In an Undesirable Condition

People of this world consider life is decided depending on whether we can constantly keep ourselves in good condition. Therefore, it is important that we stay healthy, don’t keep stress or problems. However, reality is not like that. Why is that? The answer to that is because, there are always times when we are in desirable conditions and not. In life, there are times when everything seems to go our way, and times when nothing goes right, or no, when our condition is in such an undesirable state where we cannot do anything. If we are thinking, “I need to reduce times when my condition isn’t great and increase when I can be in good condition”, it might mean that we do not understand the reality we live in and that is a shallow thought. Though we want to keep our good conditions, sometimes we just can’t. To not live life in a destructive way, and rather be constructive and productive does not depend on how we can do everything well when our condition is good. It is how much we can care for ourselves when our condition is in an undesirable state. Often when things do not go well, we blame others, fall into self-hate, lose motivation, and full of disappointment and become destructive. We say horrible words to people, curse ourselves belittling ourselves, which are all destructive and breaks everything that we have ever built up. ​ To have good company is important. If we can be with such people as ourselves in such bad condition, we can protect ourselves from being destructive. Church is such place. Let’s live together placing Christ at the center who cares for us always and unconditionally in good and hard time! ​ Pastor Takeshi