Wife and MUM 01/2013
Monday 03 June 2013
Irene was ironing the cloths while I was having breakfast. As my manager, she will tell me on what she had read in the newspapers and seen on the TV news. She told me about a single mother in Singapore who was seen pushing her mentally challenged child over the railings of their apartment. As a result the child died. Incidences like this always cuts us up a little. Questions like “Why?”; “Where are you God?” and a hundred similar questions floods our minds. These questions stirs our emotions, challenge our belief system and our values. Cause us to re examine our judgments, our decisions, and bring onto the table our very being.
We can be PULLED towards becoming more compassionate, loving, believing or PUSHED away into bitterness, skepticism and atheistic tendencies.
Irene, me and our choir members had on many occasions, discourse on the difference
between believe, faith, acceptance and works within the context of the
Christian theology.
As
Irene relate the above incident to me she gave me her interpretation. Believe
is when we know as this single mother knows. There is head knowledge. Faith is
“Acceptance of the FACT that her child is special” and “Act (works) towards achieving
the best outcome for her child” while hanging on to the promise Jesus made in
Matthew 11:28-30 “"Come to
Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My
yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you
will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Believe
– head knowledge – is important, very important. To build on the foundation of
believe is action and that is Faith. Believe when coupled with Faith is
powerful. Faith is action based on the covenant and promise of God.
1. How do you practice your beliefs?
2. In what ways is your faith in alignment with your believe?
Cheers.
Hope to see you soon.
Hope to see you soon.
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