DAPAT SAKTO LANG

by | Aug 26, 2018 | Today's Word

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Ecclesiastes 5:2

Don’t talk before you think or make promises to God without thinking them through. God is in heaven, and you are on earth, so don’t talk too much.

Biblical spirituality finds expression in conciseness. Kaya hindi ipinapayo ng Biblia ang pagiging matabil. Hindi dapat tayo masyadong maraming salita at padalos-dalos sa pagbuka ng bibig pagka tayo ay nakikipagniig sa Dios. Siya ay Dios at tayo ay tao lang. Siya ay nasa langit, tayo ay nasa lupa lang. Kaya mag-ingat sa pananalita.

Tayo nga kung nakikipag-usap sa mga matataas na tao o sa mga pinuno, hindi ba’t halos planado yung sasabihin natin o kaya ay may notes para hindi masayang ang kanilang oras? At kung mayroon tayong appointment sa mga taong may posisyon o maraming ginagawa, hihingan tayo ng sekretarya ng mga “talking points.” Etiquette requires that you do not deviate from those agreed and pre-arranged “talking points” tulad ng mga ginagawa sa state visits.

If you follow etiquette in dealing with fellow human beings of the highest statesmanship, all the more with God. Hindi siya parang kapitbahay na walang ginagawa, kaya let your words be few. Huwag paulit-ulit. Do not babble and talk foolishly and excessively. Bakit naman kailangan pang pahabain e alam naman ng Dios ang bawat detalye ng iyong pangangailangan? You do not even need to convince God to be good because God is good. “Maawa po kayo.” E maawain naman talaga siya. Hindi natin kailangang makipagbalagtasan sa Dios. Sabihin lang natin kung ano ang ating gusto.

Ed Lapiz

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BANTAYAN ANG BIBIG

by | Aug 25, 2018 | Today's Word

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2 Timothy 2:16

Keep away from worthless and useless talk. It only leads people farther away from God.

Our words can be like honey that can soothe, refresh, and serve the people around us who get to listen to what we say. But our words can also be like acid that can destroy people. Kaya binabantayan din natin ang ating bibig. Kung mayroon mang lumalabas na mga salita sa ating bibig, dapat it is good to build others up. Na pag bumuka ang ating bibig tungkol sa isang taong pinag-uusapan, ang ending ay nai-improve at umaangat ang image ng taong yun before the listeners. Hindi yung naging instrumento tayo para sirain ang isang tao. Hindi nakakatulong sa nakikinig na puro kapintasan ng iba ang lumalabas sa bibig. Kasi sila man ang nagiging tendency ay maniwala, maging biased, at magkasala din.

Talk about the good. Huwag laging reklamo. “Ang traffic-traffic!” E ganun talaga! Totoo na nga, lagi mo pang sasabihin, lalo kang maaapektuhan. “Ang init-init!” Siempre, nasa Pilipinas ka, e. Pumunta ka sa Norway. “Malamok!” Magdala ka ng kulambo at katol. Singkwenta anyos ka na, hindi mo pa ba alam na nasa tropics ka? Mas mareklamo pa tayo kaysa sa mga foreign visitors.

Kung nahahalata nyong iniiwasan kayo ng mga tao, mag-isip. Baka ayaw na kayong kausap. Kasi siguro, tuwing bubuka yung bibig nyo, hindi na nakaka-edify sa kapwa. Do you know that it’s very selfish to always talk about the bad things? Kasi tinatanggalan nyo ng happiness yung mga tao sa paligid nyo. Nagkakasayahan ang iba pero nang dumating kayo, para silang dinaanan ng salot. Huwag i-highlight ang inyong discontentment. Bantayan ang bibig.

Ed Lapiz

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HANAPIN ANG MABUTI

by | Aug 24, 2018 | Today's Word

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Romans 2:1

Some of you accuse others of doing wrong. But there is no excuse for what you do. When you judge others, you condemn yourself, because you are guilty of doing the very same things.

It is always easy to look for the bad in others, to focus on their faults and failures. Pag may tiningnan tayong tao, sino ba ang nakikita natin? “Grabe, kitang-kita ko si Taning sa kanya.” It can happen. Puede rin namang siya rin ang nakikita sa atin. Napakamiserable naman na kung may nakakaharap kang sampung tao, yung masama ang hinahanap mo. One of the easiest things to do in life with guaranteed success is to look for faults. Then sometimes your success is so resounding and so glorious that it destroys you.

While it is true that you will always find something wrong in a person, it is also true that there is something good in everybody. Kaya tama yung sinasabi nilang “Love is blind.” Pagka umiibig ka, you choose to be blind to the faults of the one you love. Pag ang mahal mong anak ang nakabasag ng pinggan, “Anak, nasaktan ka ba?” Pag kasambahay ang nakabasag, “Mahal yan. Salary deduction yan.” At kailan natin nalalaman that we have fallen out of love? When you no longer hide from yourself and justify the mistakes of the person. Kayo na mismo ang nagko-condemn.

Kaya para sumaya tayo, hanapin na lang natin ang mabuti sa ating kapwa. At kapag nakita natin yun, dun tayo mag-focus. Yun ang lagi nating tingnan.

Ed Lapiz

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PANSININ MUNA ANG SARILI

by | Aug 23, 2018 | Today's Word

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Matthew 7:3-5

“You can see the speck in your friend’s eye, but you don’t notice the log in your own eye. How can you say, ‘My friend, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you don’t see the log in your own eye? You’re nothing but show-offs! First, take the log out of your own eye. Then you can see how to take the speck out of your friend’s eye.”

Napakadali nating makita ang kakulangan ng iba. Napakahilig nating mangutya, mang-insulto, manlait, mamintas. Bakit kaya? Para huwag mapansin ang ating kakulangan? Para pataasin ang ating sarili? O kaya para pasayahin ang ating mga makasalanang puso na hindi lang pala tayo ang may mga mali? Bihirang-bihira sa atin yung sinisiyasat ang sarili nating puso kung ano tayo.

Subalit ang itinuturo sa atin ng Panginoon ay pansinin ang sarili nating kapintasan at ating hanapin ang pagpapaayos nito. Sabi natin, “Tanggalin ko ang puwing sa iyong mata. Itutuwid kita. Itatama kita.” Pero sabi ni Lord, “Inuna mo na ba ang iyong sarili? Tiningnan mo na ba ang malaking piraso ng kahoy sa iyong mata? Kitang-kita mo ang mali ng iba, pero bulag ka sa iyong pagkakamali. Ang lakas-lakas ng loob mong magsabing tutulungan mo ang iyong kapwa na linisin ang kanyang mata e ang mata mo punung-puno ng dumi.” This is hypocrisy. We are alert to other people’s defects but blind to our own.

Kung ang pinapansin lang ng tao ay ang kanyang sariling kakulangan at kapintasan, siguradong walang tigil ang pag-asenso ng mundo at ang pag-ayos ng lipunan. The Lord teaches us to notice, analyze, criticize, and judge ourselves, not others.

Ed Lapiz

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ONLY YOU — AND GOD

by | Aug 22, 2018 | Today's Word

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Proverbs 14:10

No one else can really know how sad or happy you are.

    Wala raw maaaring makabatid sa hapdi ng puso at sa pait ng ating mga nararamdaman, tulad ng wala ring maaaring makihati sa ating kaligayahan. Talagang para sa atin lang yun. Kung mayroon mang nakikiramay at nakikihati, maliit na bahagi lang ang kanilang nauunawaan. That is why never tell people pagka sila ay may sakit o namatayan o nalulungkot, “I know how you feel. Alam ko ang nararamdaman mo.” You don’t. Because each heart knows its own bitterness. Sa halip na matuwa sa iyo yung sinasabihan mo nun, maiinis pa sa iyo. Baka sagutin ka pa, “Ano ang malay mo sa nararamdaman ko? Hindi mo alam.” Dahil ang puso ay nag-iisa sa kanyang saya at sa kanyang pagdurusa.

         Dumaranas tayo ng mga pait sa buhay at itinataboy tayo ng mga ito palapit sa Dios. At dahil sa mga dinaranas nating sakit, higit din nating nauunawaan ang kasakitan ng iba. Our pain can sensitize us to the pain of other people. Tinuturuan tayo to understand and to have compassion and respect for other people. Kaya nga ang mga pagdurusa natin should make us better, not bitter. Hindi ka dapat magalit sa mundo dahil may nararamdaman ka. Dapat nating matutuhang sabihin, “Ganito pala ang naramdaman ng mga nauna na sa akin. Ganito pala ang nararamdaman ng higit na napakarami pang mga tao.”

Ed Lapiz

Day By Day Christian Ministries

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