Most of the times, the kind of life you get is by what has been inputted into it. If you want to be happy, you be happy and thus affecting those around you to be happy as well and hence you are happy as well by all the happy vibes going around. Likewise, if you want to live a life that is holy, you purpose in your heart to be holy as well. Don't expect to be holy if you do rubbish and all.
But then again, there's such thing as the grace of God which flows freely even if we don't want it. Such wonderful grace which makes us holy without us doing anything that's worthy to be even call redemptive.
But then again, since we are given this grace that flows freely, we should not be like spoil brats and continue doing the rubbish stuff we do.
But then again, as humans we will definitely do the rubbish stuff that we do no matter how much grace is given us. Yes, at times it does feels as if that each time we take one step forward, we take three steps backward. And if the math is right, we end up not moving forward at all.
But then again, the equation to God is quite useless cause He doesn't really care about steps and all. All He cares is basically us. Nothing else. The taking of two steps backwards, well, it some how will work out eventually.
But then again, to say that it will just work out eventually, is being naive. Life just isn't given on a silver platter. To those who are, then well, you are blessed. To those who aren't, you are all the more blessed.
But then again, most older people (older people meaning people who are older than me) who I've encountered with, will usually say that life will work out itself somehow. Somehow there seems to be a silver lining at the end of it.
But then again, what silver lining is it then? If our silver lining is money, then it's not much of a silver lining at all, cause money come and money go. If our silver lining is people (meaning family, friends and whatever relationships that one might have), well, people generally don't last forever. Not to be morbid or what, but ya, people are given a certain time span on earth and they can't be with us all the time. Is stability (inclusive of status, order and probably some sense of respect too) a silver lining? Well, in war-torn countries, people still find their silver lining despite the chaos.
So then, is the silver lining of life the cross on calvary? Well, it depends on what it means to us. Or is it in karma and stuff like that? See, life isn't all on a silver platter. It's not spelled out that easily. Regardless of background, everyone would ask this sooner or later, what is the silver lining of our life.
For me, it's the Son who became man and yet remain divine and paid the ultimate price which none can ever match.
ps: this is what you do, when exams are killing you. you just sit and think about things which sometimes, don't need much thinking cause with additional thinking, it makes things complicated, but true and at times, not necessary.
