was that my family income was not sufficient to provide me with schooling at the University of the Philippines. I knew — my brothers and sisters all knew — otherwise, of course. The disappointment, the hurt, was so intense — I could have become the rebel with a cause.
I know now that grace enabled me to accept the hurt and make the best of the situation. Later years revealed God’s wisdom in allowing this painful event in my life, for it was here that I met the man who would, several years later, become my husband—a wonderful man, a Negrense like me, a Certified Public Accountant, a banker, the most beautiful person ever to touch my life!
He is God’s special gift to me. His unconditional love for me, our children, and people has made me understand God’s unconditional love for me. I wonder what I would be today if I had not married this completely supportive and affirming man.
There have been several other such events in my life where the pains I went through later turned out to be joyous Easters for me. This realization makes these events double moments of grace for me. The awareness of His constant Presence in my life, His unceasing love for me that continues to heal my brokenness, enables me to walk in faith, to extend myself to others as a response to His love for me.
Thus, I am aware of His Divine Presence within me, unceasingly molding me and reminding me that He has a specific role for me to play, that He wants me to become the fully actualized human being that He meant me to be and that I am a participant in His Divine Plan.
This awareness keeps me fully alive, and I look forward to each day that He gives me, to the joys and pains that each day brings!
That He continues to heal me… that I, too, can be a participant in His healing of my fellow human beings… these leave me in awe!
Meditation: For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. – 2 Corinthians 4:6
Jesus Loves You!
Also read:
- Moments of Grace… Moments of Love and Healing (2)
- Men in the Bible: the First Mighty Man
- The Ordinance of Firstfruits (Conclusion): Modern-Day Practical Applications
- The Profile of Jesus
- I Got a Cheque in the Mail!
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