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letter to my brother-in-Christ, L. · ~rogbeer's corner
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<h1 class="post-title">letter to my brother-in-Christ, L.</h1>
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<time datetime="2023-04-26T00:00:00+00:00" class="post-date">26 Apr 2023</time>
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<p>L:</p>
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<p>I’m sad to hear that you are stressed. But, joy is such a precious
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emotion; I pray that you will experience an abundance of joy.</p>
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<p>As for me - I recently met a supervisor at my barista job, who bitterly opposed
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the way of unconditional love that our Lord Jesus has taught us. In his
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view, customers exist to give him money. If they pay money, he will joke
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around with them, and make them coffee. But, if he sees that there is no
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money that he can extract from the customer, he won’t even attend to the
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customer.</p>
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<p>That’s shameful to even talk about.</p>
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<p>My supervisor completely
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disagreed with how I choose to love others. And he frequently erupts
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into fits of rage, which I feel is out of proportion.</p>
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<p>I was greatly
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tormented when I had to obey his instructions during my job. I suffered
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so much that I lost weight visibly, to the alarm of my friends.</p>
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<p>One day,
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I couldn’t tolerate that supervisor anymore, and handed in my
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resignation letter. (He seemed happy to see me depart from the
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barista-organisation.)</p>
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<p>Anyway, I’m sure that there is an entire gang of
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such awful people, everywhere in the world. Please be wary of such
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people, in your own life. But I believe God will repay such people for
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their shameful attitudes towards other people.</p>
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<p>I’ve watched the video
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you sent me. “Thank you for the sunshine, thank you for the rain. Thank
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you for the joy, thank you for the pain.” How apt these words are! (The
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cat video is so cute too.)</p>
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<p>I thank God for the priceless lesson I
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have learnt painfully, at the hands of my supervisor. It has highlighted
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how precious God’s love is, in this world that prioritises transactions
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and self-centredness, over other-centredness and an unconditional love
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that expects nothing in return.</p>
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<p>Now, I am convinced, more than ever,
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that Jesus will give me the keys to a glorious future, in the afterlife.
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I’ll pray for you to meet me in Paradise, brother. But, of course,
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meeting me is not as important as meeting our loving Jesus.</p>
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<p>Here is a
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website that interested me recently: https://interfaith.sg/</p>
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<p>Have a nice
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week ahead!</p>
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<p>25th April 2023 A.D.</p>
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