WHY BE RUDE?

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Leviticus 19:32

“I command you to show respect for older people and to obey me with fear and trembling.”

There is so much rudeness among family members. Mga magulang na hindi na iginagalang ang privacy ng anak. Hindi ba’t dapat ang magulang ang kauna-unahang magpakita ng kagandahang asal? Marami ring mga anak ang polite sa mga teachers sa school, pero very rude to their parents. Tinatalikuran ang magulang, dinadabugan, binabagsakan ng pinto, ng telepono. Minsan, nakataas ang paa sa lamesa na halos kadikit na ng mukha ng magulang. Kung puede sigurong banlian ng kumukulong tubig yung magulang, o kaya ay plantsahin at ipitin ng electric fan ay gagawin. Mga kolehiyala at mga college boys na napakagalang at helpful to strangers, pero ang babastos sa mga kapatid. Yung iba sasabihin, “Mas close pa ako sa friend ko kaysa sa sarili kong kapatid.” Share pa kayo sa lollipop ng friend mo at kung anu-anong sweetness ang ginagawa nyo to each other. Nag-uutangan kayo, nagpapahiraman ng libro, pero dun sa mga kapatid, ang sungit-sungit nyo. Ni hindi makapasok sa kwarto nyo. Paano kayo magiging close nun?

We have the tendency to be rude to people who are very close to us. Baligtad. Sa lahat ng mga tao sa mundo, dun sa mga tao na permanent fixtures in our lives tayo dapat nagpapakita ng paggalang: magulang, asawa, kapatid, anak. When all the chips are down at tinalikuran na tayo ng buong mundo, sila ang matitira sa ating buhay. Kahit ano ang mangyari, nand’yan ang mga yan. Kaya yung gentleness and kindness in our thoughts, gestures and dispositions, sila dapat ang unang-unang beneficiaries.

Ed Lapiz

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PARENTAL LOVE

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Proverbs 6:20-21

Obey the teaching of your parents—always keep it in mind and never forget it.

Kahit sabihin nating mas mataas at malawak ang antas ng technical or academic education ng mga kabataan ngayon kaysa sa kanilang mga magulang, iba pa rin talaga ang parental teaching. Bakit? For one, parental love is probably the purest love and therefore parental teaching is probably the purest in intentions. May mga nagtuturo sa atin para lang tayo i-manipulate. May mga nagte-train sa atin para maging spare part ng machinery ng kanilang kumpanya. May nagsasanay sa atin sa napakaraming bagay para lang pakinabangan ang ating husay. Pero ang itinuturo ng magulang ay para talaga sa ikabubuti ng anak.

Kaya nakakalungkot na minsan, kung kailan marami nang pagkakamali sa buhay at nagka-edad na, saka pa lang maiisip na “Tama pala sina Tatay at Nanay.” Dapat bago pa tayo dumating sa ganung realization, made wiser by the pains we have to go through, tandaan ang mga turo ng ating magulang. Kung gagawa tayo ng mga desisyon, lagi nating isipin, “Ano kaya ang sasabihin ng tatay ko kung malaman nya itong gagawin ko? Ano’ng payo kaya ang ibibigay ng nanay?” Magkamali man minsan ang payo ang magulang, there is definitely no mistake in their intentions. It is always for our upliftment, betterment and well-being. If only for that, we should honor parental advice and not forsake it. Ibig sabihin, alam na natin ang mga turo. Huwag na lang kalimutan. Yung perspective na ibinibigay ng pagdaan ng panahon when filtered through remembrance will make us realize that our parents’ teachings will always be good for us.

Ed Lapiz

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GOD’S MATHEMATICAL PRINCIPLE

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Luke 8:18

“Everyone who has something will be given more, but people who have nothing will lose what little they think they have.”

Mahilig ang Dios mag-multiply kaysa magdagdag lamang. What you have is multiplied and determines how you will increase in possession. Kung ano talaga yung mayroon ka na, nagkakaroon ka pa lalo. What you do is what will be done to you.

It is the same principle in Luke 6:37-38. “Don’t judge others, and God won’t judge you. Don’t be hard on others, and God won’t be hard on you. Forgive others, and God will forgive you. If you give to others, you will be given a full amount in return. It will be packed down, shaken together, and spilling over into your lap. The way you treat others is the way you will be treated.” Pag nanghusga ka, huhusgahan ka rin. Pag nagbigay ka, bibigyan ka rin. And what you have will be multiplied upon you.

Napakaraming dinaya si Zacchaeus na chief tax collector. Nang kanyang nakatagpo ang Panginoong Hesus ay nagsabi, “I will give half of my property to the poor. And I will now pay back four times as much to everyone I have ever cheated” (Luke 19:8). Nagmu-multiply pati ang pagbabayad sa utang at sa mga atraso.

Nagmu-multiply rin ang Panginoon ng parusa sa mga taong matitigas ang ulo at hindi natatablan ng pagtuturo. Sinabi sa Leviticus 26:21, “If you keep rebelling against me, I’ll punish you seven times worse, just as your sins deserve!” God’s mathematical principle is multiplicative whether it be blessing or chastisement. Choose which you want multiplied in your life.

Ed Lapiz

Day By Day Christian Ministries

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YOU CAN AFFORD TO BE NICE

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Psalm 23:6

Your kindness and love will always be with me each day of my life, and I will live forever in your house, LORD.

Nakakatiyak tayo na dahil kilala natin ang ating shepherd, makakapiling natin ang Dios Ama magpakailanman. We may not always be good, but God’s goodness will always be with us because he’s our shepherd. We may not always be loving but God will keep on loving us. So we feel secure. But we are not only recipients of God’s love and goodness, we ought to be dispensers and channels of goodness and love to others.

Bakit nga ba tayo hindi magiging loving and good kung secure naman tayo sa Panginoon? Bakit tayo magiging madamot kung alam nating magbibigay ang Panginoon sa atin? At kung nagbigay tayo sa tamang paraan at sa mas higit na nangangailangan, alam nating papalitan ito ng Panginoon. So goodness and love will follow us everywhere we go because we know who we are.

Kaya lang naman tayo minsan nagiging mabangis kasi natatakot tayong maubusan. Pero kung mawala na yung takot na iyon, mapagbigay na dapat tayo. Wala nang dahilan yung nananalig sa Panginoon at nakakatiyak ng buhay na walang hanggan at nakakatanggap ng mga blessing sa buhay na ito, para maging maramot o masungit. Walang dahilan para hindi maging katulad ng ating shepherd. Walang mas mataas na pagtanaw ng utang na loob sa ating shepherd kundi sa maging munting shepherd din sa iba. Ang pinakamabisang pagpapasalamat sa Panginoon ay yung ibahagi rin natin sa iba yung tinatanggap natin sa kanya.

Ed Lapiz

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DISCIPLINE OR PUNISHMENT

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Proverbs 19:18

Correct your children before it’s too late; if you don’t punish them, you are destroying them.

Ang mga magulang daw na hindi nagdidisiplina, nagtuturo, nagsasanay sa kanilang mga anak ay nagiging co-makers at partners in the destruction of their children’s lives. Kaya napakahalaga ng mga insights ni Francisco Balagtas tungkol sa pagpapalaki. Sabi nya, kapag ang bata ay sanay lamang sa saya at ginhawa, hindi ito magiging malakas para humarap sa mga tunay na problema ng buhay. Totoo nga naman, ang tao na magtatagal na nakatayo sa kabila ng maraming bagyo sa buhay ay yung taong sinanay na humarap sa hirap, may disiplina at kontrol sa sarili. Kapag ang bata ay laging pinoprotektahan, inilalayo sa mga problema at iniingatang parang kristal, nagiging marupok ito. Kaya dapat na dinidisiplina.

Ang disiplina ay para dun sa mga baluktot na kayang ituwid. Pero dapat din nating tanggapin na may mga baluktot na anuman ang gawin natin ay hindi na maitutuwid. Dapat marunong tayong sumukat at tumantiya. We change what is apparently and clearly changeable, but we also accept the unchangeable. Hindi dapat parusahan buong buhay ang isang anak dahil sa isang bahagi ng kanyang likas na pagkatao because it will destroy the relationship and all attempts at discipline will only fail. We must never mistake punishment for discipline or discipline for punishment.

Discipline is a balancing act without formula. Strive for what can be changed, but unconditionally accept what cannot. Dinidisiplina din naman tayo ng Dios. Pero sa mga bagay na hindi natin kayang gawin at kahit patuloy natin siyang binibigo, nakalaan naman ang kanyang walang-sawang pagtanggap sa atin.

Ed Lapiz

Day By Day Christian Ministries

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