"Pain begets pleasure!"
Time: 09.04.2005 20:13
Comment:
God in creation created and made everything double. He made one positive and the other he made negative. So is life, life comes in different ways like- man and woman, light and darkness, rain and sunshine, heaven and earth, etc.
Yet, in their unique different ways, these things all co-operate to fulfill God's divine will in creation.
There has never been pleasure without pain; pain of hard work. God was pained for his hard work that He rested on the seventh day. Just as no woman delivers without going through labour (pain), there exist no pleasure without pain.
Come to make it philosophical. Can the bridegroom be wedded without the bride? Can you tell the moonlight tales without the appearance of the moon? Can the summer be justifiable and be called summer without the sun?
Pain and pleasure, like rain and sun, are alternate. When experiencing pain, don't despair; you shall also experience the pleasant and beautiful side of it. Jesus Christ experienced pains and insults and was resurrected and exulted, telling us that cross (pain) begets Crown (pleasure). No cross no crown!
Remember, to want pleasure without pain is like trying to eat by the wrong door and as well, reaping where one did not sow.
No pain simply implies no pleasure!!!
From: Henry Ekwuruke, Nigeria.
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