34 Pinalapit(L) ni Jesus ang mga tao at ang kanyang mga alagad, at sinabi sa kanila, “Ang sinumang nagnanais sumunod sa akin ay dapat itakwil ang kanyang sarili, pasanin ang kanyang krus, at sumunod sa akin. 35 Ang(M) sinumang nagnanais na magligtas ng kanyang buhay ay mawawalan nito; ngunit ang mawalan ng kanyang buhay alang-alang sa akin at sa Magandang Balita ay magkakamit nito.
-Marcos 8:34-35
Sabi sa homily kanina, pain is a prerequisite of life. Also, no pain no gain daw.
Pain and struggle are real.
Adulting is real.
Every stage of life has a struggle.
Wala namang taong walang problema. Lahat naman tayo may kaniya-kaniyang bigat na dinadala.
Minsan, akala natin, masiyadong unfair ang mundo. We keep on comparing our lives to other people's lives.
Akala natin, wala nang mas hihirap pa sa sitwasyong kinasasadlakan natin.
What makes you pained now?
Is it too much to handle?
Were you on the situation na sobrang sakripisiyo na ang ginagawa just to make your loved ones happy?
O baka nasa sitwasyon ka na ayaw mo na ng mga nangyayari pero wala kang ibang option kundi ang magpatuloy kahit nilalamon ka na ng lungkot at pagod sa mga ginagawa mo.
May mga nagpapasakit ng loob natin at madalas nagiging dahilan ito upang sumuko tayo.
Oftentimes, kapag nahihirapan at nasasaktan tayo, we ought to dream a life that is more comfortable and more happiness. We keep on asking to God na sana "Lord, tama na 'yung sakit, sana puro na lang kasiyahan kasi umay na po."
That we tend to forget what life really means to Jesus.
We keep saying we love Jesus, that we followed Him, that we worship Him, that we have faith in Him but we act oppositely.
What is it really means to get a life with Jesus?
Is it really to complain when things don't go our way?
Is it questioning Him when things are tough and painful?
Is it losing our faith when mountains of struggles are approaching?
What is it really means to be a child of God?
What is it really mean to be a Christ-like man?
In this verse, He actually gave us the way on how we should live our life.
Jesus carried His own cross up until He was crucified and it means keeping the faith and sacrificing.
It means forgettinf our own desires and accepting His will in our lives.
Few will only understand this but in order to keep your faith in God, you have to learn how to be happy and grateful amidst pains and struggles in life.
You have to learn how to let go and let God whatever circumstances you are experiencing kahit sobrang lugmok ka na.
Na kahit napakaimposibleng umasa, aasa ka.
Sapagkat nagtitiwala ka na ang Diyos na mayroon ka ay ang Diyos na pinaglalaanan mo ng lahat ng mga sakripisyo mo sa buhay.
In everything we do, do it in Jesus's way.
Isakripisiyo mo man ang sariling buhay mo, pangakong hindi mauumay ang Diyos na pagpalain ka hanggang dulo.
Kalma. Sagot ka Niya.
BINABASA MO ANG
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