What's the squeeze?

This week Ate Rosy,my beloved cell leader for years, taught us kindness and goodness through sponge illustration and a story.

Ate Rosy took a sponge and dipped it in a cup of grayish-colored water. She then squeezed the water to another cup then asked us what made us have this water in the cup? Is it the sponge or the squeeze or the water? So we said its the water but the squeeze made it come out.

Now after explaining further we shifted to this story. Tell me whats the squeeze in this story.

There was a mother who came home and smelled something really foul odor coming from their kitchen. She found out it was the refrigerator. It was left open for hours that the food which she prepared heartily got spoiled and impossible to consume anymore. She knew who was the culprit. It was her daughter. She numerously reminded her not to slam the fridge door because it will bounce back. Her daughter was in school then. The mom was angry and was also already formulating in her mind what to tell her daughter. She'd tell her how much waste she caused by being irresponsible. She was thinking of telling her how much effort she made preparing all those viand that they will eat for coming days. In short, the mom was thinking of condemning her daughter.

What's the squeeze here? The squeeze was the door left open. It somehow triggered the release of what's in the heart of the mom. There are really God-given situations that will bring out what's in the heart. In this case, the mom's over passion on preparation and filling the refrigerator of food.

Kindness is the desire to be good while goodness is the activity of kindness. Things that hinder them are anger, judgement and bitterness. There are more I guess but in a family or in every relationship, its important that humility and love prevails. As 1 cor. 13 says: It always, protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

I love my parents. There are times my lack of humility and selfishness hinder me from demonstrating that kindness and goodness. I realize I can't do it on my own. I need grace. I need God. Obedience to Him is impossible without Christ's help.

Think of any 'squeeze' moment happened to you this week? Remember 1 Cor.13

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