When They Say It Works This Way, It Won't

I'm not a negative person, but I can't help noticing how things are often the exact opposite of what people say they are. Like when some doctors tell you the procedure is simple and wouldn't cost you that much, you're often in for the biggest surprise of your life. Wait till you see the other fees inserted plus the PPE. Aren't hospitals supposed to shoulder them? 

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Anyway, we were at this posh café famous for its pastries and good food dishes and the waiter told us our orders would take 20 minutes to prepare. I thought 20 minutes was okay. No big deal. But almost an hour had passed and our orders weren't served yet--and to think that customers were limited to a few numbers due to social distancing. What took them so long to prepare a mango salad?

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Another is how the MMDA explained that closing U-turn slots along EDSA would help ease traffic. They closed the slots to give way to bus stop isles placed in the middle of EDSA. Yet, the exact opposite is happening. The buses are relieved but the rest of  the commuters and other public vehicles are suffering hell. 

And how about the recent water crisis after typhoon Ulysses hit Luzon? Maynilad said water would be rationed according to schedule but in many places no water came even during said schedules. 

Gary told me how he found some portions of Scriptures hard to understand. It said such and such but it seemed like he got the exact opposite. Like how all things are supposed to work together for his good, but it seemed it was the exact opposite--everything seemed to work toward a bad end for him. Like a conspiracy or something.

Well, I said it really depended on how we saw things. How do we define "good things" and "bad things"? Do we define them as God does? Because to God, a "good thing" often has a different meaning. Jesus was crucified and it was a "good" thing to God. Job suffered a lot and it was a "good thing" as well. 

For all we know, what we see as "good things" may really be "bad things" as far as God's concerned. Like how the Pharisee prayed because he thought everything was going good for him, compared to the tax collector who beat his breast and would not even look at heaven [Luke 18.9-14]. Or how the rich man got a lifetime of good things and Lazarus got nothing but a life of misery. But look who ended up in God's favor. 

Yup, the world says this or that is the way to success, but don't count on it. It isn't. The world may say this is how you become a failure, but expect the exact opposite. The truth is not always obvious. Often, it is wrapped up in tatters and rags or buried in trash heaps, disguised as filth. 

Look at how Jesus came to the world--disguised as a poor baby in a grimy manger (it's where barn animals eat and poop, right?) born in the poor town of Bethlehem and raised up in ragged Nazareth. And look at how Herod lived.

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