6th May 08

Is it love when….

You don’t take responsibility towards your own doings because you know that someone else will always be there to wipe the mess you made?

You spend all your money gallivanting, enjoying all the entertainment the world has to offer, eating at famous restaurants and watching nice movies when your parents think twice even before they decide to eat KFC because they want to save enough so that there is enough for you to spend?

You work and earn just enough for your own expenses and not even share a little bit of your earnings with people who need your care most?

You point fingers accusing people for not being good enough when you yourself have not sat close enough to the accused to understand what they are going through?

You constantly send money home but has never sat down to have a heart to heart conversation with the people you send money to?

You never listen or accept what others have to say because it is troublesome and you’d rather have things your way?

Very often, many of us persecute others in a very subtle manner. We may not crucify them on the cross, or stone them to death but we kill their spirits with our word and actions, we neglect their needs because to us, those needs are not important enough. We kill their desires because to us, those dreams are too small for our efforts, we kill their self esteem because we always compare them with others.

Many of us are successful and popular in life, we have at least a degree and earn a generally good income. For the being that we are, how many of us actually deserve to be where we are today? If God were to make His graces and blessings on us as an investment, would He be laughing His way to the bank?