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Apprehension

27 Tuesday Oct 2015

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Today’s Reading:1Peter 5: Version NIV
Difficulties and problems will never walk alone. Anxiety always accompanies them.

Anxiety is it the pain that causes insecurity; is the affliction of waiting for solutions that no one knows whether they will be possible. It is necessary to eliminate the anxiety to avoid hasty decisions, measures that do not solve anything and despair facing a crisis or problem.

You must submit all your anxiety to God; your lack of security and tranquility too. This is not an evasive attitude or that of someone who flees from difficulties; on the contrary, it is a decisive step of faith for the solution of every problem. To give God all your anxiety is to believe in His goodness and His ability to look after us and provide what we need in our lives.

This security completely removes the causes of anxiety, namely anxiety and insecurity.

To submit your insecurity into the hands of God is an attitude of faith that brings back calmness to your life, serenity, hope and strength that redouble your power to resist all kinds of difficulties.

Ildefonso Torres

Weep

14 Wednesday Oct 2015

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Weep
Today’s Reading: Romans 12:15 Romans 12:15 – ESV
Men don’t cry, that’s for women! This expression though very common, is not correct. We all weep and sometimes it’s good to weep. We weep outside and we weep inside. It’s better when the sobs and tears well up in our chest and our eyes, this way we find some relief.

We weep for our anxieties and for the sorrows of others, because the Bible teaches us: “Weep with those who weep.”

“Weep with those who weep” is an attitude of love; is when the pain and suffering of another person becomes my pain and suffering.

Our neighbor suffers and feels anxiety when he loses a loved one; He suffers when passing through a family financial crisis. Our neighbor also suffers when he engages in lack of moral order. In a situation like this it is easier to blame than to support. It is easier to abandon the person than to identify with them.

We must support at all times; but our tendency is to leave the person to their own misfortune.

“Weep with those who weep” is to identify with the feelings of suffering. This makes us brothers. The Bible tells us to love our friends at all times and that we should be like brothers in times of distress.

Ildefonso Torres

The Good Neighbor

30 Sunday Aug 2015

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Neighbors
Today’s Reading: Mark 12:28-31
Tokyo city is divided into districts, each with a neighborhood association that deals with social services, street cleaning, appointment of security officers and other things.

Our world is moving very fast towards individualism. Nobody knows nobody; people do not care for each other and even the residents of an apartment building don’t talk to each other. An individual may be attacked in public and no one will help. Nobody wants to get involved.

On many occasions, we are like the priest and the Levite in the parable of Jesus, who passed by when they saw the man who was in problems. This parable teaches us to recognize our neighbors and also how we treat them. As Christians, we have to care about our neighbors and must try to understand their suffering and pain. It’s not enough to grieve at the sight of those who are dying of hunger and misery; we must reach out. It’s not enough to know the name of your neighbor.

Jesus wants his followers to develop the art of good neighborliness, and He will help us, if we do so.

Ildefonso Torres