Don't hate "The Teacher"

Life teaches us a lot of things. From the simplest to the most complex. At some point, we face tribulation when we become complacent in whatever situation we are in that we forget how to improve ourselves or check the status of our own performance.

Then the TEACHER comes a long with a test so heavy that we are shaken from the inside and out. The teacher may come in a form of a friend, a colleague, a family member, a parent or a student. The initial reaction of an immature person, is to be angry and at the most, hate the ONE who brings the lesson; but a mature person whose spirit is rooted in Jesus, will thank God for the test and will begin to reflect on what must be done in order to pass the test.

Sometimes we are blinded by anger over "the teacher" whenever our convenience or comfort zone is questioned, but should we really? Must we react immediately before reflecting what is our cooperation in why we are being TAUGHT a lesson?

I found this amazing statement from Fritz Cherry on how we should look  at trials in life.  It says "Think of trials as training."  God has to train His troops. Have you ever heard of any staff sergeant who got to where he was without going through tough situations? God has to prepare His children for the future. 

Don't try to explain everything that is going on in your life, because you just.  Most times, you simply have to trust God, that His test is for the best and for your improvement.

"Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death." (James 1:12-15, ESV)

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Developing our speaking skills.

Nowadays, people are so engrossed with what the digital world offers that their whole being is occupied with viewing videos, reading emails, checking friends' posts, playing their favorite games/apps. Their minds are so busy multitasking by using their eyes, hands and mouth at the same time that they forget what a quality talk means.

Because of these advancements in technologies and development of different apps that allows us to be entertained by ourselves that we forget how to enhance our speaking skills. Because we are not 100% focused to the person in front of us, we miss their important message or reminder, we miss the love that they speak, the pain that they share, the joy they extend, or we forget what word to use for a particular situation. We live fast that we forget how to select the words that we will utter to the people we talk to.

Sometimes, we are given a voice to speak for others, but it doesn't mean that everything that we will speak is beneficial, sometimes how we speak things hurt others, demoralize them or emasculate them. We have forgotten the etiquette of speaking because we are focused on passing on information. We forget that there are proper ways of saying things.

So before we end up in a no talk type of society, let us put down our gadgets, turn off our screens and let us start to really talk with our mouths and not with our hands. We'll find it more relaxing, less annoying/intimidating and we build more understanding and better relationship.

Proverbs 25:11 (ESV) “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.”

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The Only One who can heal

There are many kinds of pain, suffering, illness or even challenges. 

Some people turn to doctors to find a cure for their illness. They hop from one doctor to another, seeking one opinion to the next to satisfy their health issues.  Some people, during new year, turn to astrologist to find 'direction" for their future. They buy all sorts of charms from bracelets to house ornaments just to have " a prosperous year ".  Some people turn to vices to find temporary joy to their aches. They try all sorts of drugs from the simple to the complex, yet still find themselves lonely after the effect subsides.  The youth nowadays turn to advises from personalities in the radio stations to find answers to relationship issues yet fall into brokenness from one relationship to another.

Nowadays, people are concerned with mending their "brokenness". We may be broken by the death of our love ones, by the failure of our relationships, by the disappointments we have in our lives. But no matter how broken we think we are, no person, or thing in this world who can fix us as if we were never broken; only God can.  Turn to God and find yourself be transformed from glory to glory.  Open the Bible and be enlightened to find your every questions answered, your every burden unloaded, your every pain healed.

There are many sorts of broken hearts, and Christ is good at healing them all. —Charles Spurgeon

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." - (Revelation 21:4)

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How to tell the truth to a child

Parents nowadays are so concerned on how to tell their kids something without their kids feeling hurt. We beat around the bush before we tell our kids what they did wrong. At school, teachers try not to say "you're answer is wrong" to a child because some say, that will humiliate them and might lowers their self esteem.

But how do we really tell our kids the truth that they were wrong, or this is how they are supposed to do things, or they just simply have to stand up and move their bodies and work.

We don't need to sugar coat the truth to our kids. We just have to tell them what they need to hear. Yes, it can hurt them, it may scare them, it can even break them. But as long as we stay with them as they deal with the truth, they will not fall apart. They will gain wisdom as they try to handle things.

Life can be hard, frustrating, depressing, confusing. It can also be fun, rewarding, encouraging and sweet. They can't experience the latter if they won't experience the first.

They need to learn, not to be pampered. If we want them to be tough and decisive people, we need to show them things as they are.

"These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up." (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)