Sharing God's Message to Me
Oct 21, 2011
Romans 7:18-25
Psalms 119:66, 68, 76, 77, 93, 94
Luke 12:54-59
Gain Wisdom and Action
19 For I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want. Rom 7:19
66 Teach me wisdom and knowledge, for in your commands I trust. Ps 119:66
You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky; why do you not know how to interpret the present time? 57 Why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? Lk 12:56-57
One is often, perhaps even always, bothered by conscience when one is remiss in doing what is good. Take for instance today. As I was preparing for this sharing, a man outside called, "Tao po!" It was Enteng whom I vaguely remember but who said he used to clean our gutters, repaired our oven once, even did some gardening for us occasionally. He said he lived in Antipolo for some time but that life there being difficult he decided to venture out into the city again, and approached people he remembered in case they had any tasks for him for a day. I felt I wanted to give him something to do but couldn't think of any since our garden was just recently trimmed, our oven was also just repaired again, and our gutters long removed from our fascia. I called out to my wife if she had any tasks Enteng could do. None. Since he didn't have a cellphone, all he could say was where we could possibly find him if we had anything for him to do.
He wasn't begging for money, which I appreciated. He was just earnest to find work, even a daily task. As he bade goodbye and mounted his bike, I felt a tug in my heart. Why couldn't I have just asked him to trim my garden again? Or trim my mother-in-law's garden across the street? Had I done so Enteng would have earned a day's wage. Instead, I felt stingy about the cost of gardening again. I did not do the good I want. Today again I wasn't a good vessel of God's blessings through me. Too slow to think, too late to respond.
Lord, teach me wisdom and knowledge that I may know how to interpret the present time, the present situations when you appear as someone needy, and grant me the courage to respond quickly and generously out of the blessings you have poured through me. Amen.
V. Romeo A. Almeida
Oct 21, 2011
Romans 7:18-25
Psalms 119:66, 68, 76, 77, 93, 94
Luke 12:54-59
Gain Wisdom and Action
19 For I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want. Rom 7:19
66 Teach me wisdom and knowledge, for in your commands I trust. Ps 119:66
You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky; why do you not know how to interpret the present time? 57 Why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? Lk 12:56-57
One is often, perhaps even always, bothered by conscience when one is remiss in doing what is good. Take for instance today. As I was preparing for this sharing, a man outside called, "Tao po!" It was Enteng whom I vaguely remember but who said he used to clean our gutters, repaired our oven once, even did some gardening for us occasionally. He said he lived in Antipolo for some time but that life there being difficult he decided to venture out into the city again, and approached people he remembered in case they had any tasks for him for a day. I felt I wanted to give him something to do but couldn't think of any since our garden was just recently trimmed, our oven was also just repaired again, and our gutters long removed from our fascia. I called out to my wife if she had any tasks Enteng could do. None. Since he didn't have a cellphone, all he could say was where we could possibly find him if we had anything for him to do.
He wasn't begging for money, which I appreciated. He was just earnest to find work, even a daily task. As he bade goodbye and mounted his bike, I felt a tug in my heart. Why couldn't I have just asked him to trim my garden again? Or trim my mother-in-law's garden across the street? Had I done so Enteng would have earned a day's wage. Instead, I felt stingy about the cost of gardening again. I did not do the good I want. Today again I wasn't a good vessel of God's blessings through me. Too slow to think, too late to respond.
Lord, teach me wisdom and knowledge that I may know how to interpret the present time, the present situations when you appear as someone needy, and grant me the courage to respond quickly and generously out of the blessings you have poured through me. Amen.
V. Romeo A. Almeida
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