“Who do you say that I am?” (Mk 8: 29)

We had our 2nd Teh Tarik Theology last night. It was an interesting topic and it managed to create the participants to share.

I like the way how Fr. Aloysius’s explanations and the examples that he gave. They were real examples. Suddenly I have this thought in mind. It’s not easy to be a priest today because there are so many questioning about the existent of God, images of God and those unexplained phenomena that are happening around us. These will be the questions that we often refer to the church and priests. In the scenario like last night, the speaker must be clear about the happenings in today’s world and also think in a bigger picture. He has to be very knowledgeable and not just knows how to pray. Not easy, huh?

Yesterday’s topic kept me pondered what my image of God is and how much do I know about Him. There’s a sense of fear when I perceived my image of God not on human faces or people that I know, rather He is someone great, powerful, almighty and above all. When I think of Jesus, He will be someone loving, compassionate, patient and a friend. Because God is so great, I feel small and unworthy to be very close to Him.

Is my image of God a distorted image? Where this image came from? Sunday school? It is a distorted image that I have to shed away so that I may move a step closer to Him. I guess I need to accept who I am, His creation. I am not perfect like God, but it is through Him that I can be like Him as I am created in His image.