Setting Rules For Life_Trust and A Sacrificial Life

Maybe later on, I mean in days to come, I will tell my readers a brief story. Brief is an understatement, though; weekly encounters and the experiences I have gotten these year have taught me a lot. Being a man is not attained in a one-day task; it's not buckled up in those well-built muscles or the deep, ground-shaking baritone voice, but it's based on how many experiences and lessons are left behind them. Beyond the neatly dressed, successful man, there are scars hidden in the apparel.

	encounters shapes me

My encounters began when my device was stolen in church. I mean, why would someone be so heartless? The scriptural derivative that struck in my mind was the portion that speaks of not trusting in man. There is a high tendency of betrayal of trust, which most times is indirectly attributed to doing things for self-interest.

TRUST

The trust thing was my first experience; it is absurd not to trust brethren in the same religious gathering, but sometimes being strict and setting rules like "I'm not going to go there; I'm not going to agree to any suggestion" for yourself really saves you from a lot of mess and stress. The "Had I known" statement wouldn't have come after guarding every step. I wouldn't have done this one thing because lively freedom gives us peace. I will warn friends today, telling them not to try charging their phones in church, not because of lack of trust, which is also a reason, but to set rules for themselves to avoid unnecessary stress.

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SACRIFICIAL SERVICE

One week after my device was stolen, the church committee never called to ask who owned it. They never knew it was barely 6 months old when I bought it, and they don't even know what it's worth, but after a week nobody asked. Will they say seeing me with a new device, the one I gave my brother, is a reason why? At some point I felt discouraged, since nobody has seen my service in church; only those who have seen how useful that device was in taking pictures asked. It seems no one cares at this point. I learned another thing: don't do things seeking for man's reward. Man may reward, but our creator is the perfect rewarder.

Just being free today

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