The Christian Ideal

G.K. Chesterton once said, “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.”

Once we start seriously considering the words of Jesus, slowly the demands of Christianity become clear and even scary at times. We love its message of love and compassion and yet when the demands of it arise, we shrink. We find it difficult to put in practice. We find ourselves cowards when challenged!

The beauty of Christianity is that, it does not look down human weakness instead it encourage, challenge and push humanity to try the ideal.

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After All

Is life just about earning money? Is it just about chasing our dreams? What makes us happy? What fulfills us?

We are meant to live a life of joy. We are Easter people! We experience this joy fully when we attribute all that we are and we have to God. What makes us happy and fulfilled in the end is God.

We didn’t fail to know it in fact we know it fully well. We just don’t want to accept it out of pride. This is the truth that we see but refuses to recognize.

After all the chasing and earning, there He is in the end, the true source of joy and fulfillment.

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Wheat From Chaff

Someone told me once not to read a certain book because the author he said support some “uncatholic” stand. Well it might be true, but I think we cannot fully discount some truths in some of his books. To gain wisdom is to read and listen even to what we think is stupid. Some of the things we believe in can even be validated by it.

The message can be true even if the messenger is not. The problem comes when we brush off a message just because we don’t believe in the messenger. The message is killed because of the bearer.

The important thing is that we know whom we are anchored. We are anchored in Christ and the truth that His church teaches us. Being open to read and listen even to the things we don’t like is sign of maturity of faith and confidence in God.

There is a grain of truth even in the words of a liar. We only need to discern to “separate the wheat from the chaff.” Matthew 3:12

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A Place

A place is as beautiful only as the person you are with. That’s why lovers don’t really mind where so long as they know who they are with. A place can be a good backdrop and venue for building relationships but more important are the people building beautiful memories.

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