it's worth it

Asking people about their values and convictions can bring
an interesting flavor to an otherwise harmless small talk
chatting. It is shocking to hear what people consider to
be the most important things in their life, things that they
could not even imagine not having.
The best values in life cannot be bought by money.
They cannot be learned, cultivated nor achieved by man’s
own efforts. They are given as a gift, just like the Garden
of Eden. Man did not plant it. Man did not design it.
Man ruined it.
Ever since it’s been natural for man to feel worthless in
the fast roller coaster of life.
It seems like so many things don’t depend on us at all.
The more man feels that he cannot change nor control
something, the more excuses he has to give up.
Big cities, like Istanbul, are full of people who have given up.
Maybe a disappointment was the first step towards their
lost dignity.
In the time of disappointment it’s easy to excuse your
carelessness. Sometimes the giving up one’s priorities and
convictions can be a quiet, but fatal, revenge toward those
who we were disappointed with.
If man deliberately closes his eyes to the truth, he ends up
opposing everything that reminds him of the truth.
Avoiding people is probably the most difficult part of this
kind of a denial. The planet might be lonely, but it’s very tight.
When a believer escapes his values, he ends up in
a strange place. It’s a place of dishonesty and stress.
It’s definitely not the green pasture that Psalm 23 speaks about.
Values are easily lost.
If you once had them, it’s easy to get them back.
The first step is the biggest. It’s a long, humble step that
only you can take.
The principle of restoration in the Bible is all about recovering
lost values. Let it be opportunities, doctrines, people, most
of them can be recovered. This is the beauty of grace.
You can get your life back.
Values are not just a set of numbers and rules in our head.
They are gardens and vineyards that God has planted in our soul.
We are asked to guard and to care for them.
“He restores my soul. He leads me in the paths of righteousness
for His name’s sake.” Psalm 23:3