Showing posts with label Shame. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shame. Show all posts

Saturday, February 28, 2015

A Shameless CV

Writing your CV forces you to go through the trail of your professional life putting the details for the employer to read. Of course, you try to make it as attractive as possible, yet you know that there are some experiences/jobs you wouldn’t like being asked about. They are your weak points lacking the success you wanted them to have. You try to avoid expanding much on it, so couple of lines are enough for you. I believe our life´s CV as well has its weak moments to hide, its not-ready-to-talk-about incidents, its failures and SHAMES not worthy telling others about. We do our best keeping our self image in the eyes of others intact as perfect as our CV.

Now let´s meet this disabled man at the pool of bethesda (John 5:1-15), crippled for the past 38 years, lying in his bed waiting to be helped by someone. He obviously lost all hope and got so used to his weakness to the point that when Jesus asked him if he wanted to be healed and walk again, he did not say the obvious “YES” but started telling Jesus why it has been impossible for him to get healed, giving him the EXCUSES that kept him this way (John 5:7). 
هذا رآهُ يَسوعُ مُضطَجِعًا، وعَلِمَ أنَّ لهُ زَمانًا كثيرًا، فقالَ لهُ: «أتُريدُ أنْ تبرأ؟». أجابَهُ المَريضُ: «يا سيِّدُ، ليس لي إنسانٌ يُلقيني في البِركَةِ مَتَى تحَرَّكَ الماءُ. بل بَينَما أنا آتٍ، يَنزِلُ قُدّامي آخَرُ». (‭5‬ ‮يوحَنا‬:‭6-7‬ )

I surely see myself in him, losing hope in overcoming a weakness, or a failure. Jesus didn’t discuss his excuses, He healed him and gave a him a strange specific order:
Jesus said to him, Get up! Pick up your bed (sleeping pad) and walk! (‭John‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬ AMP)
قالَ لهُ يَسوعُ: «قُمِ. احمِلْ سريرَكَ وامشِ». (‭5‬ ‮يوحَنا‬:‭8‬ )

Instead of leaving his sign of weakness behind and walk around (after 38 years lying in a bed), he was asked to go with his bed in hand. Jesus did´t not throw his bed away…it was a meant to be Order. What used to be a failure, a cripple and a sign of shame was turned into a sign of victory, healing and powerful demonstration of God´s miraculous power in transforming lives and enabling powers...WOW! His moment of weakness on his CV became the most important part to talk about…only because he PERSONALLY met the one who turned it from shame to glory.

Lord, here I am putting in Your hands all my weaknesses and failures, I pray that through Your loving heart and healing Spirit they turn into tools for your glory, and events to Shine Your Name further. I believe that I am not created to stay crippled, but my crippling will turn to victory when I come and accept you changing the life I am used to for years, even if 38 years or more. Open my heart to BELIEVE in Change, stop my excuses, rewrite my soul´s CV shameless. In Jesus Name, AMEN!

Your soul CV´s weaknesses are your moments of VICTORY…only when you stop excuses and PUT them in His HANDS!
Keep shining my friends!

لسي-ڤي
نضطر عند كتابه السيرة الذاتيه CV الي استرجاع تاريخنا المهني ، وتدوين كل تفاصيله
 ونبذل جهداً كبيراً لتظهر بالمظهر اللائق الذي نتمناه، وبقدر ما توجد وظائف نفخر بها و نود ان نظهرها .. فإن هناك ما نخجل من ان نُسأل عنه و نود لو نتجنبه ..و بقدر الامكان ان نخفيه
تلك الفترات التي تخلو من النجاح .. و نقاط الضعف التي لا نبغي ذكرها  
وفي حياتنا نفس اللحظات .. لحظات السقوط و الخجل .. و العار
و اذ نسعي ان تظهر صورتنا كاملة بلا اخطاء في عيون الاخرين .. تظل سقطاتنا عائقاً دون ذلك 

و عندها تذكرت تلك الكلمات التي قالها يسوع المسيح للرجل المطروح بمرض لمده ثمان و ثلاثون عاماً 
 هذا رآهُ يَسوعُ مُضطَجِعًا، وعَلِمَ أنَّ لهُ زَمانًا كثيرًا، فقالَ لهُ: «أتُريدُ أنْ تبرأ؟». أجابَهُ المَريضُ: «يا سيِّدُ، ليس لي إنسانٌ يُلقيني في البِركَةِ مَتَى تحَرَّكَ الماءُ. بل بَينَما أنا آتٍ، يَنزِلُ قُدّامي آخَرُ
 "قالَ لهُ يَسوعُ: «قُمِ. احمِلْ سريرَكَ وامشِ"
انني اري نفسي مكانه .. بعد يأس من التغلب علي الضعف و السقطات ، .. و تقديم الاعذار و الاسباب .. و التي لم يسمعها يسوع او يهتم بها
و انما قدم شفاء كاملاً بلا مقابل .. " قم " انما " احمل سريرك و امشي
و بدلاً من ان تترك علامة مرضك و ضعفك .. احملها معك و امشي بها
لان تلك اللحظات في حياتك .. التي تسميها ضعفاً وهزيمة... هي في الحقيقة لحظات انتصارك العظمي
فقط عندما تتوقف عن تقديم الاعذار
و تضعها بين يدي الله
 وها انا يا سيدي .. لم اخلق لأعيش مشلولاً مقيداً في ضعفي .. و انما اضع بين يديك ضعفاتي وسقطاتي .. متشفعاً بقلبك المحب و روحك الشافيه ان تحولها .. من سقطات الي ادوات .. لمجدك
 سيدي .. اعِد صياغه .. سيرتي .. وحياتي 
!خلينا منورين