I thought about Dato Sha's article regarding workshops he attended; it does seem we miss out a lot of things in life and taking too many things for granted. While people do not generally wish bad things to happen to them but we used to think by not experiencing them, we will not understand how it feel or how our faith is tested.
I agreed that since we have the "Freedom to worship" we may not experience the feeling of being ridicule, mocked, insulted , accused and beaten because of believing in Christ. I count that as blessing. Does this build our faith? It may not and like others I too may take this for granted.
I used to worry about what I do not experience that I missed out the very thing I am experiencing... and at the end gain nothing.
God in His gracious way taught me this from young and I am grateful for this lesson.
Count your blessing daily.
It sound simple but when you put it to practise, it does not look that easy. Most people will focus on things they don't have and their weaknesses. I think it is good that we know our weaknesses and our lack of fortune but that should not be our focus. To start and end a day by thanking God for everything does sound good, but how many of us wander off from thanking God to... please do this God... please give me this God... please please please.... :-D *tsk tsk tsk ... I too need a lot of practise in this*.
Just for sharing, what works for me...For me, I counter on taking things for granted by being thankful. I counter on missing out experiences in life by looking forward to life journey with Christ purposefully.
And tomorrow is another whole NEW DAY with so many good things in store for me to experience!!!
:-D That is my blessing daily.
May God bless you all with "tomorrows"...
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