"Balolon" is a word in HILIGAYNON
balólon - (H) A roll; to roll up. Balolóna
ang baníg. Roll up the mat. Ibalólon akó
ánay siníng amákan. Kindly roll up this
bamboo-mat. Balolóni akó sing isá ka
sigarílyo. Please roll me a cigarette. (cf.
lolón, álas—to coil or wind a rope, etc.).
One of the hardest-to-swallow, most countercultural, counter intuitive implications of the gospel is that bearing up under a difficult burden with patient perseverance is a good thing.
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