The season of Lent calls for the faith of Christian believers amidst trials and tribulations. A test of strength and perseverance, an opportunity to practice the Christian values one inherits from becoming a servant of Christ.
We always believe that everything happens for a reason, every cloud has a silver lining, something good comes out of something bad, there's always two sides to a coin, etc, etc, etc…
This is evident in what happened with the issue of the 30,000 bibles. Everyone who follows the progress of the matter knows exactly what has happened and all the comments and view points from various groups of people. But one thing's for sure, this whole drama has resulted to this 10-point solution which I feel should indeed be 'lauded' as it has been by the Association of Churches.
As Christians, we are always promoting peace, harmony and forgiveness among all other virtues. And this has always been a practice of Sarawakians across races, tribes and religions. Why should this issue of the bible and/or religious books be a stumbling block to the practice of our faith?
At every point of trial, we can always ask ourselves, What Would Jesus Do? Christ never fought back physically or verbally when persecuted. He conquered sin and death even with His firm silence. And this issue we had could very well had been seen as a mere misunderstanding. So what was it again that we had to make all those noise about?
I'm not saying that we should not put up a fight for our rights. What I'm saying is that we have always had the privilege of prayer and fervent faith. Are we going to make use of these? Or are we going to give in to the devil who rejoices in anger, frustrations, division and war?
The Vocalist
As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit. ~Emmanuel
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