Too afraid... (reflection for September 10, 2006)
Many people tend not to listen nor speak, that is one root of why problems occur.
Try to imagine a teenage girl who doesn't listen to her parents. She has a boyfriend without the knowledge of the parents. Few weeks later, that girl became pregnant.
Try to imagine a priest who is not loyal to his vocation. He decided to meet girls knowing that he has offered his life completely to God. Few years later, he decided to leave the priestly vocation for a married life.
Try to imagine a politician who does not mind what the people says. He only listens to his arrogant and selfish self. Few months later, he was impeached from his position.
We do not know the fruit of our actions. The decisions that we make in our life may have a bad consequence in the future. Friends and families are always there to counsel us in what we do, sometimes, even the people that we don't know helps us. Through them, you can see that God really cares for you.
People oftentimes do not listen, that's why some may still fall to sin and darkness and by that, the devil does his job in making evil. The devil works in each one of us. He is in our conscience, he is in us, that's why we continue to disobey God and do evil cause we do not listen. I'm not only talking about listening that uses the physical ear, but also, let us listen through our hearts so that we may hear the true advice, the true calling, the true counsel.
Another thing is speech, we do not talk. How can someone listen if nobody talks? That is a another problem, when no one speaks. If you have done something wrong, how will you know that the thing you did was wrong until nobody comes to you and says it? My friends, we often see evil. Oftentimes when we see evil, we do nothing. For me, when we see someone doing evil, it is more evil not to tell him that what he is doing is wrong. I for one may sometimes be speechless everytime I see someone sin. I may be too afraid to tell him or I just really don't care, and I believe that this is a common problem that we fix by ourselves.
When we see someone doing evil, we sin more when we do not tell him that what he is doing is wrong.
Try to imagine a teenage girl who doesn't listen to her parents. She has a boyfriend without the knowledge of the parents. Few weeks later, that girl became pregnant.
Try to imagine a priest who is not loyal to his vocation. He decided to meet girls knowing that he has offered his life completely to God. Few years later, he decided to leave the priestly vocation for a married life.
Try to imagine a politician who does not mind what the people says. He only listens to his arrogant and selfish self. Few months later, he was impeached from his position.
We do not know the fruit of our actions. The decisions that we make in our life may have a bad consequence in the future. Friends and families are always there to counsel us in what we do, sometimes, even the people that we don't know helps us. Through them, you can see that God really cares for you.
People oftentimes do not listen, that's why some may still fall to sin and darkness and by that, the devil does his job in making evil. The devil works in each one of us. He is in our conscience, he is in us, that's why we continue to disobey God and do evil cause we do not listen. I'm not only talking about listening that uses the physical ear, but also, let us listen through our hearts so that we may hear the true advice, the true calling, the true counsel.
Another thing is speech, we do not talk. How can someone listen if nobody talks? That is a another problem, when no one speaks. If you have done something wrong, how will you know that the thing you did was wrong until nobody comes to you and says it? My friends, we often see evil. Oftentimes when we see evil, we do nothing. For me, when we see someone doing evil, it is more evil not to tell him that what he is doing is wrong. I for one may sometimes be speechless everytime I see someone sin. I may be too afraid to tell him or I just really don't care, and I believe that this is a common problem that we fix by ourselves.
When we see someone doing evil, we sin more when we do not tell him that what he is doing is wrong.
posted by Diego at 8:51 PM
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