To confront this painful reality, as our organization mourns for the death of our very young brother Scout in an accident within one of our Scouting activities, I know that, somehow, we are now shaken by peoples who criticize us... but, knowing how his parents understand the situation, I am so consoled that they understood fully the will of God.
For God, what is more important for Him is to make the last day of this boy to be memorable. He had already his joyful moments with his parents so God allowed him to enjoy his last precious time with his friends in Scouting.
In our eyes, it was a very, very tragic and painful event. Most of us stopped and some were even thinking of quitting. But God sees the event differently... he sees love and joy even at the last breath of this child.
It is a state of grace that happens only between the child and our God. It could be a homecoming, a grand welcome for the boy to the Kingdom of God.
If we see using the eyes of God, we would not be judgmental. Prudence would always be our measure. We would pause for a while but we will not totally stop. We will be tired, but we will never give-up. Like Jesus Christ, Himself, we would always love children. If we hear again our dear founder, Baden-Powell, we would again and again relive the joys of our childhood. For these reasons, as Scouters and Scouts, we will never cease to share the joys of our childhood to our young generations of Scouts because we know, God is always with us... in times of joys and even in times of our sorrows.
We are brothers to one another, together we will walk hand-in-hand through turmoils like this that challenge our vocation as Scouters and Scouts in our time and in our 'situationess.'
We would later understand that Scouting, as always, is a way of life... it is a life-long process of learning and reinventing ourselves. From our short-comings we would learn great values in life where humility becomes the fruit of all our Scout Oath and Laws. And this humility gives us the patience to understand all the things that we cannot comprehend as of the moment... where we cannot speak to reason out, nor to justify what we need to express of; but only to grieve our pains and longings in great silence as we contemplate the chaos where we are in.
This time, I encourage you to cry, let us pause and cry for a moment... tears in our eyes would not lessen our boyhood or manhood in any ways, but this would make us more human-- more gentle... more compassionate...more loving and always moved by love. When we let our hearts speak and when we let our souls hear... like the boy who died and his parents who have already accepted the incidence, only through forgiveness, we can start to let go of the painful past and to let God to do His will on us.
Tomorrow will be another day. But on that day, we will bring with us everything that has transpired today... for our past and our tradition are always part of our identity as a person and as a Scout. These make us relevant... our dynamism as we response to the need of our time is always rooted from our humble beginnings.
When we think of Scouting, it's always the joys and happiness. We find joys by appreciating simple things. We become happy because our hearts are contented with these simple things.
Those who have gone before us, like this happy and joyful boy, will not fade but will always be remembered in our songs and in our prayers. The fire of Scouting will be shortly quenched, but again, this will ablaze within our hearts because of our sincere desire to serve and to share our service to the rest of humanity.
A Scout is reverent. GOD IS WITH US. denmar
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