Day 4: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Allow me the title because I am doing this at mid- sea; to be more specific, mid-Tayabas Bay. Two reasons for going home to the island. One is for touch base with self and nature; the other is be priveleged to speak before educators of the province. Safe to say, the devil is far. But the deep blue sea is not calm today.
Such is our life when faced with things that veer from our plans or go south. We face a catch 22 situation. What to do? Which to choose? Have you encountered such predicament? I think it is safe to assume 100% of normal people have been caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, so to speak. I remember in one of my most trying times when I DID have to choose betwen the devil and the deep blue sea. Of course I chose the latter. A lifeguard a la Baywatch may save me. With the devil, there is no turning back from Hades!
Looking across the rippled deep blue colors of the sea makes one gaze in awe at the wonders of nature. How amazing is this gift from God! Just awhile ago the rain and wind blew the ripples to form white foams on top of angry waves. Now as we slowly turn to navigate the entrance to the island, one can see the white cotton clouds at the seeming end of the horizon. How often do we feel the same in our life? When we think all will fall apart, we pause. After whispering a prayer or two, the darkness is pushed away by rays of sunny hope. In the same breadth we are awed by God's amazing love. These times and these small things recharge our spirits. We are enlightened. With this luminance, it is but right to be a light for others too.
When someone comes across the devil and the deep blue sea, be a bright horizon for them. How about being the devil? I advise not; but your choice. You choose the quality of your eternal life, anyway!
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