"Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity."
Colossians 3:12-14
It was not what I envisioned it to be. It was real life after all.
But I thank God for that trip -- for every tiring, peaceful, fun, frustrating, comforting, happy, stressful, fulfilling minute of it.
When we were planning for that 5-day Holy Week trip, all I could think about was how fun and exciting it would be. I could ride a ferry again and go visit a beach and explore new places. Cool. But God wanted me to get more than that.
It was funny how each of our temperaments would clash -- Dan with his impatience and (over)perkiness, Ronnie with his blatant irritation and I with my tendency to suddenly be cold and go into silent mode -- and we'd find ourselves disagreeing even in the most insignificant things. Well, that's what you get when you spend 24 hours a day for 5 days together under different circumstances.
In my defense, it doesn't usually mean that I'm angry or something whenever I'm silent. Sometimes it's just because I'm really tired or not in the mood to talk. That's it.
Even when we're talking about how to share the Gospel to Albert's family, we can't help but butt heads. At one point, I had to literally pause and pray for God's peace and patience to come and fill me. We must have felt burdened by the 'responsibility' of evangelism that we're forgetting what's most important and we're focusing more on the program.
But I think we're all the better for it. Now that we've known each other better, maybe next time we can easily adapt to each other's temper and avoid clashing.
And definitely avoid traveling during the holiday season next time.
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