Accept responsibilities given by God

Shalom,
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I would like to take this opportunity to greet all my Muslim friends out there "Selamat Menyambut Hari Raya Aidilfitri". Even though we have different belief, we must have strong respect in each other.
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Back to my sharing for today. It's about "responsibility". Sometime we will receive unexpected responsibility. Just because it's unexpected, we should not immediately reject it. We should take time to think and give decision not too soon and not too late. Like Mary when the Angel came to her and told Her about a good news. She will conceive the Son of God. In an instance, just milisecond after the Angel told Her about that news, do you think Mary became happy or sad? She took some time to think about it. At that few seconds of Her life, she consider everything, including her condition that is still a virgin. She thought about how the community would look at Her and Her families. She thought about how to survive and raise the Child for She is still a teenager.
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But then, one thing had helped Her to say "Yes". It's Her faith in God. She believes that God has plan for Her. All She had to do was to agree and accept the responsibilities.
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Do you think it is easy to accept such responsibility? Put yourself in Mary's position at that time. Without enough faith, you will unable to agree with it. It's not just about that type of responsibilities. Let's talk about small responsibility like praying to God. Can we do it everyday with open heart? I bet we can. If we have genuine faith in Him our God. Just remember this. Our God died for us on the cross. To save us from the grasp of sin.
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Whenever we receive any duty, think. Give your reply not too soon nor not too late. If we give answer too soon, people would think that we do not think at all. If we give the answer too late, it might be the responsibility will slip away. Who knows it will be our opportunity to be a better person through experience.
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Let us make Mary as our model of faith. To accept responsibility that is beyond our understanding is sure hard. All we need to do is to put some faith in it after thinking about it for a while.
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Let's us consider this as a thinking moment.
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Best regards,
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Timben