Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Why Should I Trust God In My Suffering?
Don’t be obsessed with getting more material things. Be relaxed with what you have. since God assured us, “I’ll never let you down, never walk off and leave you.” Hebrews 13:5, The Message.
“No affliction would trouble a child of God,” wrote G. Campbell Morgan, “if he knew God’s reason for sending it.” But, of course, that is the difficult part‑‑why does God allow some things to happen? “Take it by faith!” people say, but to take by faith the rest of your life in a wheelchair is no easy matter, especially if you are a young man or woman with the rest of your life before you. In July 1967, a young woman, who was then 17 years of age, dived into the water not realizing how shallow it was.
Joni Eareckson Tada has come to be known and loved by thousands of people around the world since that day when she sustained a broken neck, an accident that left her confined to a wheelchair as a quadriplegic for the rest of her life. At the time, Joni was an energetic, athletic teenager with a real zest for living. That she might spend her life fighting physical disabilities never occurred to her until that fateful day that changed the course of her life.
Instead of producing a bitter, angry person full of resentment and hatred towards God, who allowed the ordeal, Joni has matured and grown into a beautiful woman who has depth that would never have been possible had she not faced the confinement to a wheelchair. Says Joni, “Today as I look back, I am convinced that the whole ordeal of my paralysis was inspired by God’s love. I was not the brunt of some cruel divine joke. God has reasons behind my suffering, and learning some of them has made all the difference in the world.”
This woman discovered that being a Christian did not immunize her from facing the problem of suffering. Neither did it ensure that she would never face agonizing bouts with depression, discouragement and, at times, even defeat. But it did give her a hope and a confidence that God is still God and His ways are beyond questioning.
The German philosopher Frederick Nietzsche said, “A man who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” Yet when it came to putting his philosophy to work for himself, Nietzsche was a gross failure. As an atheist, he left God totally out of his framework of understanding, and without God there is no way suffering can fit into the fabric of life. And without hope and trust in God’s wise providence, Frederick Nietzsche so deteriorated mentally that he spent the last years of his life in an insane asylum. Why does God allow suffering? To punish us, or to allow us to sense His power and presence? To purge the dross from our lives leaving the pure silver, or to persecute us because of our mistakes and failures?
Centuries ago, David wrote, “Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now have I kept Thy word…it is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn Thy statutes” (Psalm 119:67, KJV). There are times when God allows us to sense something of His purpose in letting His children suffer, and, of course, that brings great satisfaction to the heart, but there are other times when the problem of pain must be resolved alone through faith in the wise providence of God.
A closing thought. You can trust God to be God. You can hope in His promises as David wrote. You can rest in the positive assurance that when we see Christ we shall know and understand as He does, and the weary questions will find answers. Right now, you may be confronted with a situation such as I have described. Trust Him, for Jesus said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5).
Resource reading: Psalm 46:1-11.
https://www.guidelines.org/devotional/why-should-i-trust-god-in-my-suffering/
New UP venues ready for UAAP 84
New venues within the University of the Philippines-Diliman in Quezon City will be ready to hold events next year.
Their completion will address the need of organizers for sports infrastructure that can hold activities of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines.
UP College of Human Kinetics Dean Francis Diaz said they are getting sports facilities available once they push through with Season 84 in the first half of 2022.
“We are developing potential new venues for the UAAP. And we are about to finish three major facilities here in UP,” said Diaz during their regular Facebook updates on UAAP Talks.
The facilities include a baseball/softball field, a swimming pool, a football pitch and a track oval.
Diaz said the layout of the baseball/softball field is similar to the turf at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Field inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila.
The football pitch is ready, but the track oval around it needs to be finished.
An aquatics center is also currently being built in compliance with international federation (FINA) requirements.
Diaz said the program to improve sports facilities inside the UP-Diliman campus was done through the initiative of University president Danilo Concepcion.
For now, organizers plan to hold a full and limited number events if Season 84 pushes through in 2022.
Executive director Atty. Rene “Rebo” Saguisag said they are considering this, with the logistical problems and the shortage of venues that that league is currently facing.
The league, according to Saguisag is prioritizing the staging of men’s basketball, women’s volleyball, cheerdancing events, and the opening ceremonies if and when they reopen.
The competitions and the opening rites will be held under a bubble, in compliance with COVID-19 restrictions.
https://manilastandard.net/sports/sports-plus/362696/new-up-venues-ready-for-uaap-84.html
Why Robi Domingo never pursued an acting career
Robi Domingo has been in show business since 2008, but he does not think he has what it takes to become an actor.
This is the reason he never pursued an acting career, he told G3 San Diego in an interview.
“I think it’s not just for me. I am very energetic. You cannot put me in one place. And also number one, the working hours. I cannot be in one tent trying to memorize one’s script, trying to analyze my character. I cannot put on one mask lang,” he said.
This is certainly not the case when he’s hosting, Domingo noted.
“As a host, I become myself, I become a writer, a director, a talent coordinator and just play around. Pero sa acting, hirap na hirap ako sa hugot,” he said.
Speaking of careers, Domingo also admitted in the same interview that he had regrets that he did not pursue a medical career.
“When my friends were taking their Hippocratic Oath and nakukuha na nila 'yung mga license nila, sumama 'yung pakiramdam ko. Existentialism question na naman. Parang iniisip ko, tama ba 'yung ginawa ko? May purpose ba 'yung ginawa ko? My mom is a doctor, my dad is a doctor. My lolo is a doctor, my cousins are doctors. Who’s gonna continue the legacy?” he said.
But at the end of the day, Domingo said he’s proud to still be “in the service of the Filipino” even if he’s not wearing a white coat.
Nonetheless, he is extremely proud of everyone he knows in the medical field who are giving their all during this difficult time.
“My friends are not happy with the system anymore. They are super tired. Some of my medical college batchmates are super exhausted. They feel bad with all the policies. Parang it’s never ending. They signed up to serve pero right now, they are heroes talaga. I really salute them. In another world, siguro I would have given myself in the medical field,” he said.
https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/08/18/21/why-robi-domingo-never-pursued-an-acting-career
Sakto | Teleradyo (18 August 2021)
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