Month: September 2018

Posted in Christian, Personal Musings, poetry, Stories Around the World

God’s Rosebud

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How many times in our life do we try to anticipate every situation, every event and every hour ? Very few of us are willing to entrust our waking minutes in His Hands. What we really need to do is to let go and let God unfold your life. For His shoulders can bear all our burdens. 

This is  a great story that I got through a Whats app forward. I don’t who is the author but I find it worth sharing; for it had made my day brighter and I hope it would make your day too.

A new minister was walking with an older, more seasoned minister in the garden one day. Feeling a bit insecure about what God had for him to do, he was asking the older preacher for some advice. The older preacher walked up to a rosebush and handed the young preacher a rosebud and told him to open it without tearing off any petals. The young preacher looked in disbelief at the older preacher and was trying to figure out what a rosebud could possibly have to do with his wanting to know the will of God for his life and ministry. But, because of his great respect for the older preacher, he proceeded to try to unfold the rose, while keeping every petal intact. It wasn’t long before he realized how impossible this was to do. Noticing the younger preacher’s inability to unfold the rosebud without tearing it, the older preacher began to recite the following poem…

“It is only a tiny rosebud,
A flower of God’s design;
But, I cannot unfold the petals
With these clumsy hands of mine.”

“The secret of unfolding flowers
Is not known to such as I.
GOD opens this flower so easily,
But, in my hands they die.”

“If I cannot unfold a rosebud,
This flower of God’s design,
Then, how can I have the wisdom
To unfold this life of mine?”

“So, I’ll trust in God for leading
Each moment of my day.
I will look to God for guidance
In each step along the way.”

“The path that lies before me,
Only my Lord and Savior knows.
I’ll trust God to unfold the moments,
Just as He unfolds the rose.”

“Do not be anxious about anything, but always in prayer and petition with thanksgiving, open your wishes to God …” (Epistle to Philippians 4: 6)

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For the Love for Oreo

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Speaking of cookies, there is one word that any two year old would say and that is “Oreo”. And like the quote says, “Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies- Diane Airbus”.

To quote Jonathan Mayberry ” I’m not sure I could trust a man who would bypass an Oreo in favour of vanilla wafers. It’s a fundamental character flaw, possibly a sign of true evil.”

Here are some shots below of how creative can the Oreo cookies go.

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God’s Grace vs. Man’s Pride

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Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

The story of Noah’s Ark is something that most Christians and Bible Readers would know about. Often told to toddlers at bedtime and taught regularly in the Sunday School, the story often highlights’ God’s saving grace because of one person, in the city where sin and destruction were a daily occurrence. Noah was not a perfect man, yet God chose to save his family from destruction. That’s the beauty of God’s grace! “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord” (Gen 6:8).

Yet, the biggest grace that the Lord gave us was that of salvation through the Holy Cross and the blessing of the Holy Spirit to guide us.

For those of us who have yet to still believe in humility and the power of Grace; instead depend on the pride of man, all I can say is open your eyes and look around. You would be surprised at the miracles that we often take for granted in our daily life. The humility of God’s Grace has always withstood the test of time, but man’s pride often falleth many.

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Coffee Kick off !!

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This for all the coffee lovers out there. Imagine a day without the regular caffeine shot and I bet I am not the only one on the dose. Here are few shots below of what my cup of coffee would be like…. be it the espresso, or with milk and cream, frappe, hazelnut, cocoa and so on but the coffee beans do stay the same.

“Coffee, she’d discovered, was tied to all sorts of memories, different for each person. Sunday mornings, friendly get-togethers, and a favorite grandfather long since gone. Coffee meant something to people. Most found their lives were miserable without it. Coffee was a lot like love that way. And because Rachel believed in love, she believed in coffee, too”.
–Sarah Addison Allen

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Strength for The Journey

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16 I heard and my heart pounded,
    my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
    and my legs trembled.
Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity
    to come on the nation invading us.
17 Though the fig tree does not bud
    and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
    and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
    and no cattle in the stalls,
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
    I will be joyful in God my Savior.

19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
    he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
    he enables me to tread on the heights. “

Habbakuk 3:16-19, NIV 

New International Version (NIV)Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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Meaning of Life….

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We often reach a standoff, were we wonder what is going on in our lives. The daily cycle gets tedious and ultimately we end up questioning ourselves, our purpose and above wasting away precious time and memories.

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“What is the meaning of life ? 

Life is without meaning
You bring the meaning to it.
The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be.
Being alive is the meaning.”
-Joseph Campbell

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The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven

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18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. 3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. 

10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

Mathew 18:1-5 and 10. New International Version. (NIV). Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

The innocence of a child, the guilelessness of their thoughts and actions are few of the many traits that endears them in the Kingdom of Heaven. The beauty of children lies in the fact that they live for the moment. They don’t worry about tomorrow nor do they ponder over yesterday. Can we be like a child in this crazy modern world? It is an Utopian concept, but it never hurts to give it a try.

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