For the Glory of My Majesty!!!

There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor borther.

There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.

"For whom am I toiling?" he asked

"And why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?"

This too is meaningless - a miserable business!  Ecclesiates 4:8

Being the eldest son, I was trained to do things on my own. I grew up in school learning things by myself. Learned solving math problems, memorizing scientific concepts, painting and art crafting.. etc. I did them all on my own. That's what I thought.

People termed this phenomena, independence. Yes indeed. And the effect? Althought there's so much advantage gained on having the capability of being independent, I was never a good team player. Wayback highschool days, I always kept my mouth shut when it comes to groupworks. Why bother ask my groupmate's help if I can manage it my own. "No need for a team" I boasted. What just annoys me is that they always choose to me become the group leader. I do not knew for what particular reason but in the back of my mind, I was thinking "why worry.. I can do it my own" And so what is supposed to be work of a team turned out to be a solo for me.

And people admired for me that - being strong. Yeah! From the outside  my former classmates saw me as someone very storng and yet inside, I grew up weak, tired of burdens and longing for not just help but ...companions. This is something I cannot do on my own. What is worst the pride I had for this "I can do it on my own" held me imprisoned and turned me anti - social.

Two are better than one,

because they have a good return for their work

If one falls down, his friend can help him up.

But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!

Also if two lie down together, they will keep warm.

But how can one keep warm alone?

Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves.

A cord of three strands is not quikly broken. (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)

I could have missed the feeling of having friends who can back you up, if my highschool bestfriend Rhona was not patient with me. She helped me break free from the pride of independence and led towards true companionship. With her efforts, I learned to appreciate having mutual relationships. And I could have not continued having such and discovering the greatest relationship amongst all without the leading of Dustin, my first college friend and Glenn, my cell leader. With their time and discipleship, I entered into a relationship that does not even require me to do anything - just faith...That is the relationship I have in Christ.

Yes, indeed no man is an island. And I really thank God for having Rhona, Dustin, Glenn and a whole lot more who shared  time with me.It is God's desire for me to feel the joy gained from companionship, i believe, which is the same desire He felt when he saw Adam lonely. "The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone, I will make a helper suitable for him."(Gen.2:18).  God taught me through them that it is impossible for anyone to do all things on his own. Yes, I could have learned solving math problems but that would be impossible without the efforts of my math professor. I could have learned scientfic concepts but it will be undone without my science mentor who patiently trained me for 2 - 3 years. And in painting, I owe it alot to Mr. Carreon who out of the blue picked me up from our class. Moreover, I could be non-existent today without my mother who carried with all love and care for nine months and gave birth on April 14, 1987. 

I could be nobody without God who planned me for a great destiny and Jesus who died for me to turn me from nobody to somebody.

 We are meant to interact with each other. The fact that you are not alone in this world gives us no excuse for us to lock up ourselves and create our own worlds. And yes, we may be separate from the others but never we will be separated from God's love to us. And one thing more I realized, we can only just fully enjoy our relationships with other people if we already had this relationship with God. We are able to love because God had and continually will love us.

Because of God, I am no longer Mr. Lone Ranger.