Moments like this remind me that life is fleeting. We are born in this world without any idea how it's going to be. None of us were able to choose who our parents or siblings are. I'm sure all of us would agree when I say life itself is a blessing. It is given to us by God not for our own personal interest or gain but for His purposes. It is for His greater glory that all things are made.
Most of the time we fail to realize that life is all about love. We are easily caught up with the happenings or events in our lives, school, career, or simply just by growing up. We often take the fast track. We seem to always be in a hurry. We fail to get to know better the people we are surrounded with - how they are, how they feel, what they think, what they want to do, their dreams and ambitions. We fail to take some time to really share our lives with the people we love. And even if we do, we suddenly find ourselves waking up realizing that the another person has left us. At this very moment, it is our beloved Ate Gang. In one way or another, our lives have been touch by this angel. She is an angel not just taking it from her name but by the genuineness of her heart. I may not know her so much with the nitty-gritty details but I always see her as a cheerful, loving and thoughtful person who loves her family so much.
When I think about Ate Gang, her struggles and how she suffered her sickness to the very last breath, I somehow feel pity her, on how much she had missed in life, on how much she could have experienced so much more. But then again, I realized that all of us are unique. We have been given different missions by our Father and that no matter how difficult it becomes He will always love us and be with us.
So I believe that she did not die in vain. She was a fighter, faithful, and true. She was commissioned to live the life that she lived because it was part of a greater plan. God loves her. God never failed to show His mercy and grace in her most difficult moments. God performed a miracle in her life and we now stand as witnesses to that. She was blessed. We may not realize it now but our lives have been all the more blessed just by knowing and sharing her life. All the memories that we have of her, we will always treasure in our hearts.
I would like to honor at this point, her family - Auntie Bhobie, Uncle Dodo, her sisters Meakoy, Tetel, Luving who have always been there from beginning. You who have lived with her. You who shared every joy and sorrow. The tears that we are trying to fight from falling right now is a mixture of grief and peace. Grief because we know that we will not see her again and we will surely miss her. Peace because we know that she is reunited with our Father in heaven. She is smiling right now, happily looking at us.
At this moment, let us be reminded that we are not of this world. This right here is only temporal. And one day, our time will come too because death is inevitable. We should not be afraid of death, but we must prepare and make sure that we live our lives well. What we consider important now may not even matter at all. The purpose of this life is to love. We must learn to forgive and love one another. It is not a figment of imagination or a fallacy. This is the truth. So before its too late, before our time is up, let us love just like Ate Gang and Christ Himself loved.
Let me leave you with 1 Corinthians 13
13Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.
Ate Gang lived a life full of purpose - a life worth living. She was blessed. And for this may God be praised.
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