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    The story is about a pastor greeting churchgoers arriving to pray for rain. Most people were socializing instead of praying. The pastor noticed an 11-year-old girl quietly sitting in the front row with a large, colorful umbrella ready next to her - much larger than herself. In contrast to the others who came only to pray for rain, the little girl had come expecting God to answer. The story teaches that true faith is coming to God to fulfill one's spiritual needs, not just to receive material goods or solve problems. The writer will apply this by praying to nourish their spirituality rather than focus on receiving worldly desires.

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    The story is about a pastor greeting churchgoers arriving to pray for rain. Most people were socializing instead of praying. The pastor noticed an 11-year-old girl quietly sitting in the front row with a large, colorful umbrella ready next to her - much larger than herself. In contrast to the others who came only to pray for rain, the little girl had come expecting God to answer. The story teaches that true faith is coming to God to fulfill one's spiritual needs, not just to receive material goods or solve problems. The writer will apply this by praying to nourish their spirituality rather than focus on receiving worldly desires.

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    THE SPIRITUAL SELF

    ACTIVITY 9

    Watch the movie entitled “PK (Aamir Khan)” an Indian film and write you
    reflection about the movie on your Journal.

    It struck me. It was unexpected, but my perceived message of the film really left
    me in awe. I never expected that a movie this bizarre, with little bits of dancing and
    singing, would leave me thinking critically about my spiritual self.

    The movie revolves around an alien who came from a planet similar to Earth, but
    more advance and complex. He came to conduct research about the humans here on
    Earth but instead was robbed of his remote which is his ticket back home. He then
    experiences firsthand the daily acts and ways of people under different religions which
    he even called company and having a religion, a label. He even went and started the
    pursuit for God, as he deemed it missing after not finding him in temples, as people
    always tell him that only God can help him in finding his remote. In the end, after
    debunking a past prophecy given by a false messenger of God, he then retrieved his
    remote and went back to his planet, leaving his love interest behind.

    This movie made me reevaluate my stand on religions. Actually, nothing


    changed, it’s just that my belief that some religions are crazy became stronger. I’m not
    writing this to offend anyone, but this is how I see it. I believe that there is a divine entity
    responsible for the creation of this beautiful and complex world as we know it, but due to
    the existence of various religions, which one? Due to such and to put rest to my spiritual
    conflict, I settled it by believing that there is one God responsible for all of this and that I
    will never know the truth behind Him, which will leave me in eternal confusion. I am
    suffering and I know it, yet somehow I am content with that. Being a devout Catholic
    ever since birth up to high school, and discovering things that I have found while living a
    life free from religion, not practicing their norms and beliefs during my late junior high
    school to senior high school, I can say that I am somewhere in the middle. I am in a fine
    line in the middle where I understand and deeply respect religions whatever they may
    be while living a life without them, guided only by the morals and values I have attained
    and learned from my 21 years of experience.

    I cannot fully say that I have a well-developed spiritual self nor a spiritual self. I
    am also not a great thinker who has everything figured out nor an individual with a mind
    that can be compared with the excellent thinkers that history can offer. I am just an
    ordinary man, trying to find my own way towards my spiritual self.
    ASSESSMENT 9
    Do you Have Your Umbrella?

    Many people arrived at the church to pray for the needed rain. The pastor greeted most
    of them as they filed in. As he walked to the front of the church to officially begin the
    meeting, he noticed most people were chatting across the aisles and socializing with
    friends. When he reached the front, his thoughts were on quieting the attendees and
    starting the meeting. His eyes scanned the crowd as he asked for quiet. He noticed an
    eleven-year-old girl sitting quietly in the front row. Her face was beaming with
    excitement. Next to her, open and ready for use, was a very colorful and extremely
    large umbrella, much bigger than her in fact. The little girl's beauty and innocence made
    the pastor smile as he realized how much faith she possessed. No one else in the
    congregation had brought an umbrella. All came to pray for rain. But the little girl had
    come expecting God.

    Journal Writing:

    1. What are your learnings and realization from the discussion?

    What I have learned here in this story, is one of the learning I have discovered
    throughout life. Most people relate their faith to the physical and material wealth they
    receive. Some think that the harder you pray, the harder the downpour of blessings will
    be. The thought of appeasing your spiritual needs fades away as some think that their
    spiritual contentedness, lies within the resolve of their problems in life.

    2. What is the lesson of the story “Do you have your Umbrella?” and how are you
    going to apply it in your daily life?

    The lesson for me is that it is okay to raise your worries and concerns to God, but
    depending on your spiritual faith and belief in the material wealth you want to receive,
    might as well be considered as a fake love. Pray to appease your spiritual hunger and
    needs, not to appease your material desires.

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