Caliel James Ogaro

11 – St. John Paul II

The Way of Life

(Descriptive)

Most people tend to give up in life due to some heavy problems, some

uses things that is not recommended for our body to solve the problem. There

are a lot of things that can be done in order to attain solutions to problems, little

do they know that life starts in knowing God. The motivation behind our life is far

more noteworthy than our very own satisfaction, our genuine feelings of serenity,

and even our bliss.1

Knowing our purpose takes some time, people often ask themselves

“What’s the meaning of life if we all end up dead in the future?” these questions

are common to some people who’s just a little push can make them give up. And

one of the most common questions asked is “Why should we do these things?

We’ll end up dead anyways” hearing these pessimistic phrase can of course

make us all think that; that person gives up easily, coward. To almost certainly

utilize the maximum capacity of our life, these two certainties will never be

1
Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life, (Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, OMF Literature Inc.,
2003), 17
overlooked; first, contrasted with endlessness, life is amazingly concise; second,

earth is just a brief home.2

Life is full of trials, think about it, and because of these trials some

people’s faith in God became shallow. And another saying comes again “If God

truly exist, why isn’t He helping?” it’s funny, thinking about how they think of how

God works and His miracles. Apparently even students nowadays when felt

pressured, negativity flocks in and sometimes they feel like want to escape, but

doesn’t even pray and worship to God.

God plans for us to encounter coexistence. The Bible calls this common

experience association. Genuine cooperation is far beyond simply appearing at

administrations, it is to encounter coexistence. It incorporates unselfish

cherishing, genuine sharing, viable serving, conciliatory giving, thoughtful

consoling, and the various directions found in the New Testament. 3

The deepest level of worship is praising God regardless of agony,

expressing gratitude towards God amid preliminaries, confiding in Him when

enticed, surrendering while at the same time enduring, and cherishing him when

he appears to be far off. 4

Figuring out how to love unselfishly isn't a simple errand. It runs counter to

our egotistical nature. That is for what reason we're given a lifetime to learn it.

And of course loving means we need to include God, but we can’t love God if we

2
Ibid, 47
3
Ibid, 138

4
Ibid, 107
don’t love his creation, for instance, family, friends, and what’s more? The saying

“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:44).

Loving God’s creation unconditionally is like loving the world wholeheartedly,

accepting everything may it be positive or negative, not afraid to face failures and

making it a solution to be able to become a greater human.

It takes a very long time for us to develop to adulthood, and it takes a full

season for natural product to develop and mature. The equivalent is valid for the

product of the soul. The advancement of Christlike character can't be surged.

Spiritual growth, as physical development, requires some serious time. The

maturity of a person is not based on age it is through experience, we cannot say

that a person is mature when they have beards or moustache.

As we watch out at the church today, there is so much that empowers us

and fills us with appreciation. There is recharged energy among God's kin for the

spread of God's brilliance over the earth. More than ever we hear siblings in

different circles and different streams of contemporary Christianity discussing the

gospel and mission, about changing urban areas and contacting unreachable

society. These discussions are basic, and we trust they will proceed with even

more noteworthy power and purposefulness in the near future. Yet we look down

to others.

We, as humans, already know why we are here, everything happens for a

reason. Sometimes we tend to forget that we are living, we should be thankful of

the things that happening to us now and to not complain. I heard this line from

someone who is diseased, “Having this disease reminds me that I am living.”

This simple phrase got me hard to think that most of us want to end our life, we

didn’t think of our parents’ emotions and feelings if ever we ended our life. The

greater part of us are additionally eager to pardon others their transgression,

however with regards to our own, we aren't exactly as charitable or liberal. 5

5
Stephen Arterburn, The Exceptional Life, (Bloomington, Minnesota 55438, Bethany House
Publishers. 2011), 31