I woke up late this morning. Somehow I couldn't hear the alarmclock. When I went inside the bathroom, I asked Him why I couldn't wake up on time. He told me that I needed to realize something last night but I didn't, that's why he wanted to get my attention so that I could catch that message. Here's the summary of that message:
I set my goal to live with God, attending His presence. But my focus was just God himself. However, He is the parent of all mankind, which means, parent cannot just exist disconnected from children. Parents always love children, concerned about children, feels joy and pain according to the situation of the children. Therefore, the right way to live with God attending Him is with the awareness of what He would be thinking and feeling about His children (especially when most of His children are in such unhappy situation) We cannot live with God without having awareness of the situation of His children. When one child suffers, parent's heart cannot be somewhere else, just relaxing by himself.
Then one story just came to my mind.
...Then the King will say to those at his right hand, 'Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'' Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee? And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?' And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.' "Then he will say to those at his left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee? Then he will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.' And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into etrenal life." (Matt: 25: 34-46)
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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