L O V E
If you are in a relationship with any person, Love is without a doubt needed, but it is not what exactly keeps that relationship alive.
a few weeks ago, i just found out that a friend of mine has actually went back to what he was reluctant at. Another one actually went on a drastically opposite direction of what he used to be, while another one no longer lived what he believed in. These are three separate individuals and yet they have one common theme. These individuals fought a long standing battle, a battle all of us have actually fought whether at the present, past or in the future (eventually we will struggle in this battle). Indeed the battle is a defying test of fortitude and commitment.
These three persons were the best warriors to start with. The first one, after standing for the “bad side” converted to the “good side”. This person defied his own family (who were in the bad side), shed off his comfort zones and started a new satisfying life. With a new assembly of warriors, he fought well and hard, winning many battles and acquiring his own legion of the best warriors. He grew in himself and in others, but sadly, in the long run, the warrior reverted to the old ways.
Now, the second warrior, reared in the “good side” had his consciousness focused and narrowed (since it was his only option to begin with). He walked uprightly and become a warrior of valor and full of vigor. He treads in the “good side’s” path for a long long period of time. He overcame challenges with esteemed reputation. But sadly, this warrior eventually lost his protective armor. Gradually the “bad side” rotted his commitment to the core through deceit, sorrow, failure and discontentment.
The last warrior was a frontliner in battle. He led the group to become triumphant in every endeavor, in every battle, in every encounter with the enemy. He destroyed and he conquered many. He was indeed an esteemed manpower of the mercenaries. Through him, many leaders emerged, the infantry grew and the cavalry was indispensable. But sadly, the other side won him over.
I feel sad for these warriors. I am a witness to their growth, struggle and success, and yet, everything they ever fought for was put into waste when in the end, they no longer recognize the AUTHENTICITY of their EXISTENCE
Common theme: RELIGION. By far, these three individuals are but a tip of the iceberg, this is not an isolated case, we know of many brothers and sisters in faith, who after being won over by the RIGHT FAITH, revert, convert, renovate into a FALSE FAITH. After fighting rigidly and insurmountably for the RIGHT FAITH, they fall back to the FALSE ONE. Don’t get me wrong here, I am not advocating a PARTICULAR RELIGION, for religion cannot save us from DAMNATION, it can never account for our SALVATION. Bottom line, it is our PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with our GOD that can save us. And thus, to have that relationship, it should be nurtured, cared for and kept accountable for, but how could that be when we establish a FALSE RELATIONSHIP???
