Great
crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, "If
anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children,
brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever
does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Which of
you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost
to see if there is enough for its completion? Otherwise, after laying the
foundation and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should
laugh at him and say, 'This one began to build but did not have the resources
to finish.' Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down and
decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king
advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops? But if not, while he is still
far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms. In the same way, everyone
of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple."
Reflection:
An buot
ipasabot ra dinhi ni Jesus na an pinaka-importante sa ato mga kinabuhi na waya’y
makalabaw sa ato hugot na pagtuo kan God abir kon sin’o pa an kakumparahan,
bisan sa ato mga kagintojukan.
Ugsa
kinahanglan andam kita permi na mosagubang sa uno rakan na mga sitwasyon, mga
kagul’anan sanan mga pag-antos, basta permi lamang naka-pukos an ato kasing-kasing
sa ato pagmahal kan God.
Pero sa
ato mga buluhaton, kinahanglan ato gajud pinsadahon pag-dajaw gamit an ato
kasing-kasing pinaagi sa pagsunod sa pag-giya nan Holy Spirit para ujon permi
kita sa kagustuhan ni God sa ato mga aksiyon.
Ipangaliya
nato kan God na ipadaya Nija an Holy Spirit sa ato mga kinabuhi para permi ujon
an ato mga ksiyon sa kagustuhan Nija.
