The Naruto Effect

A few of you/us might be familiar with the name Naruto. Well Google it if you must know.

Ok Ok...It's a manga (japanese art) cartoon of which I have been a fan for about 4 years now.

Anyway I was online reading one of the comics in which my favourite character (Naruto) was conversing with one of the villains (Pain/Pein). I was awe struck at how the conversation related strongly with my present circumstance. I thought I understood people and could just decipher a human being's character based on their previous actions or stories (whether true or not) about them.

I have come to understand that you can really not know the mind of man completely and no matter how experienced you are or how much you think you know, you will never be entirely right.

Back on the Naruto issue, Pain was narrating why he had chosen to destroy Konoha (Naruto's village) because a pair of Ninjas from Konoha had killed his parents by mistake...

Here's the link for the full story: http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/445/01/

I have come to notice and derive from this story that lot of our actions are determined by the hurtful circumstances we go through in life. These experiences form and shape us to whom we are and ultimately determine our choices and decisions.

This is why we need to: Proverbs 4:23 (http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Pro&c=4)

Many of us try to repair ourselves or ease the pain by taking ourselves into control instead of actually laying our burdens at the feet of Jesus. We try to take control of our lives, sometimes putting up walls around us and trying in every way to raise our confidence in ourselves by becoming something or someone we are truly not. We try not to let go of ourselves and our beliefs for fear of getting ridiculed or hurt again. We seek for understanding and solace from the wrongest source - Man, instead of focusing our eyes and hearts on God.

No human can actually understand you fully or take away any pain that you have because we carry our own burdens too.

My proposed solution is that we go to God through Jesus, since He was the one that created us and even gave us a manual (The Bible) for us to live happy and fulfilled lives.

I'd also like to add that we humans need to learn to tolerate each other in love and faith, casting every form of indignation in our hearts against each other down and pray for that individual if we love them enough to have them around or we might as well just walk away.

But then... what if the person you walk away from becomes somehow related to you or you seem to need help from that person... It will be difficult but let us love one another (Agape) just as Christ loves the church. Any other form of love does not exist or is way subject to Agape.

The funny thing is I might need this message for myself too at some point because I'm not perfect, so I may need your corrections and contributions too.

Please let me know if this message has made any impact on you, (no matter how small). I need your feedback...Pleeeeeeaaaassssseee.

God bless you.