“Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”

            Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”  Those words are strong enough to pierce your heart. Today is the celebration of Easter Sunday – A day that commemorates the resurrection of the risen Christ, He had struggled so hard, we was scorned, crowned with thorns, carried the heavy cross and the worst is that he was crucified on the cross – These were the pains that He has to suffer, but He had promised us that He will be risen from the dead.

            We all had our shares of pain and sufferings, it may be physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental these pain may more pain but are we meant to stay in the pursuit of pain? Would we lie on our mats to beg and wait for good things to happen?

                No! There is nothing more to ask for than blessings! We should all get up and take our mats and walk! We should all take our crosses for the good of all! We shouldn’t be kept dead in the tombs of the guilt and pain brought by our sins, we should be resurrected into a new being!  But I tell you, it wouldn’t happen overnight (even Jesus resurrected on the 3rd day after his death) we should gradually be “Resurrected” and change into a new wholesome person.

               So. . . How do we gradually change ourselves? I can cite 3 steps that we can reflect on:

• Into-Me-I-See (Intimacy) – (I learned this from the movie “Love Guru”) We should look on ourselves, and try to see what’s making us carry unnecessary burdens in this life. Learn to find the root of some problems and reflect on them. Just look in to yourself.
• Change and Discipline – Learn to change your views about life, your negativeness, and your attitude towards life. Discipline yourself. Stop doing
  the things that hurts you!
• Carry On! To Resurrection – Continue what you’ve been doing! You are closer to the resurrection of your life. You are living the life, the way God wants you to live it! See more of yourself, and Change what needs to be changed and Discipline to get into the drive to Carry on To Resurrection!Our lives are limited, for once Jesus passed by a crippled man telling him these words, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”