TRAGEDY=UNITY

A different morning. A different Christmas.

After seeing pictures of dead people especially kids just broke my heart into pieces.
I've never seen such tragic incident could be as worst as this in my hometown and I never thought of it to happen, not even in my dreams. When nature speaks, every nano second counts just to save yourself from it. Every moment is significant, every action matters.

A moment of grief for almost everyone in my City and I can feel the emotions slowly dropping as Christmas is coming in just a matter of days. Maybe for other areas in the country they wont feel any difference as they celebrate this joyous celebration but for those people who loss their loved ones, loss their houses, no one with them for Christmas, it's a different celebration.

For me who's from Iligan felt pain even in the midst of distance how much more to those people who's really experiencing it and even had the glimpse of the real situation. I don't wanna blame the government for having such traumatic event because it's not for them to make efforts in stopping the flood from coming it's their responsibility to at least protect and make ways of informing the people but what is 24 hours of preparation? Thus, what is meant to be is meant to be. God never sends us storms, Satan does but God allow it to happen for reasons we don't know and hard for us to understand in our own human wisdom and knowledge.

I for instance felt the same when I heard the news about my mom's cancer. At first it was hard and I couldn't understand why God allow it to happen when He knows I've been a very faithful servant to Him. Later I realized that I have to feel pain to test my faith and to know up to what extent of my faith can God count on me. God allow me to be hurt if I will give up on Him or I will endure the suffering and carry my cross with Him.

I know it's hard, it's painful, sometimes it's dragging and torturing but this is how God tests us. I remember that those who endure till the end are the ones who are entitled to be rewarded in heaven so I would rather experience the rocky road to heaven than the swift road to hell.

The tragedy that hits Iligan now might be as hard as bringing up a child from birth to maturity but like a parent's feeling of satisfaction seeing a child grow, it would be the same with Iligan soon. It will soon rise up from and will recover through God as the parent who will help Him in his growth and maturity and of course through the people who despite the difficulties and trials choose to help and shared their blessings to the affected families.

Indeed, no one is too rich that he cannot care and no one is too poor that he cannot share.

Tragedy that leads to Unity- Typhoon Washi (Sendong)