“Low Expectations—the secret to happines.”
This was me, to a bunch of friends, last Friday night. We were walking along the chilly streets of Makati, braving the night to visit another friend stuck at work, in the hopes of cheering her up.
It was meant as a reference to a movie, which I’ve raved about. But which everyone else got disappointed with. It must have been the company I was with when I watched it. Afterall, good friends always trump over terrible movies. Or the fact that I got to watch it for free (and in IMAX at that). Or maybe because I barely had any idea what the movie was about, before I got there. Sure, the storytelling could have been better, the action could have been more intense. But my low expectations, coupled by a few good things that happened that night, failed to ruin the movie for me.
But upon uttering these words, I began to wish I could take them back. You see, although I was referring to a movie, I also ended up applying it to life. And, oh my, I was horrified by the lack of faith behind that line! Suddenly, I heard the cynic from down under clap smugly in this little victory of his.
And so I write this blog because refuse to believe his lies and let him win. Because the Bible was very clear that by the measure of our faith, it shall be done to us (Matthew 9:29). How then can I let myself live with this faithless kind of mindset? How dare I limit my BIG God with my finite mind?
I REFUSE TO DO SO. I hold on to 1 John 5:14-15 and confidently ask and expect for greater things to come.
