Patterned the title after The Script's latest single. Thought it'll be appropriate to say the least.
In The Beginning Was The Word,
And The Word Was With God,
And The Word Was God.
- John 1:1
It’s been a while since I posted something wortwhile of my attention. Most of my recent posts were purely life-supports meant to aid my near-obsolete blog. See, I’ve lost a great deal of drive to write my mind out, not unlike before when each idea came springing off my head like a storm. To aptly put it, I simply lost interest in expressing myself.
That is, until my wavemate Lyn challenged me to read the Bible Verse above.
To be frank, I’ve never really gotten a true picture of what and who truly God is, and if He really does exist back in the day. I believe the same goes for a large percent of society.
Two things: Either you believe God because the norms push us to do so or you simply trust the idea for whatsoever reason aside from the former.
Years back, I held the idea of God because the standards dictated it. I was a faithful catholic by the book like anyone else was back then. I rigorously attended masses and church activities, joined a couple of choirs, participated in conventions and a lot more. All because of keeping true to the book.
However, as time passed by I started doubting the catholic dogma. I’ve crossed a lot of paths, met a lot of people and opened my mind to other opinions. Since then I developed a diff. sense of beliefs apart from my religion and formulated my own morals in life. However, I kept on clinging to the Bible. The scriptures are the only ones left with the dogma I believed in before.
Do not force your beliefs unto someone. - Lyle Dylandy
FACT: Religion is diff. than faith. They are two things never meant to coexist with one another as a composite whole.
However, I haven’t really found the answer I was looking for. Or perhaps I already did but never noticed it.
That was back then.
A lot of events occurred during my last semester at school. Most of them tested my will as a person, and I failed big time. So I revisited myself and asked this question:
WHAT THE HELL’S HAPPENING WITH ME?
I immersed myself in moments of deep reflection, with the scriptures as my buddy. I recounted the time lost, the days gone by and the opportunities that slipped over me. I realized that perhaps I lost sight of my path and how it should be. I’ve completely forgotten what it’s like holding on to something as your guiding torch. Something that defines your principle in life.
And now it finally became clear to me. Who God really is for me.
Now, going back to the verse that Lyn asked me to read. I never really gave her a concrete answer as to what my beliefs are with God but given she’ll ask me again, I’ll reply with this:
He is something more than words. He is not a mere physical being that manifests through material things nor someone forced unto people by society’s norms.
He is the Wisdom that guides us to the future, the true collective that serves as the source of our aspirations, our memories, LIFE.
He is someone that we cannot just explain by plain articles. He is the one that defines who we are, and what we’ll become in the days to come.
Lemme throw this question: Who is God for you?
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