This is the message of PIBJ last Friday. To the readers who may not be following Preachers in Blue Jeans and might happen to read this blog, let me retell the short story Bo Sanchez shared.
A king instructed his Prime Minister to give him a special ring on his birthday. A kind of ring that whoever is sad, when he look at the ring ,he would be happy and whoever is happy, he would be sad. And so the Prime Ministers started to find this kind of ring. Days before the King’s birthday, he met an old wise jeweler and asked him about this kind of ring. He told him he needs that kind of ring on the Kings birthday. And so the old man took a ring and started carving on it. When it was finished he gave it to the Prime Minister and when he looked at the ring and read what was carved on it, he smiled.
The King’s birthday came and the King expected the Prime Minister to tell him there were no such ring. The King just order him to find such kind of ring in order to trick the Prime Minister. He knew there is no such kind of ring. But to his big surprise, the Prime Minister was able to find one and gave it to him. When the king held the ring and read what was carved on it, he became very sad.
The words that was carved on the ring was: THIS, TOO, WILL PASS.
Yes, anything that we have now will pass. The reasons for our happiness, the wealth that we have will pass, and so with the big problems that we have.
I can’t help thinking about the recent shocking news this past week. The bankruptcy of the Lehman Brothers. A very stable company, (well, until last week) that is more than a century old. Nobody really expected this thing to happen. Honestly, I felt a little bit scared.( No, I have no investment in them or its affiliates. I am not yet blessed as to be able to invest with them. But, who knows??!!) Everybody knows our country’s economy will be affected with this US economic turmoil. But I know, this, too, will pass!
I believe this has become an eye opener to everyone that everything in this world are temporary.
Once again it has also proven that anything that is not founded by God, won’t really last.
The only thing that will remain is GOD.
Thus, the happiness and joy that we feel should be rooted in God because this will not surely pass.
A king instructed his Prime Minister to give him a special ring on his birthday. A kind of ring that whoever is sad, when he look at the ring ,he would be happy and whoever is happy, he would be sad. And so the Prime Ministers started to find this kind of ring. Days before the King’s birthday, he met an old wise jeweler and asked him about this kind of ring. He told him he needs that kind of ring on the Kings birthday. And so the old man took a ring and started carving on it. When it was finished he gave it to the Prime Minister and when he looked at the ring and read what was carved on it, he smiled.
The King’s birthday came and the King expected the Prime Minister to tell him there were no such ring. The King just order him to find such kind of ring in order to trick the Prime Minister. He knew there is no such kind of ring. But to his big surprise, the Prime Minister was able to find one and gave it to him. When the king held the ring and read what was carved on it, he became very sad.
The words that was carved on the ring was: THIS, TOO, WILL PASS.
Yes, anything that we have now will pass. The reasons for our happiness, the wealth that we have will pass, and so with the big problems that we have.
I can’t help thinking about the recent shocking news this past week. The bankruptcy of the Lehman Brothers. A very stable company, (well, until last week) that is more than a century old. Nobody really expected this thing to happen. Honestly, I felt a little bit scared.( No, I have no investment in them or its affiliates. I am not yet blessed as to be able to invest with them. But, who knows??!!) Everybody knows our country’s economy will be affected with this US economic turmoil. But I know, this, too, will pass!
I believe this has become an eye opener to everyone that everything in this world are temporary.
Once again it has also proven that anything that is not founded by God, won’t really last.
The only thing that will remain is GOD.
Thus, the happiness and joy that we feel should be rooted in God because this will not surely pass.
