What if...

Through an incident, I have...well, I wouldn't say learnt, since there is no right to teach. But, I have formulated my own opinion, and my conviction has strengthened. And all in this one night.

This is going to be part religious, part philosophical, so those who are opposed to it, read no further.

I used to think of a lot of "what ifs". But today, a new thought crossed my mind. Why must there be what ifs? Since we Catholics believe that our God is all-knowing, and that everything that happens, does so for his reasons, even if they remain strange and distant to us?

And of course, this thought goes hand in hand with another. One that I never really believed in. I never believed that God has planned our future, and I insisted strongly that we were the ones ruining our lives by ourselves, that everything that happened, did so because of us, and solely cos of us.

And yet, why did it have to be that way?

Since God is all-knowing, isn't it possible for him to lay down his plans for the future, and yet take into consideration our free will?

And that is why people make mistakes. But he knows we are going to make that mistakes, and he will guide us back in his unseen ways. He did not plan for us to commit sins. He hopes we will not. But he knows that we are humans, and thus not infalliable, and as such, he plans for us to realize our mistakes either through other people, or through shocks in our lives.

I know that many readers will want to dispute this and disagree with it. Feel free to. I never did say this is the one and only answer. This is simply my opinion, and you can dispute it as you will. I will stand firm.

And I do believe that God is watching over each and everyone of us. Without him, tonight would have ended quite differently.

Ja'ne!

-Ade-