self-help – Page 19 – 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐫

Regret

A grandmother who lives in a nursing home tells the story of her life.

When she was only in her twenties, she had a big fight with her sister, because of the inheritance house. She ran away from home because she couldn’t stand her sister.

Then, she also lived her life by moving around the city. The contested heritage house will later fall into the hands of others.

The grandmother regretted, why in the past there should be anger, there must be a quarrel that lasts as long as embers.

“Life is too short just to defend who is right and who is wrong,” concluded the grandmother regretfully.

Cain’s feelings can be similar to the grandmother. Regret. After everything happened, after his anger and emotions exploded against Abel, it turned out that it was useless to win in such a way, it turned out that it was meaningless to maintain self-egoism. The gratification of anger only happened for a moment. The next thing that happened was that he had to lose his brother, his life was not peaceful, and he had to be a wanderer on earth.

How fast and short is this time of life. Are we dragging on in the anger of the plague? When we go back to seeing the speed with which this time passes and the brevity of our grass-like lives, anger does not mean much. How futile that anger is.

“Do not be irritability in your heart, for anger settles in the chest of a fool.”

Uncle Ben And Spider-Man.

Benjamin Franklin Parker, commonly referred to as Uncle Ben, is a fictional character who appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the husband of May Parker and the uncle and father figure of Peter Parker, the Spider-Man.

Uncle Ben’s character was inspired by the founding father of the United States, Benjamin Franklin. This character has become an important part of Spider-Man’s history. His death at the hands of a petty criminal, who had previously been captured by Spider-Man, but chose not to be arrested, became the main factor that inspired Peter Parker.

Before he died, Uncle Ben said a simple but profound meaning: “Along with great power, there is also a great responsibility.” The word imprinted in Peter, and became a kind of moral compass for him when he was venturing out as Spider-Man.

If we feel that the responsibility we bear is so heavy, believe that God is with us. He will give us strength commensurate with the magnitude of the responsibility He entrusts to us. Conversely, if we feel we have great ability, but we only bear a small responsibility, be patient. Moses, before being called to shepherd a great nation, learned to be faithful and responsible as a shepherd of sheep.

Remember, when God gives us great responsibility, He will also equip us with commensurate strength.

Life is nurturing and to nurturing.

Life is nurturing and to nurturing. The less aware a person is of this the further away his life is from peace.

The life nourished is the realization that life does not exist by itself and cannot be completely dependent on what is on it; Life is not determined by existing resources.

Life to nurture is the realization that life is not only there to take care of itself and to let everything around it but, to take good care of everything around it and by itself life becomes orderly and calm.

The two sources of life mobility are the heart and the mind. A well-preserved heart will form a good mindset so that the intention of maintenance of what is good is born, peace is born.

Life is often difficult to understand and accept by reason but if life remains open to be maintained by God’s peace, then his life is a life guaranteed with real peace, a life that transcends reason. Not only life happy because of hobbies, materials, and worldly things, that is the life maintained by God’s peace.

Living in Abundance

Who comes determines the circumstances of the person who comes somewhere. There are people who are expected to come and some whose arrival is very unexpected.

People who are invited to come, can come and cannot come; Uninvited people are acceptable and can be rejected when it comes to an event, but evil should never be accepted let alone invited in this life.

Faith is living in a right relationship with God so that the believer remains blessed by God.

Thieves come only to steal, kill, and destroy but often in the guise of good. Beware, lest you allow thieves to stay overnight in your life and become aware after everything is destroyed.

Invite the Lord and let Him guide your life with the abundance of His infinite love. Living in all abundance occurs only by God’s blessings.

Three Men’s Prayer

One day three men walked in a forest. After some time, they arrived at the bank of a rushing river.

Finding it impossible to cross, they each decided to pray to God.

The first man prayed, “Lord, give me the strength to cross.” God gave him strong hands and feet. He can cross within two hours.

The second man prayed, “Lord, give me the strength and ability to cross.” God gave him a boat. It can cross within an hour.

The third man prayed, “Lord, give me the strength, ability, and intelligence to cross this river.” It’s a surprise that God turned her into a woman! Calmly the woman took the map, and then crossed through the bridge!

The above humor is not to denigrate men, but to convince women that God also gives them wisdom. That women are not the number two, but the people created by God specially. God gives women unique strength, through their sensitivity and craft. God gives women special advantages, through their maternal attitude and firmness. All God has given, so that women are ready to live the role that God provides for them.

The Poor Thief

“Nothing can be taken from this house,” said a thief who felt like he was wasting time somewhere he entered.

News reports stated that the thief infiltrated a house and threatened its occupants with a knife while searching for money.

He searched the house, but he found only $20 somewhere, $50 in his wallet, and cheap jewelry.

The thief concluded that the owner of the house turned out to be no more than himself, and then he returned the $70 he was going to take.

“I think he was disgusted,” the victim said. “He couldn’t believe that was the only money I had.”

Maybe we will smile amused at the story of the poor thief. But it turns out that we often experience the same thing, when we try to take something that God never gave us. Obeying the urge to envy, commit adultery, steal, or just be stubborn, will cause more problems than profits.

David learned a lot from his hard experience on this subject. When he commits adultery with Uriah’s wife, he gets more trouble than the pleasure he craves.

There is no point in taking something that Belongs to God that He did not give us. Stop wasting our lives by pursuing things that keep us away from God and make life empty.

Love And Forgive

Usually people will feel happy if the enemy or people who always hurt him are hit by misfortune.

One day a soldier of Saul with clothes torn apart and the ground above his head came to David. The soldier broke the news that Saul and Jonathan, his son, were dead. Upon hearing the news, David tore off his clothes, wailed, and wept over their deaths.

Perhaps we think it is natural for David to mourn Jonathan because Jonathan is his friend. But wailing to Saul seemed like a strangeness. How could David be sad for someone who always chased and wanted to kill him for fear of his position as king being taken away by David?

This is where we can learn from David. He did not retaliate against Saul for his crimes. David’s actions set an example of love and forgiveness.

Like David, we don’t have to think about how to take revenge. Why? For we have God as the defender, who will declare justice just in His time. Our part is simply learning to keep God’s command of loving our enemies and praying for those who persecute us. “But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”

Seasons of Life

One day a father sent his children into the forest to see a pear tree at a different time.

The first child was told to leave in the winter. 2nd child in the spring. 3rd child in the summer. And the 4th child in the fall.

Child 1: The pear tree looked very bad and the trunk was crooked.

Child 2: The tree is filled with promising green buds.

Child 3: The tree is filled with flowers that spread a fragrant smell.

Son 4: He disagreed with his brother, he said that the tree was full of ripe fruit and rations.

Then the father said : “you are all right, it’s just that you look at different times.”

His father advised, “From now on never judge life based on just one difficult time.”

When you are going through difficult times, everything looks unpromising, many failures and disappointments, don’t be quick to blame yourself and others even say that you are not capable, stupid and unlucky. Remember, you are precious in God’s eyes, there is no term of bad luck for believers.

If you are not patient when you are in winter, then you will miss the spring and summer that promise hope, and you will not reap the rewards in the fall. With God there is always a new hope.

“Rejoice in hope, be patient in distress, and persevere in prayer.”

Die For Love

“You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless,Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

A powerless man is a man who is fragile because of sin, it is difficult to improve his own circumstances to be free from sin. Any effort made to innocence will inevitably be deadlocked.

Man, even the people of God at that time, were even referred to as the ungodly, that is, the rebels against God.

God in His love wants to save us and that salvation is totally done by Him without the condition of eligibility to man, be it “right” or “good”. God’s Savior is the act of being ready to die for sinners so that they do not continue to sin, not continue to disobey before God.

God saves sinners to be the ones who triumph over sin is at His own appointed time and we contemplate and celebrate it on good Friday.

Jesus Christ has died for us because of His concern for us, the love evident through death for which man is not truly worthy; Died of love. This Great Work is an invitation to in gratitude make this life right and good for the glory of God. “Good Friday!”

Do Not Ignore Soul Dehydration

Dehydration is a condition when body fluids are entered less compared to the body fluids that come out. Humans can become dehydrated if the needs of fluids in the body are not met. This can cause the body not to function properly. Of course, water in the body has a very important role.

Dehydration can cause so many bad effects. Humans can experience fatigue, various diseases can attack, premature aging, to death. One of the keys to preventing the body from becoming dehydrated is to drink immediately when we start to feel thirsty. So, do not ignore thirst.

Just as the body can become dehydrated, so can our souls. If dehydration in the body can be overcome by drinking when feeling thirsty, what about dehydration in a person’s soul? Dehydration of the soul can only be overcome when we feel thirsty for God and the truth of His word. Just like thirst is…