lesson learnt :)

let just start off with the dim lit dawn of good friday. My catholic roommate had reminded me this early morning that today is good friday and to them it's also a fasting day (fast as in go vegetarian). I said to myself after hearing that... "nah... no big deal, one day without meat nia... won't dai wan... i sure can make it wan... bla bla" but later, in the afternoon, i went out for lunch with my housemate and we hit straight to Mcdonald (*they're having special rate for 4 sets of lunch) I ended up with a beef burger and some fries. I wasn't aware to realise that today i was supposed to fast neither do i remember about what i've just said this early morning to myself until.... (back to hostel after lunch) roommate:'what you had for lunch' me:'i went to mcdonald.' (still not realizing XD) roommate:'mcdonald?? what you ate there?!' me:' double cheese burger lorh." (not till the point of realization yet T_T) roommate:'haaaah?? today is fasting day la. you're not supposed to eat meat!' self monolog: "oh my God...". well that's how i came to realise about the fact that i ate meat today. after some moments full of regrets... the lesson behind this happening started to surface. First, we humans fell so easily into temptation, a form of sin, whether with intention or not. Secondly, we humans are not strong or righteous enough to resist temptation and to free our soul from sins. THAT'S THE REASON WHY JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED. Good friday is a vivid reminders of how Jesus suffered so we might know freedom. His victory at the cross came at a great cost. The shedding of God's one and only son's blood. No one can earn salvation, because the blood of Christ is the only sufficient sacrifice for sin (Hebrews 9:22)... afterall, what is the price we must pay? This new life we have in Christ doesn't mesh with the world or the desires of our flesh. Something must die. Either we crucify what cannot sustain us in order to truly live in Christ, or we remain 'death' in order to hold on to what will eventually destroy us.