This was very inspiring! He was favored to win the gold medal, but ended up getting injured during the race. As we look at his facial expression, he was in agony but willing to finish the race. His father who watched from the stands came running down and held him and helped him finish the race. As you can see, in life we're in a race! Sometimes we'll stumble and fall, and we're in a painful situation that brought us down to our knees! Don't worry because our Heavenly Father will run down from above, pick us up, and hold onto us, comfort us, and help us finish the race! Towards the end of our journey here on earth, we want to be able to say "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith" (2 Timothy 4:7). I Love you guys! Always fix your eyes on Jesus!
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Sometimes I’ll get text messages from my wife “Pray for me.”
So, I called her cell phone and asked, “What’s up? What’s going on?” My wife responds, “Well, your son…” When my wife starts her sentence “your son…” I would be like uh oh because I know he’s in big trouble. That is the only time she would say “your son” but other times, she’ll say “mama’s boys” When I get mad at my children for doing something that they shouldn’t have done or said something that they weren’t suppose to say, I can go overboard. I wanted to discipline them, but once in a while I can go too far. I could see their tears coming down from their cheeks or when they go in their room with their shoulders down. My kids can also be so dramatic. Then I find myself feeling bad. The crazy thing is, several minutes later, they’ll come up to me and realized of what they did and say “sorry daddy”. Then I end up talking to them in a lot calmer voice… then they’ll hug me and say, “I love you.” It amazes me how their heart can be so pure and so gentle that they could easily forgive me for yelling at them. The question that I'll ask, "What about us grown ups?"
Gentlemen, did you ever receive silent treatment from the wife or girlfriend? We can be laughing and having a blast, but then we’ll notice the person next to us… Quiet, unentertained, unamazed, unimpressed. She’s doing her own thing quietly. Us men, what do we do? We’ll ask the wifey, “are you okay?” and she'll response “Yes.” Since we’re so concerned, a minute pass by, we’ll ask her again, “are you sure?” “I’m fine.” A few minutes later, we’ll say something like this, “Is there something that I did?” Then she gets aggravated, “No! But if you keep asking me, I won’t be okay!” However, if we only asked once and she said she’s okay and us men moved on and showed no concern. She’ll get even more mad because we’re being insensitive. We're in a lose-lose situation. Women do have great memories. They can recall of things that we did 10 years ago and we weren’t even aware of it throughout the time. Us men can be so weird. We can react to two ways when people do us wrong… One is that we’ll play it cool. And we’re going to do this until we’re filled with it and then blow up. We allow these things to shake us up and explode like a bottle of champagne. The second thing that we do when a person does us wrong is to react to it just to show that we’re macho! As you can see, we’re very prideful people. When our feelings get hurt, we automatically go on offensive mode. When we ended up arguing or debating with someone and we know that the other person is right, we tend to avoid admitting it. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you (Colossians 3:13). When we are placed in these types of situations of being falsely accused and hearing rumors about us at a workplace or in school, how would we react? Now, our argument may be that we’re correct and they’re wrong. However, we can be right and yet se can be so wrong. We need to humble ourselves, “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love” (Ephesians 4:2). “But now you must also rid of yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips” (Colossians 3:8). How to Overcome with an Unforgiving Heart? Five Steps to be freed from an unforgiving heart... 1. Examine our heart and recognize our sins. I realized that I was wrong because I had an unforgiving heart. 2. Surrender and Submit to God by laying down our will. The only way we can overcome it is by giving it to the Lord. I can’t do it alone and I need God. 3. Ask for Forgiveness and have a clean slate. “Please God forgive me, I messed up. I don’t want to do it again, please help me. Empower me and fill me with your Spirit.” 4. Have an Accountability Partner. When seeking advice or asking for someone else’s perspective, ensure that the advice that you are receiving is Biblical perspective. Because if the person that you’re asking for advise is not aligned with the Word of God, he or she may fuel the fire that you already have. That’s why we need an accountability partner who is also a Christ Follower. 5. Ask God for a new heart. “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh” (Ezekiel 36:26). Ephesians 4:32, Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. |
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