Thursday, November 19, 2009

As young people, we are idealistic. We have more hot-headed, we are a bit naive, a bit immature even though young people now are on general much more educated than the previous generation, but degrees and head knowledge cannot take the place of spiritual maturity which I think is a slow progress and not something we can earn merely with books; it's experience with God, living out God's Words. We might be well advanced by the measures of this world, but it's the heavenly realm which we aim to grow in and advance in. We are also easily manipulated. That's why our relationship with God is paramount. As young people we are easily influenced by others and that's natural. But at the same time, these qualities make us easy preys to wrong doctrine, worldly ideas and false teachers. So, a good understanding of the Words and God's view (instead of world view) is of utmost importance. We need to think, "What God wants us to think and do? What does God want me to be?" And that bond with God has to be unshakable despite of what happen around us, the world around us, our friends, our family, our closest brothers and sisters. The world might change, your friends might turn their backs on you, your family might disown you, but God will never change. He is our foundation.

Trust is something that take ages to build up, yet it can be so easily crushed. It takes so much time in fellowship to have trust but it's so easily destroyed by mere gossip and minor misunderstanding, pride and other things. That's why the Bible say, "Treat others better than yourself." To have good faith in others, to give people the benefit of the doubt, to not think bad of someone else unless it's really obvious that someone is hurting others on purpose. Always to check yourself first before accusing others. Always to give time to cool down and reflect before acting. I regret a few times when my emotion got the better of me. God gives us emotions but we need to develop and control it. God gives us the capability to feel, yet we have to use emotions wisely. We have qualities of God, we should hate injustice, it is something universal amongst humans. There are many prime examples of people, non-Xians, who stood up against injustice. We are from God, all of us, Xians and non-Xians.

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