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“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! (Psalm 46:10)

Everyone in our church has been at the edge of one's seat lately, especially the last twenty-four hours. One of our church members, Kuya Ryan, was discovered earlier this week to have a tumor in his brain larger than an eyeball. He was scheduled for a 6-hour operation yesterday to remove the said obstruction, which is progressive (that is, increasing in size every passing hour). I personally have been holding my breath the whole day yesterday even as I went through my classes and other activities.

This morning, at about 2:00 AM, he was readmitted to the operating room to have a second operation because there was internal bleeding in the area where the tumor was. About an hour ago he was said to have gotten out of the surgery room already, but they need him to wake up first before finding out if everything is back to normal. Just a few minutes ago, however, the doctors have already put him on life support as he no longer breathes on his own. His heart is still strong, though, and as I write this blog the doctors are attending to him and seeking to revive his breathing.

All this time, I have been holding my breath. It's as if my surroundings are muffed and everything else is put in slow motion. My father, who I work with in the same institution, have been voicing out the very fears I keep to myself. He was worried. He was anxious. As we all are, for sure.

I am afraid. But even in this critical state, one verse resonates in me. Be still, and know that I am God. The Lord, once again, is showing me and everyone in the church that we cannot control a single thing in our lives--not even the smallest detail. But more importantly, He is showing that it is Him who is in total control. And the God who is in control tells me one thing:

Be still. Be still. Be still.

I trust that whatever is happening, and whatever will be the outcome of this segmented story of the Maramaras and the whole church, the Lord has foreordained it to be so, that He might be exalted in all the earth.

“God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart.” ― Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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