Life is capricious. It is a journey set forth to us by our omnipotent God to be traveled upon. In the process of our life’s expedition, we face blissful moments, heartbreaks and pain yet survival with God’s grace and complete submission to His plans should be done.
As I walked in my life’s path, I have sprung like a wild white tulip in the mid-spring. Growing slowly in the mildly cold atmosphere and cheerfully surrounded by a variety of other flowers. Yet, as the blustery weather breezes in the wide plain, shrubs and flowers struggle and sway. In the ecstasy of my status quo, I have been challenged by tough situations I never imagined I could face in this young age. And the boldness and sturdiness of this wild white tulip has been slowly honed. In the middle of my mist, God put me in a situation to save me from too much outdoor strain as a man picked up the wild white tulip and put it in the vase and bring it to a greenhouse garden.
For everything happens for a reason, here I am now in the Land of the Midnight Sun and the terrain of mighty Vikings in Old Age. As a just graduated student of Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, I was just learning about European Union and the Scandinavia from the four walls of the corner in the first semester of my fourth year in the university. I never thought as I wondered the splendor of the society in the Scandinavia that I would be given this very chance to actually see the veracity of the Swedish society. Furthermore, I was not just blessed with experiencing the Swedish way of life but also immersed in a global position where I also discover the genuineness of the culture of other countries in the African and South American continents as they were represented by the different young leaders from South Africa, Lesotho, Brazil, Tanzania and Costa Rica. All thanks to God for putting me in very tough situations and actually making me head to the Scandinavian region of the European Union. As I’ve chosen this adventure and sacrificed my recognition ceremony, graduation ceremony and wedding ceremony of my friends back in my country, thy boat’s in sail to discover more things and empower thyself in this social welfare state. May I survive in this journey of mine as I face the serenity and at some point the tough waves of life.
Tack så mycket our Great and Awesome Lord- och tack så mycket Svenska Kyrkan!
This blog post is written by Jessie Ladeth Batiancila Contento, one of the Exchange participants from the Philippines this year – 2015. Jessie is the President of the Diocesan Youth Executive Council of the Diocese of Cebu. During his stay in Sweden he is very much eager to learn more about the Swedish society, politics and religion.
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