Sunday, July 15, 2007

Read through Jonah today. Had this puzzling question to ask. Is Jonah right to blame God? Is he right to avoid his calling? Who can he blame? Like in 7th heaven today, Lucy was trying to blame someone for what happened.

The more we blame,the more troubled we become. There is just too many that we can blame. From the sky to the weather, and to anyone possible. Many a times our first reaction is to blame others for what happen. We forgot our initial duty bestowed upon us. We turn on our creator and start living in our own misery. We failed to see the bigger picture and the root of the problem.

Jonah turned on God's comment and flee from Him. He was swallowed by the big fish and in his ending, he send out his prayer to God. Even in his down time he still remember what God did for him. He do not harbour any grudge against Him and still giving thanks for the situation he is in. God saw his heart and release him from the stomach of the fish. The main point is that in Jonah's anger, he pushed the blame to God whom has done nothing to cause his misery. Is God not just and right? Is he not right in his judgement?

It is because we have not done our own part. We failed to see the bigger picture. Every action has a purpose whether we are clear of it or not. Sometimes it is just nobody's fault. Some things happened for a reason. It is just part of a process. We just get too angry to see everything before we come to a conclusion. Maybe when things happen, everyone involve should sit down and clear things off before coming to a conclusion. Or that we should rely on our faith and trust and go with the flow. Sometimes we are angry because we do not know, not because we know.

Lucy in 7th heaven did an amazing thing that I think none of us will every do. To cut the story short, in the congregation she throw out the blame for her own misery to her family members. As a minister, she should know fully to trust God, but instead she trust her own situation. But she still have the faith and trust of her family and friends that she did not went into despair. In the end, thanks to her family, she realised that no one is to blame. Everything have a course to follow. Misunderstanding comes in when there is lack of communication.

Be it ending a relation, failing an exam, losing a friend or even family problems. Sometimes we just can't blame anyone for what happened. No point dwelling into the past but work for the future. Things just happen for a reason beyond human comprehension and we just got to have faith and trust that it is for the better. More than often, what we need is someone who care and trust you will everything to be there for you and to be your arm extended.