Marriage Under Pressure
Love (part 4)
Your Child's position: Had you thought about the emotional, mental, and social disaster it would cause your child(ren) on the days to come? You would say "Maiintindihan din ng anak ko itong ginawa ko baling araw." Pero naisip mo ba na maintindihan ba niya agad iyon na kapag lumalaki siya na bakit ang iba maayos ang family samantalang sa kanya ay sira? Ano sasabihin niya sa mga nag-bubully sa kanya na sinasabing iba-iba ang tatay ng mga kapatid niya? Masasagot ba niya ng diretso kapag tinanong siya kung bakit iba ang tatay niya? Makakapag-aral ba siya ng mabuti sa tingin mo? Makakaharap ba siya ng diretso sa mga tao sa tingin mo? Maramina akong nakausap at nakitang mga anak na galling sa broken family at sinisisi nila ang pagiging sirang pamilya sa kung bakit sila lumaking hindi maayos at sa napuntahan nilang situation na hindi nila gusto. Ito ang reason kaya madalas nalululong sa droga at pagrerebelde ang mga bata. Kaya it's too late before maintindihan ng anak mo ang lahat. Sirang-sira na rin ang buhay niya bago pa niya maintindihan kung bakit sira ang pamilya niya. Sa tingin mo mature na ba agad siya kapag sinabi mong "Maiintindihan mo rin ito anak baling araw"? Ipipilit mo rin ba sa anak mo angsaloobin mo (although mali naman from the the very start), ipipilit mo rin bang intindihin kaniya at gustuhin ang ginawa mo?
Do you love your child? You would retorted "YES! Of course! Mahal ko ang anak ko." But why then your actions speaks differently? Because a loving parent would care more about their children's future than their own, for that's what love is, isn't? Sacrifice. So if you really love your child, you would care not only about his future but also about what he would feel? Dahil ang isang ina ay mag-sasakripisyo para lang sa ikabubuti ng kanilang anak, ito ang pag-ibig na tunay. For this is the greatest love of all, the love that a mother is giving to her child just as the unconditional love our heavenly Father is giving us. This is the love that everyone should imitate. This is true love. So would you still insist to express your emotion and hurt your child? Or would you instead hurt your pride and accept God's true definition of love? (Love stained with Pride is not Love.)
God's position: Had you thought about God's pain when you disobeyed His commandments? Sasabihin siguro ng guy "Oo labag sa Diyos ang ginagawa natin, pero mabait ang Diyos maiintindihan niya tayo at mapapatawad, kaya Okay lang na pagpatuloy natin ito." Yes, maunawain ang Diyos, maiintindihan niya kung bakit ninyo nagawa ang kasalanan na iyon, but the Lord is also just. He is a God of justice, who does not weakly ignore flagrant disobedience. He has and upholds wise and just standards (Deuteronomy 32:4). Kung ang pananaw ng lahat ng tao na okay lang sa Diyos na gumawa ng kasalanan since mabait naman siyang Panginoon, ano na mang yayari sa mundo? Kaya nga naimbento ang "parusa", ang "impyerno", ang "paghingi ng patawad na kasunod ay pagbabago" para dito. Unfair naman sa mga taong taos pusong nagbabago hindi ba? Hindi sa lahat ng panahon ay ang Diyos ang mag-a-adjust para sa tao. Never forget na Diyos parin siya at Tao lang tayo. Kaya huwag natin ipilit ang pang-sariling kaalaman natin dahil higit na ang kaalaman ng Diyos parin ang mas nakaka-angat (Proverbs 3:5). And yet, after hurting Him, God is still patient para sa pagbabago mo. For the Lord shows to be a God of acts of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness (Nehemiah Chapter 9). Even He has the good reason to exercise His power to execute Punishment. He wanted you to change because He loves you truly, and He wanted you not to suffer at the end. So humble yourself and try to change as soon as possible, before His anger or the day of Judgement arrives (1 Peter 4:17-18). But if ever you are suffering now because of His punishment, remember what Moses said "You well know with your own heart that just as a man corrects his son, Yahweh your God was correcting you." (Deuteronomy 8:1-5). So do you love God? Dahil ang paraan para mapakita natin mahal natin ang Diyos ay ang sumunod tayo sa kautusan niya (John 14:15). Pero kung ipipilit parin ang kasalanan, ito ay isang lantarang pagsasabi sa Diyos na hindi mo siya talagang mahal. And what will happen to those persons who don't show respect and love to God? So masasabi mo paring tunay ang pag-ibig na pinapakita mo? Is this the same love you are giving to our Lord? For love as Bible says is "And this is love, that we walk according to LORD's commandments..." Hindi ka na nga nakikipagkaibigan sa Diyos, ginagawa mo pa ang ayaw niya (James 4:4)? So is this action shows love for God? Let us love God and the Wisdom He is giving us ("Cherish Wisdom, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you. She will give you a garland to grace your head and present you with a glorious crown."--Proverbs 4:8-9). Let it be that God's will that controls us and not our own selfish desires.**
[**Some phrase were excerpt from "Is There a Creator Who Cares About You?"]
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