So you think it is not fair..

When I was younger, I used to hold anti-Christ sentiments, thinking that it was not fair that one man could save all. I mean, but of course, he's God, isn't he? Surely it's a breeze for him, doing all that he did.
"That's so unfair!"

But here's what made me see the light, so thought I really oughtta share it:

"I have heard some people complain that if Jesus was God as well as man, then His sufferings and death lose all value in their eyes, 'because it must have been so easy for Him'. The perfect submission, the perfect suffering, the perfect death were not only easier to Jesus because He was God, but were possible only because He was God. But surely that is a very odd reason for not accepting them? The teacher is able to form the letters for the child because the teacher is grown-up and knows how to write. That, of course, makes it easier for the teacher; and only because it is easier for him can he help the child. If it rejected him because 'it's easy for grown-ups' and waited to learn writing from another child who could not write itself (and so had no 'unfair' advantage), it would not get on very quickly. If I am drowning in a rapid river, a man who still has one foot on the bank may give me a hand which saves my life. Ought I to shout back (between my gasps) 'No, it's not fair! You have an advantage! You're keeping one foot on the bank'? That advantage - call it 'unfair' if you like - is the only reason why he can be of any use to me. To what will you look for help is you will nt look to that which is stronger than yourself?"
(Mere Christianity, CS Lewis)


The perfect penitent.

level of faith

I have a thing about waiting for buses and praying for them. So, just wanna share one of them:

That day, I was leaving from work and since I was late, I prayed for my bus to come. As soon as I did that, I started to hurry to the bus stop, for I knew in my heart that God was gonna send the bus to me. And the moment I set foot on the bus stop, my bus arrived! At that point, there was only one thing on my mind,

"If you have the faith to believe, God will be faithful to deliver."
..just a revelation to a very simple example.

when you believe, believe with all your heart, mind and body.

Waiting, in the Hope

I have been praying in THE hope, for the bible says, "Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently." (Rom 8:24-25) And I am waiting patiently in THE hope :)

But the hope is not passive.

For the waiting is not moving from nothing to something, but from something to something more, as I learn in "Finding My Way Home" by Henri Nouwen.

"..there is none of that passivity in Scripture. Those who are waiting are waiting very actively. They know that what they are waiting for is growing from the ground on which they are standing. If we wait in the conviction that a seed has been planted and that something has already begun, it changes the way we wait. Active waiting implies being fully present to the moment with the conviction...

Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” (Luke 1:38)

A waiting person is a patient person. The word 'patience' implies the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden will mainifest itself to us. Impatient people expect the real thing to happen somewhere else, and therefore they want to get away from the present situation and go elsewhere. But patient people dare to stay where they are. Waiting, then, is not passive. It involves nurturing the growth of something within.

Waiting is also open-ended. Zechariah, Elizabeth, Mary, Simeon and Anna were filled with hope. Their hope was trusting that fulfillment would come, not according to their wishes, but according to the promises of God. Their hope was open-ended."

I pray that even as I wait, I do not lose sight of the call of God and get too obsessed over what I am waiting for, but rather to remain open to the call of God; to be sensitive to His voice, that I may be so versatile to move in His ways, according to His will for me. Thank You Jesus for the hope that I have in You.

Guard against thieves

Praying for deliverance, I received another tip on how to guard/ consecrate our minds:

"One of the early fathers said: "When thieves approach a house in order to creep up to it and steal, and hear someone inside talking, they do not dare to climb in; in the same way, when our enemies try to steal into the soul and take possession of it they creep all round but fear to enter when they hear that...prayer welling out."

That is why the bible tells us to pray unceasingly.

Amen.

sin in your dreams?

Knowing how I could ask God if I had any questions, I wondered out of curiousity and asked if we could sin in our dreams. Then when I was reading Reaching Out...

"What is the source of those unbecoming nocturnal phantasies? he said: "They arise out of the disordered movements of the soul that occur during the day. But if a man should occupy himself with the judgements of God and so purify his soul and concern himself constantly with good matters and things pleasing to God, then these things will fill his dreams (instead)."

I love how God answers me all the time :)