if God is all powerful and knowing as described in rev 19:6 and that He is a God of love why then does He have to let His people suffer?
sobrang hirap kami sa pera. every now and then nakakatanggap kami ng letter from the bank’s lawyer saying na ilang buwan na kaming hindi nakakapagbayad ng amortization ng bahay. mayat maya tatawag ulit ang bangko saying na kailangan na rin namin bayaran ang amortization ng kotse. maya maya tatawag nanaman saying na expired na ang insurance ng kotse. Almost every week dumadating ang credit card bills. Every month notice of disconnection naman ng kuryente at tubig. every year problema ang tuition, every two months dumadating ang midterms at finals. installment basis na nga hindi pa rin namin kaya.
bakit ko ba pinoproblema ang mga bagay na to? hindi ko responsibility na pagaralin ang sarili ko, na pakainin ako at mag bayad ng amortization ng bahay at kotse. pero pakiramdam ko pasan ko ang daigdig! ang magaral lang ang tanging maitutulong ko, to make them feel na worth it ang every centavo na ginagastos nila sa akin. pero bakit pati ba naman yon hindi ko pa maibigay?
ok lets make things clear, hindi po ako bumagsak ulit ah and i cant afford to fail anymore.
kuya james, remember nung sinabi kong nagdrop ako ng subject? sorry, pero i havent been fully accountable. i was caught cheating. ayoko nang paginitan pa ko ng prof ko so i resorted to dropping it instead. i cheated simply because ayokong bumagsak. ayokong bumagsak kasi hindi naming afford na bumagsak ako. to fail means additional units for next sem at additional units is dagdag bayad sa tuition nanaman! ang mahal ng tuition sa beda you know. maybe youre saying “bakit di ka magaral ng mabuti?!” i did! pero……. basta i did!
i remember working sa restaurant ni ate. 3000 lang sweldo ko. mahirap din pero…kinaya ko. nagtrabaho din ako sa internet shop namin, tagabantay lang pero graveyard swift ako. 11pm to 7am. 6000 a month. now im selling shirts, mas malaki ang income pero ang hirap magbenta. now start na ng ojt hindi ko alam kung magkano ang matatanggap ko allowance nga lang yon eh. pero hoping na it would somehow lift us up from this burden
so why does God let all these things-burdens, struggles, happen not just to me but to everyone. syempre one way or another naranasan natin to. maybe of different intensity or situation pero we must have experienced it somehow or at some point in our life. its inevitable noh!
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While making tambay in fullybooked Rockwell….(welll im sosyal kasi. Ahaha.) I stumbled on this book at hindi ko alam ang title. anyway the author says„ “(whenever we are in a situation) God doesn’t just offer us advice. He offers us companionship. He doesn’t promise we wont face hardship but he does promise he’ll walk with us through hardship” also “there is a great deal about this i(we) don’t understand”
Funny how the the last Sunday worship service was also something related. Sabi ni pastor peter treat all these struggles as a blessing daw- To see it Gods way, Gods direction, gods perspective. Ironic no? panong magiging blessing ang problem eh puro paghihirap ang idinudulot nun sa buhay natin? Well yes these struggles, problems, or whatever which we call THORNS may cause us pain but if you are to look at it Gods perspective it could somehow be a protection or something beneficial.
2 Corinthians 12:7-10: 7 says Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to [a]torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! 8 Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me. 9 And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast [b]about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with [c]insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
In the passage, paul was attacked by people but rather being discouraged he responded by first changing his perspective.
CCF’S 4Ws says Paul understood the danger of pride (Prov. 16:18). It takes a humble man to admit that the greatest danger of a leader is spiritual pride. Proud people will never admit that they are proud. Thorns can serve as a reminder for us to remainhumble. The thorns in our life can change us either to become better or bitter. We either become soft or hard depending on how we process the thorns of life. When we allow the Spirit of God to work in our life, our thorns can make us gentle, humble and faithful.
These thorns can also make us prayerful, kasi when we are in a situation that is outside our will the first thing we do is seek guidance or assistance or advice or comfort that only God could give. This then enables us to become more prayerful and thankful to God.
So uulitin ko, see it in gods perspective. Kasi if you do, it will strengthen your faith in God.. The author says ulit “deeply rooted beliefs-grounded in scripture-will allow you to persevere and hold on the solid rock of gods truth.” Mas nagiging intimate tayo sa kanya A thorn can be a gift that we can thank God for. It changes our attitude.
By God’s promise, Paul’s pains turned into gladness, contentment and thanksgiving for the sake of Christ (v.9-10). The thorns in our life can change us either to become better or bitter. We either become soft or hard depending on how we process the thorns of life. When we allow the Spirit of God to work in our life, our thorns can make us gentle, humble and faithful.
(oh well, its 11:34 na at maaga pa akong gigising for orientation. excited at kinakabahan at the same time. bless me o Lord.)
