Contradictions

By Vivian Joy dela Calzada

The Lord is the very reason why even in the saddest part of our life, we smile. Even in confusion, we still understand. Even when betrayed, we trust. Even in rejection, we still care; and even in pain, we love.

We need to fall to be able to fly. People suffer, because we care. We have to unlearn things, for us to know the real lesson. We have to give up, because we are strong. We have to be wrong, in order to make things right.

Life’s complexities are also life’s source of beauty. We should cry to laugh again. We have to surrender so we could be free. We have to be broken to be whole again. We have to feel crazy at once in order to appreciate our sanity. We experience hurt so we could love; we are subjected to denial, so we could be recognized; and we forget in order to realize.

Christ hungered as a man, yet he fed the hungry. He is weary, yet He is our rest. He paid tribute, but in truth, He is the king. He was called a devil, yet he cast out demons. He wept, yet He dried our tears. He was sold for thirty pieces of silver, yet He redeems sinners. He was led as a lamb to be slaughtered, yet He is the good shepherd.

He gave His life, and by dying, He destroyed death.

Life is full of contradictions. Sometimes we need to put down our sword and renounce war with the opposition. But whenever you feel like giving up on these situations, remember that Christ died on the cross for our salvation.