what's wrong with being small? what's wrong with number two? or three?
yet, who wants to be no less than number one? or worse, the last one in the race? or the last place in the exams? everyone is urged to be number one or nothing. yeah, the number one network coverage, the number one senator, the number one student or survivor (as in starstruck!), the number one wife, and the list can go on... and on...
dog eats dog. survival of the fittest. matira ang matibay. convergence. networking. enlarging the territories.
driven society. success-oriented. no-less-than-the-best syndrome.
but what if you found out that there is such a 'call' to be weak and broken? or was it the 'call'? to begin with, the Master's path has been this and no other. all throughout His moment of incarnation, His was a life with utter display of dependence, weakness, brokenness, and worse, death! His was never an unending quest for independence, fame, power, and wealth.
only so that... strength and life can fully be revealed. there seem to be no other way for strength and life than this. there is just no other option. paradox! mystery!
is there a place for a theology of weakness in our society today? how about in the church?
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