"So if it's God's calling, it's supposed to be easy? Because that's not what Paul would tell you, or Stephen, or Moses, or Jim Elliot -- you want me to keep going? Because it seems to me, the most obedient ones in the Bible, the ones who are truly following God's call on a daily basis, get thrown into lions' dens and fiery furnaces, and shipwrecked, and beheaded, and nailed to a cross -- and they are all praised for being the most faithful and successful in God's eyes. No, you're not [Jesus]. But this is the call that all of us have received - to be faithful like Him, obedient unto death."
-Ethan (This is Our Time, 2013)
Hindi lahat ng tama, madali. Minsan kung alin pa yung matuwid, yun pa yung mahirap gawin. Mahirap gawin dahil nakakahiya. Mahirap gawin dahil wala namang taong pupuri sayo. Mahirap gawin dahil hindi naman ikaw yung makikinabang. Mahirap gawin dahil hindi mo nakasanayan. Mahirap gawin dahil maiiba ka sa nakararami. Mahirap gawin dahil marami kang pagdadahilan. Oo na. Mahirap na kung mahirap.
Pero isipin mo: Paano kung yan din ang inisip nung taong nagbuhat ng krus para sa'yo? Paano kung nahiya din Siya. Paano kung inisip Niyang wala namang pupuri sa Kanya? Paano kung inisip Niya na hindi naman Siya yung makikinabang? Paano kung inisip Niya na hindi naman Niya nakasanayan? Paano kung naisip Niya na maiiba Siya sa nakararami? Mapalad tayo ngayon. Pahiga-higa na lang. Pa-upo-upo sa harap ng computer. Naliligo din pag may time. Pero may ginagawa ba tayong pagsunod sa Kaniya sa kahit anong paraan?
Isip-isip din 'pag may time.
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