medieval reflection
Forever
All things are passing; God never changes…
St. Therese of Avila Everything change; and so do I. In this fast-changing world that I live, I always wanted to make things in my life as I want them always to be. From the simple things like maintaining the good arrangement of my clothes in my locker or maintaining my body weight, up to the things that I consider very important like being always at peace with my friends or having a good grade. This is my ideality when it comes to the things, people and my own self. Changes in such things make me feel a bit disappointed and frustrated. St. Augustine said that things in this world are mutable. Well, I have to face to face that reality that he taught many centuries ago. All the things that I have, I am, I have planned, I have kept or I have seen will, at some point in time, will eventually change. Yes, I always wanted to have good grades but there are times that I had failing marks no matter how hard I studied. I always wanted to love and please everyone but I know that I cannot please and love everybody at all times. Yes, St. Augustine was really right when he said that all things in this world are mutable. Still, I tried so hard to uphold things in my life as they are but I found myself tired and wasted my time. Due to this feeling of disappointment and tiredness, I gave this upholding-things-as-I-always-want-them-to-be principle of mine. As if I am like a lad left sitting in a corner in an ever-changing city street watching the scene.
On the other hand, St. Augustine taught that despite the fact that the world is mutable, God is immutable. Immutability, for him, is one of the proofs of God’s existence.
But one day, Someone picked me up in the bosom of that busy city street where I sat all alone. Someone, who, in this mutable world that I live, is not changing; He is ever actual. God picked me up from the disappointments that the changing things brought in my life. He is always True, always
All things are passing; God never changes…
St. Therese of Avila Everything change; and so do I. In this fast-changing world that I live, I always wanted to make things in my life as I want them always to be. From the simple things like maintaining the good arrangement of my clothes in my locker or maintaining my body weight, up to the things that I consider very important like being always at peace with my friends or having a good grade. This is my ideality when it comes to the things, people and my own self. Changes in such things make me feel a bit disappointed and frustrated. St. Augustine said that things in this world are mutable. Well, I have to face to face that reality that he taught many centuries ago. All the things that I have, I am, I have planned, I have kept or I have seen will, at some point in time, will eventually change. Yes, I always wanted to have good grades but there are times that I had failing marks no matter how hard I studied. I always wanted to love and please everyone but I know that I cannot please and love everybody at all times. Yes, St. Augustine was really right when he said that all things in this world are mutable. Still, I tried so hard to uphold things in my life as they are but I found myself tired and wasted my time. Due to this feeling of disappointment and tiredness, I gave this upholding-things-as-I-always-want-them-to-be principle of mine. As if I am like a lad left sitting in a corner in an ever-changing city street watching the scene.
On the other hand, St. Augustine taught that despite the fact that the world is mutable, God is immutable. Immutability, for him, is one of the proofs of God’s existence.
But one day, Someone picked me up in the bosom of that busy city street where I sat all alone. Someone, who, in this mutable world that I live, is not changing; He is ever actual. God picked me up from the disappointments that the changing things brought in my life. He is always True, always