Why Should I Love him?

"But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!" - Matthew 5:44

This is the verse that struck my heart today. I am very much in guilt of letting anger stay in my heart and not forgive people who hurt me that easy. 

I experienced persecution before and it made me really down. Yes, we all have our own opinions and I know that we cannot please everybody but why is that it is very hard for me to forgive? When I experienced persecution, I felt really sad and thought of not coming to church anymore and even not serve the Lord anymore. But someone inside me told me, isn't it enough that Jesus paid his life for you? Even Jesus experienced persecution so why surrender that easy? This is just another challenge to face for following Christ.

We can't experience only happiness. We can't choose what will happen next. We can't expect all of the people to understand us. Instead of pushing them away, love them and pray for them as Jesus told us to. Who knows what reward you'll be having for obeying his word! Remember that God is using you. The battle is not yours, it's the Lord's.

Reveal the hidden ability in you

I love how rainy days energize me, I don't know why. Since I have no classes today, no school works,  I spent time surfing the net. I remembered that a friend of mine shared a link where you can edit pictures and even make a collage from different photos. Out of curiosity, I visited this site and started editing our family pictures. At first, I don't know what I want to do with those pictures so I just experimented some effects on it. I applied this effect, and that then walah! It resulted into a good picture.

I discovered another ability, an artistic ability which I wanted to have for a long time. According to research, an average person has 500-700 abilities. Amazed? Now try to list your abilities. There are a lot of it like the ability to sing, dance, walk, drive, fix a car, bake, debate, solve higher mathematical problems in your head, compose, and many more!

Explore things which you haven't done before. Who knows maybe you're the next famous painter or maybe the next Albert Einstein. Only you can discover the hidden talent in you.