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by Rev. Fr. V.V. Paulose, Toronto, Canada
"For due season we will reap, if we don't give up. And let us not grow weary of doing good." (Galatians 6:9).
Are you on the verge of 'giving up' in your
pursuit of life?
When all sides look bleak, remember there is a heaven above, and a God of
creation to make everything new and
It is discouraging to continue to do what is right and receive no word of
thanks, or see no tangible results, but Paul
Ivan Henry has been acquitted and proved his innocence after serving 26 years in
jail, the longest incarceration
Give a supporting hand to those who are on the verge of falling. The generations
won't forget it and heaven will
bright. God stands for creation, not destruction, to give in, not give up, and
to support, not to pull down. Winter
can't stand still but has to give way to spring - that is the law of nature and
God – a life of new leaves, buds,
flowers, fruits, etc., a new life for all living things - a joy to all. We can
always be confident that the never-failing
miraculous hand is waiting to descend when you feel suicidal, withdrawn and
depressed.
challenged the Galatians, and challenges us to keep on doing good and trust God
for the results. People's
perception and attitude will change, but God, our Savior, is always faithful -
yesterday, today and tomorrow. So,
we should persist in doing what we do. Continue to ask, seek and knock. God will
give them to you.
served till date by any one in Canada. When he went to jail, his two daughters
were aged 7 and 9, and it was six
years since his wife had died. He represented himself, filed appeals but none of
these were successful until the
latest one. The trial judge had made several errors. But he's not angry or
bitter. "It wouldn't heal me if I was angry,
I would just walk around and start drinking, I can't do that," he said. Henry
also had advice for those innocent
people still in jail. "Don't give up. Keep plugging ahead and work to get out
and to learn what society is all about.
It's not all a dirty world. We are all here to try and help each other".
support you when you are falling. The justice system should be fool proof and
corruption, of any kind, should
never creep into the periphery of justice. The integrity of investigators and
jurists should be above suspicion.
Jesus, You are the God who support and make us
grow. We pray for those who are depressed due to failures in
Amen.
life, failure in marriage, mental challenges above their capacities, jail terms,
pressures of life, and other innumerable
reasons. We pray for those people with suicidal minds and other weaknesses. Let
them know that they are not
alone and that you are always with them. We ask this in the name of Jesus.
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