Angels in other Forms

It was early tonight; my family, my parent, brother and I were watching one of the prime time soap on television when a colorful book struck my attention, resting on a table near the chair where I was seated. It has a bright yellow covered book. I remembered, it was the book given to me as a present by my dear friend last Christmas. It entitled “ Enjoy God’s Best for Your Life” stories of living life to the fullest of Aron Gogna, foreworded by Bro. Bo Sanchez.

I was not able to read the book, since the moment it was seen by my younger brother, he got interested into it so I let him read the book first so I may say he has just finished reading the book that’s why he returned it to me.

At first, I really don’t know what the content of this book was. It was Bro Bo Sanchez’ book so I got an interest reading it. It was my dear friend who gave it, so I knew it must be helpful to me.

Upon reading the introduction, it was about Arun Gogna’s experiences, how God made his dreams come true, how God is so good that if you fervently prayed for what you wanted as long as there is a very deep reason behind it you will have it. Though, very simple experiences yet it made you realized that “Yes, he (Arun Gogna) is correct. ” There are times, God made things possible in an unexpected time, He made your dreams come true in an unexpected way and He made simple and complex things possible without you knowing  that it was His plan to make your cravings be come true, all in due time.

Arun Gogna is not purely Filipino he is an Indian, Arun means “sun”.

Let me share one from Arun.

“One bonus in life is to have friends in the high places. I mean, people you look up to.

 I have a friend priest, one of my confessors, who is now a bishop of Papua New Guinea. His name is Bishop Franceso Panfilo. He is Italian but his heart is for the Filipinos.

I really look up to him, firstly because he is 6’4’’ tall, and more so because of his piety. When you hear him speak, you will know the meaning of holiness.

On one of his visits to our parish, he told us about how he goes around the different churches of his Diocese. Because Papua New Guinea is a country separated by waters, he needs to ride the boat more than a hundred times a year. The funny thing is, his greater fear is water and he doesn’t know how to swim. So he just invented a motto that he told the seafarers to follow: “Men, whatever happens, save the Bishop.!”

Bishop Panfilo is an angel to the people of the islands, but the boatmen are angels to their bishop.”

Who are your angels? Thank them once in a while. And when you are afraid, remember you have friends in high places.