Do you want to stay sleepy forever?
Yesterday, a priest's homily powerfully pulled me to serious thinking. When Lord Jesus said, "Be watchful! Be alert!", He meant that we must open ourselves and let God work upon us. We are clay whereas He is the potter. As the potter made beautiful shapes from the clay, we must also let God transform us beautifully. If we do not open ourselves, we cannot experience the good things from God.
I realized that I had been enjoying too much comfort in my path. Those days, I had been enjoying the manga, comedy shows and articles. Yes, it is normal that I got to enjoy my own entertainments. But the problem is that I let myself indulging too much and for too long that I wasted a lot of time. Yes, it is a fact that I am sleeping! What I meant is that my faith is sleeping. Thankfully, the Advent has begun and wakes me up and is making me ready for the Christ. How about you?
"We have only short moments of this life to work for God's glory. The devil knows this and that is why he tries to make us waste time in useless things. O, let us not waste our time! Let us save souls! Souls are falling into hell innumerable as the flakes of snow on a winter day. Jesus weeps! Instead of consoling Him we are brooding over our own sorrows . . . There is only one thing to do during the brief day, or rather, night of this life: Love Jesus with all the strength of your heart and save souls for Him, so that He may be loved!" -St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus
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