The way I live now..

Deuteronomy 8:3 (New International Version)

3 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

This is one of the Bible verses that was discussed from last sunday mass. Since I had nothing to do for Sunday, I tried attending 2 masses just trying to find out what the 1st priest will discuss based from the Reading and what the 2nd priest will say.

The first priest went as far as telling the people there that Jesus was sent to the desert for 40 days and was being tempted by the devil. With this, he said that most of the people, especially husbands and wives go through this "desert". And there was a story of a woman who's husband cheated on her. She had been keeping this bottle of wine and she put it in her bag together with her clothes. Before she left, she told her husband that she will leave him for awhile to think of the consequence of what happened and that she needs time alone to think about it. When she got home, her dad talked to her telling her that she can talk to them about what happened. While she was thinking, she remembered what are the things they went through and decided to go back to her husband to talk. They discussed all the things they wanted and they went through. It changed their lives and they were able to overcome the consequences.

The 2nd priest also did this but discussed mostly of what has been happening around us. All the "desert" that we are going through, enviroment, family, things around us, work, trials. He said that temptation is all around us. And that we should always think of what Jesus went through with the devil and was able to overcome it even if he is already tired and hungry.

Through all these homilies, I wondered. What have I been through is not enough compared to what He went through. I still have a chance to improve myself spiritually. I may lose a lot of things in my life but 1 thing I know that will never fade from me, which is my faith in Him. I know that whatever trials I will go through will make me a stronger person. And always living in His words will keep me wanting to live and follow His words.

I Peter 5:8-9

8 Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

9 Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.