“Peter began to say to Jesus, “Behold, we have left everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you; there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading Tuesday 4th March 2025 – MARK 10:28-31.
So, we all must be aware of the street talk that says, “Life no balance.”
The above explains that, although, life may not be a bed of roses, it is yet not just a crown of thorns. As e dey sweet, e dey also dey pain.
And that is why a couple with stupendous wealth will be going from the north to the south pole seeking to have even a single child. Whereas, a pauper barely able to feed himself and his wife, in just one trial may end up having multiple births like triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets or even more.
Truly, this life no balance. And it is for this reason that the emphasis on today’s teaching will be, “With persecutions.”
Christ Jesus, he who is also God made a promise to his disciples that they would get a double fold of whatever they may have left to follow him. Then, he added, persecutions also.
You see, my dear friend, that is why life happen in phases.
Sometimes, we get so blessed and some of us start attributing it to our smartness. Then, we also get very broke. We fall sick. We find love, then sometimes some of us get heart broken. The lucky ones may end up finding love again.
We find a companion. Then we get lonely. Sometimes, even in the companionship we still get or feel lonely.
We labour and toil and build and furnish a house. Then that house is engulfed by fire. Some of us may get to have another house again, some never again. Life happens!
We build a house filled with people and with love. However, as time passes, death comes to take some of these people away, leaving us with just their memories.
Dear friend, that is the ways of life. Life happens. All of us, rich, middle class and the indigent alike, we get to experience the good end of life, then we also get the vagaries of life as well.
Notwithstanding life happening, we are enjoined to hold on fast and never give up. For at the end, we are promised eternal life. These are Divine promises, they will come to pass.
Have a fantastic day folks and happy Mardigras Tuesday.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
– Akase F. Agabo
4th March 2025.