Charles Wesley

I will trust the Lord all my life because He is my Only Comfort and Refuge. When I’m weary and weak His strength sustains me and keeps me alive. That though sometimes I fail and fall I will cast all my trust in the Lord even in my lowest of emotions I should call on His name and praise Him for it is part of His beautiful plan for me. More than what I want and what I needed, I find everything in Him. I cannot ask for more because I know He has given me everything already. He heals me when I’m sick, raises me up again when I fall, cheers me when I faint, directs my path and saved my life through Jesus Christ His Son. He never failed to help me understand that I am loved by My Savior. I very thankful and I praise the Lord for His unfailing love and grace. The abundance of God’s grace I received, grace that covers all my sin. My desire now is a pure heart that only longs for His love and His Word. So that I may live according to His wonderful plan for my life and live with Him in eternity.  

Spiritual Food

Consistent Bible reading and prayer are very important for each individual believers. Each one should discipline himself or herself to maintain the consistency of their devotion to the Lord. This is to maintain our healthy relationship with God. Each Christian should read, study, and meditate on the Bible seriously and heartily not randomly because it is our spiritual food. Consistent and proper food intake will nourish our bodies so also when we consistently read our Bible and communicate with the Lord, our spiritual aspect belongs to those who have healthy spiritually living. When a church is doing every activity inline with what the Bible says the Lord will be pleased and there will be more blessings. If the church does have consistent communication and healthy relationship with the Lord, they will have healthy spiritual lives also. That healthy spiritual life will bear fruit in a good relationship with each other inside and outside the church. This is the great impact if we piously devout ourselves in reading the Bible coupled at the same time coupled with proper application and consistent prayer life. However, more than this, if are doing things perfectly and it seems like we are limiting the power of the grace of God this would appear to be wrong. We appear like those self-righteous people who are more concerned about their performance not focusing on God anymore. Christians should always remember that good works cannot save them but it is the grace of God that by which we are saved. We are commanded to do or very best but not to the extent that we aim to do things perfectly but not anymore focusing on the Lord.

Mary?

I remember my Lola’s house when

we were still living near to her house. She had a lot of images of what she called as “Mama Mary” and she really took good care of them. I once asked her if she also believed in Jesus? Why did she have fewer pictures of Jesus than Mary’s? She said she honored Mary more than Jesus because she is the Blessed Mother and Jesus is just her son. It’s so sad to remember that I wasn't able to explain to her the truth because I was very young then. Another experience I had was when I was in fourth year high school. Since I enrolled in a Catholic School I witnessed how my teachers and classmates honor, respect and devote themselves to Mary. They put more emphasis in their worship to Mary than the Son Jesus Christ. They kneel down to her and believe that their proper devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary will correct all their errors. I really appreciated how they give reverence to their Mother Mary the kind of respect that they are practicing. The way they show respect to her, the way they imitate her and look up to her as a good example as a young lady and mother.

But there's really something wrong in it because they already disregard the true Living God who should be in Mary's position of honor. I also asked myself how I can help those people especially my family and relatives who believe that Mary can save them and that she can give them everything they need. It’s been a long time since my family shared their faith to Jesus with my Lola and relatives. But they refused to believe that Jesus is the Savior and the only way to heaven. They always end up with arguments so we stopped sharing to them the gospel because we found it more helpful. Should we continue not sharing them the good news anymore or continue even we always ended up with misunderstandings? Marian devotees are strong in their belief because they really want to thank her for protecting them, helping them and saving them from all those circumstances they have encountered. They thought it was really Mary who helped them with their problems. How can they know the truth that it was not actually Mary but the Son Jesus Christ was the only One able to save them and can give them eternal life?