6. Wala ka sa Lolo ko. He did not give up, he was no quitter, that is, the Lord did not quit on him.

29 August 2020

The Parable of the friend at night demonstrates the need to pray without giving up. 

Etching by Jan Luyken illustrating the ending of the parable, from the Bowyer Bible.

Phillip Medhurst • FAL

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Real men cry.

http://picoygonzales.blogspot.com/2020/08/wala-ka-sa-lolo-ko-he-cried-tears-in.html

 

Real men pray. They don't quit.

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. (Luke 18:1)

That's from The Parable of the Persistent Widow.

I did not quit. Simply because the Lord did not quit on me.

The Lord has chastened me severely,

    but he has not given me over to death. (Psalm 118:18)

One day, my children's children will say, wala ka sa Lolo ko, he was no quitter. He went against the odds, the odds were against him, what mattered, and will always matter, is that the love of God is with him.

If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31).

I had been, and will always be, no quitter, for life has been so endearing all these years, because of the enduring love of God. To the point that, He worked a great miracle in my life beyond my imagination.

http://picoygonzales.blogspot.com/2020/08/wala-ka-sa-lolo-ko.html

One more thing. My children's children won't be my children's children, if I quit on my first love, that's my first girlfriend.

Yes, my former girlfriend will attest to that.

Torpe. That's me. I was barely five feet when I graduated high school while my siblings were of bigger frame; my two older brothers were varsity players, basketball and volleyball, respectively.

I had this inferiority complex, sweaty palms, and timidity when it comes to girls.

Alas, when I meet my former girlfriend, I had grown up to about five feet seven inches tall. I say, former girlfriend, because, she is the wife of my youth.

Marlou, my wife, celebrated her birthday, sweet sixty on July 17, and I am sharing here related blog also featuring my tribute video (where I first coined the line, wala ka sa Lolo ko, I realized just now).

http://picoygonzales.blogspot.com/2020/08/do-not-quit-for-there-is-enduring-love.html

Busted. Ako yun. You will hear in the video that, pinagtataguan ako ni Marlou when I come to their house. Hide and seek, we were playing hide and seek.

Again, If God is for us, who can be against us?

I came back, with even greater vigor. Well said, the fruit of perseverance is sweet.

Nothing beats God's timing. That day I held her hand, my heart pounding, she did not say a word. That day was made in heaven.

In short, had I been a quitter with my first love, my children's children won't be my children's children.

I will be turning sixty next month, for all the goodness of the Lord in my life, I will not give up, I will be no quitter, with my First Love, that is the Lord Jesus Christ.

I will always pray and not give up. Amen.

Same for you. Let's not quit.

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Always pray and not give up. (Luke 18:1)

Luke 18

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 

2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. 

3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’”

Luke 18

4 “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, 

5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”

6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 

7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?”