June has always been my most awaited month, it often leads
me to reflect and be thankful for my existence. I am now counting the days as I
will be celebrating my 25th birthday before this month ends.
As that day draws nearer, I am grateful thinking of how I
was able to live my life and survived a quarter. I actually asked my mom if she
appreciates having me for more than 24 years as of date (haha!). Looking back, I see nothing but awesomeness
and generosity of God in my life, I am thankful for the chances that he has
given me and the people that he blessed me with.
25 years of unexplainable journey, periods of ups and downs,
of friendships, service and love, of joy and of sorrows – it was an amazing
experience. It may sound cliché but I
would likely choose this life again, given another chance. Even the mistakes
and wrong choices that I have made contributed to the life that I am living and
enjoying now.
Life throws a lot of challenges and struggles to me these
past weeks, I considered it as a test to my maturity and strength as a person. Through
the years, I learned how to truly live a positive life and it is something that
I owe to God and to the people who inspired me to be one. My faith teaches me
how to remain strong and hopeful amidst grueling situations, I will never trust
my feelings when it pushes me to give up for I know I have a mighty God.
As I came to face yet another chapter of this exciting life,
I recognize all my fears and doubts. My prayer to God is that, He will bless me
with enough strength to surpass whatever problems I might encounter. The same strength
and faith that He blessed me with for the past 25 years are the best weapons I
could ever think of. As I enter into midlife transition, I don’t know if I will
still have another quarter to live and, maybe life is more than halfway over. I
just hope that I will never experience the “quarter life crisis” that some
people of my age are experiencing or at least do not dwell on it. I put my hope
on finding Christ in every trying situation that I may have, as someone told me
before, “In every crisis that’s where CHRIST IS.”
I am welcoming my 25th Birthday with these
truths:
- I am blessed and loved by God who never changes His mind.
- God is a God of hopes and promises so I’ll wait as He unfolds his plans for me.
- I am still single and all my siblings are married now but I am not alone because I have my parents with me.
- I am surrounded by wonderful and loving people.
- I am destined for greatness.
With these truths, I have all the reasons to celebrate and
respond to God’s call to love.
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