{"id":53030,"date":"2017-12-08T12:53:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T10:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=53030"},"modified":"2017-12-21T14:26:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T12:26:07","slug":"%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a9-198-%d9%83%d9%8f%d9%86-%d8%b6%d9%88%d8%a1%d9%8b%d8%a7-8122017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d8%b9%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a9-198-%d9%83%d9%8f%d9%86-%d8%b6%d9%88%d8%a1%d9%8b%d8%a7-8122017\/","title":{"rendered":"On Life 198 \u2013 Be a Light \u2013 December 8, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">\u00a0 \u00a0A friend of mine told me, \u201cI have still believed that life\u2019s hard, and has nothing, save pain and agony. Good has become a shadow which you might not reach. You might as well consider yourself beguiled by hope!\u201d I told him, \u201cI hear a tone of pain to which I\u2019m not used to. Wait and contemplate life and humans\u2019 steps well. Maybe then you find out answers which you can\u2019t when you remain in your agonies and personal experiences that overshadow the light of life.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">\u00a0 \u00a0First, let us agree that God is the only source of good, and that all of us learn love and good deeds from Him. In fact, many souls glimmer, despite the darkness of our life. Contemplate this image: It is one of a drycleaner\u2019s which owner put a sign that says, \u201cIf you don\u2019t work, and need to have your clothes cleaned for a job interview, we can clean them for you for free!\u201d Isn\u2019t this good, my friend?<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">\u00a0 \u00a0Here is another picture. What can you see there? My friend answered hastily, \u201cAn 82-dollar bill with a few words.\u201d Can\u2019t you notice something unusual? He paused, then said, \u201cThe original sum is 32 dollars, but the owner added 50 as tips, which is one and a half times the required sum.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Indeed. Now, look what the man wrote, \u201cThis is to the memory of a love deed dedicated to our son, Joel, who used to glimmer with love in everybody\u2019s life, hoping he lights your life, too. Thanks.\u201d The parents who lost their child, their happiness bringer, wanted to make another heart happy, though they did not know him, even with some money the person might need.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">\u00a0 \u00a0This is the goodness which a soul overflows with from God. It is the goodness that makes man learn how to give others and make them happy. It is the goodness that is open to all souls. What if these parents shut themselves in the sadness for losing their son? Would they have know the relief of making others happy? I can imagine them looking at the bill, then giving a love deed to the waiter and looking to heaven to see their son Joel smiling to them, as if to thank them for filling a heart with happiness as he used to do.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Be a light, my friend, to reflect the goodness which God created within you that whoever sees you might say, \u201cIndeed, I see God!\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">General Bishop<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0A friend of mine told me, \u201cI have still believed that life\u2019s hard, and has nothing, save pain and agony. Good has become a shadow which you might not reach. You might as well consider yourself beguiled by hope!\u201d I told him, \u201cI hear a tone of pain to which I\u2019m not used to. 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