Without
wavering let us hold tightly to the hope that we profess we have, for God can
be trusted to keep his promise (Hebrews 10:23). By now my wife to be knows
about my many theories in life that I believe in. Sometimes last year I watched
a movie called ‘Flight of the phoenix’. It was about a plane that crashed in
the desert. Passengers survived and as the days go by without hope and
strategy. Some passengers’ walk off from the group and died suddenly.
One
of the men said the most amazing line ‘Give a man
something to do, someone to love or something to hope’. These words only sunk in days after the movie
and they made so much sense to me. I applied my deductive logic, inductive
reasoning and critical thinking methods to the line given. I realised that man is a complex being that
needs different matrix to get through to or inspire. To attest to this,
everything that you do is right by the time you are doing it. Let me first expound
the first part of the sentence:
Give
a man something to do. It is given that if we don’t find a place where we belong as human
being or a place to exercise our full potential. We tend to seek so that we can
find something to do. Doing is crucial in every person’s life that is why if
your efforts are not recognised/praised you lose heart (fruitless deeds). Being
part of a partnership or friendship that doesn’t allow you to do or be, you
will quit and look for something.
Give a man someone to love. I alluded to the point
that a man needs to belong all the time with a particular social club or group
of people that share similar interest. A man’s mind needs to know that someone
else is appreciating me. That is why if a man feels that he/she is not loved
he/she goes hunting for love or appreciation. Truly I wouldn’t stick around in
a relationship that does not fulfil me as a person. Whether you believe it or
not, it is the truth that everyone needs to be told that he/she is special or
is worthy to have as friends. If you observed all the people in your phone book
that you lost touch with and are no longer making any contact with you. You end
up replacing them because there is no person to appreciate or love (loved).
When the partnership that I am in does not give me enough attention I would go
and look for someone who will give me attention. Then there is a feeling of
belonging and identifying with. That is why men and women cheat; their partners
are not giving them enough to love.
Give
a man something to hope for. If man does not get something to do, to keep him busy and occupied. A
man must get to exercise being alive, right and freedom of expression. If he
does not get someone to love or appreciate, he becomes incomplete, no man is an
island, a man is convivial being. He is left with something tangible to put his
trust in, and then there must be something to hope for. Hoping is expecting
that something is going to happen. It involves acts that need to be done to
make it worth a wait (hope). This ranges from coming up with ideas to alleviating
the situation or investing trust or boldly believing in the Almighty who
provides for your survival (being alive).
I Peter explain hoping in details, no matter how the
situation looks continue to hope and believe for he promised to deliver. Not in
your time but in his time, be silent and know that I am God. No one can oppose
what I do. No one can reverse my actions.
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