This blog entry is dedicated to naruto. :) ...
Naruto is a manga that I like very much. It has an interesting story line about a ninja boy who has a monster sealed in his body since he was a baby. The monster was sealed in order to save konoha (the hidden village where naruto and the other ninja live) from the destruction. Naruto grew up not knowingly why everyone in the village hated him. Almost everyone hates naruto, since many of their relatives are killed by the monster/kyuubi inside him.
His bitterness in his heart keeps growing until the day when his sensei (ninja teacher) Iruka touches his heart. Iruka acknowledged Naruto as one of his excellent student despite what everybody thinks of him. He does not hate naruto even though his parents were killed by Kyuubi inside Naruto. When Naruto was at the lowest point of his bitterness/anger, Iruka protected him from Mizuki, the ninja who tried to make Naruto betray konoha .... to the point where Iruka almost die. Naruto cried .. He did not think that someone would actually do that to him ... From then on is the starting of Naruto's incredible journey as ninja. His life changes, his bitterness is slowly removed from his heart and he grow and grow and grow stronger everyday as ninja, thanks to Iruka's love ..
Naruto's one and only dream is to become a Hokage one day whereby everyone will acknowledge his existence. Hokage is the most skillful ninja in the village and is the appointed leader whose task is to protect the village. This dream is related to the fact that in his early life, nobody really thinks that He exists. he lived alone and it's very rare that people will talk or have a conversation with him. He is so focused to this dream in whatever he does as a ninja.
Naruto also has some principles which he tries to abide all the time, such as "Never run away from problem", "Never betray your comrades", and "Never give up until the end of end", which are pretty good principles in the ninja world. ^^ .. Because of many difficulties in his early life, Naruto developed a habit of not giving up easily. He is an interesting ninja because he uses his pain in his early life and touch others with the things that he does and say. He changes people's heart, from coward to hero, from betrayer to someone who trusts others, and so on. He is also a quite spirited ninja, always full of energy and very innocent ninja boy indeed.
Well, that was more or less the story line of the manga itself. One thing that I like about this manga is definitely naruto's character. Even though the story has some things in it which are not realistic/true or biblical and sometimes it is too ideallistic, but it is still a good story, very touching and I can really relate to it. Naruto's attitude of doing the best until the very last, not giving up until your last spurt is one of the thing that I most like. If I am to relate the story to my Christian life, I believe there will be many difficult things which I will face during my Christian life. I realize that a christian life is a journey and not a one stop terminal. It is a journey where I must STAY with no BUT. There is NO SUCH THING as conditional commitment in Christian life. I must never give up this faith of mine until the very end, not with my own strength but only by His grace, not because I deserve it but because of His mercy, not because of my own cleverness/riches/ability/look but because God chose to love me. God has loved me first even though I am a sinner more than the love that Iruka sensei gave to Naruto by dying on the cross so that I can start this incredible journey as a Christian, to grow stronger day-by-day in His love. I really want to have a life with no regrets and I believe that is to live a Christian life wholeheartedly. I will fall, stumble along the way but God has promised to be with me and I believe He does.
**Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up**
** Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another–and all the more as you see the Day approaching.**
Yosshhh, Doriaaaaa!! ^^
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