tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post911559723825128697..comments2024-03-17T22:48:00.427+08:00Comments on Reflections and Ruminations: The potential that suffering and failure provideFr Luke Fonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03079016104331055895noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-3924435500419941822014-03-07T16:18:16.860+08:002014-03-07T16:18:16.860+08:00Dearest Fr. Luke,
I caught up with a church frien...Dearest Fr. Luke,<br /><br />I caught up with a church friend this week, whom I had a soft spot for as she always has a ready smile for me when she sees me. She showed me a lump she is having since the beginning of the year, and confirmed my foreboding that chemotherapy is needed. <br /><br />As I look at her, a deep sense of regret befell me, of the times when we didn't catch up and now as I cling on to her every word, in fact, started missing her already … when I noticed her smile again. <br /><br />Her smile, that had initiated our friendship, had never left her face. Her trust and surrender to God expressed blatantly in her smile that shines from her eyes. <br /><br />As I reflected on your post and on my encounter with her, I too believe as you said when we embrace our suffering –“...we too can become minor conduits for ourselves and those who look on our lives for some signs of moral courage." <br /><br />This sentence speaks so true for her and of course, for you too! <br />And I thank God daily for the people who shown by example, of moral courage and inspiration in this secular world we live in. For those who dare do what is right, and not easy, despite the hardship & suffering the choice entails.<br /><br />For the heroes who are bearing their crosses with a smile. ;}<br /><br />Thank you Fr Luke.<br />Praying for you, as always.<br /><br />Laura<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7853204965986587589.post-81044140241903640602014-03-05T15:36:06.954+08:002014-03-05T15:36:06.954+08:00Hmmm frLuke, this is so true of my experience &quo...Hmmm frLuke, this is so true of my experience ".. that it is the experiences of sufferings and failures, when taken in the right light and attitude, can become for us the basic building blocks of a firm foundation of life." <br /><br />When i accept these experiences in my life, and ponder what God is telling/teaching me in each incidence, yes, they become my "building blocks". Turn our sufferings into building blocks. To quote Nicola "Reframe Perception, Reframe Language - The words you use change the way you see, think and act." <br /><br />wtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com