The title of this blog came from the book of Job. Job is by far the best example of a character from the Bible who have been through hell on earth. But despite of what he's been through, he was able to praise God for everything that had happened to him. I WANT TO BE LIKE JOB.
Last Friday, around 5pm a text came in. It was my mother telling me the result of my 66 year old father's CT scan. And she said "Cancer gid kuno, stage 4, 6-7 mos na lang sya". I don't know how to feel at that time until I decided to just cry it out. My husband who was beside me, hugged and told me that that's how life is. I believed him. After all, he lost his father who was very close to him almost 3 years ago too.
Although I was very tired, I got up and started to cook for our banchetta in the office. My son Matt was still sleeping so I grabbed the opportunity to prepare the pasta I'm selling in the office. Too tired, I slept again until it's time to prepare for work.
On our way to work, another event happened. Since there was a power outage when we left home and it's continuously raining; the roads were darker than usual. Just a few meters away from the office, a motorcycle hit the back of our car, breaking our tail light and damaging the back door. My husband does not want to be late so instead of stopping and confronting the man who hit our car, he decided to go and login first then come back. When he came back, the man riding the motorcycle was no longer there. Should I now call this a series of unfortunate events? Not yet. It came in three. Before we ended the shift, our nanny sent me a text message saying my son Matt was sick with fever and flu. Now that's truly is a series of unfortunate events.
Again, I want to be like Job. I want to experience his victory. I claim it now. I'm willing to expand my territory. I'm willing to just listen and entrust everything to him. I'm willing to give up my trust in myself like I always do. I'm willing to just praise God all the time.
