The End Begins

09-02-2009 Wednesday

Upon waking up, I noticed that the sun still shines like it did yesterday, the TV shows are still lame when I turned on the TV, our neighbors are still as noisy as always, and the church, which is just a few steps away from us, is still as it is. Everything the same when I look around, though, I remembered being at Central in Quezon City last night and everything isn't just the same back there. The streets are jammed with traffic, news reporters from different channels are all gathered and, ugh, of course, politicians made their presence felt as well.

For other people, life still goes on just the same like it always did, but for us, INC members, yesterday is marked as the day that will change our lives forever, and even though everything might remain the same after this, I feel that we will never be. The death of our beloved Ka Erdie definitely changed us, a wake-up call, a reminder that he died, thinking of how bad he wanted us all to be saved when Judgement day comes. It's painful to lose him but we know that God has His own plans. It's not surprising to know that other people who don't understand us will probably think now that Ka Erdie is gone, INC will no longer survive. If only they know how wrong they are. With him passing away, we only became stronger, more eager even, to fulfill his wishes for us. We have to look out for each other, we have to struggle a little bit more to continue going forward. This isn't the time to give up, matter of fact, this end is just the beginning for us.

People from all walks of life has gathered at the Central temple to pay their respects and for the last time, (some, first time) see our beloved Ka Erdie. Even though I didn't make it inside, it was all too crowded and it also rained last night, I still wanted to come back, hopefully this weekend during my dayoff. I don't want to miss the chance to get a glimpse of a great leader who has shown love, compassion and wanted nothing more but our salvation.

Personally, I cried to myself when I heard the news. I know this time is gonna come but still, nothing could ever prepare you for death. It is a heart shattering experience to think that it has been a month after our grand celebration when we were all happy and now, we are all grieving. At the same time, we're still thankful that he made it to our grand celebration, maybe..maybe God made things this way for a reason. No, not maybe..we know, He has a reason for all this.

Ka Erdie has been more than just a leader, he's a father, brother, friend, and someone we all look up to. We will always remember him and even though he's gone, he lives on to each and everyone of us. It's alright to grieve, there's nothing wrong to cry, but after all this, in spite of the pain, lets all continue his legacy. Let the fire continue to burn. Lets not fail him my brothers and sisters. Not now. Not ever.

Labels: INC, Ka Erdie, pink crimson, salvation

posted by Monica-Lynne @ 7:30 PM