Choices!!! for Myself-Do I know to make the right ones?

Life is full of choices. Everyday we meet choices from what we eat to what we do. Everything is a result of some choice we made or chose not to make. I came to pondering today, about what I like and dislike and how well do I know if I am making the right decisions for myself. Is it easy for me to know what I like or dislike? Do I know what I like or dislike even before I reach the point of making a decision to like or dislike? I know what I like...of course with some testing, tasting and the likes ,I can definitely find out whether or not I like something or not. So what about the bigger choices in life, do I know that I've made a right choice or not. Here again, after much evaluation and weighing the pros and cons, and due consideration, also perhaps some inputs from fellow observers (friends and neighbours and parents and relatives) I decide what I choose or make up my mind upon. Some decisions are easy to make because we have made the same decisions before, like do I want to eat asparagus or not. If I feel like it, I will else I wont. So I know now, that alone, I am not fully capable of "knowing" myself, my own choices without testing, tasting or external inputs (who/which may not know whether I would like what I choose for myself or not).Come to think of it, we make decisions based upon a lot of factors-Our upbringing-Our social circumstances -Our motives and there could be more to that list.Our choices then, depend upon what factor is driving it. If the driving force is confident that it can help make a good choice through us then we're in a good direction. If not then I we can only hope that of all the choices there would be a few which the choice maker could be glad about.

I dont know what I would be good at or not unless I go experiment and experience it for myself. Good experiences will lead me to like it, bad experiences will discourage me from trying the same again. How will I fully and confidently know what choices I am making are right or not. Whether they will really make me happy or not? Whether they are good for me or not? Like Paul says "All things are good but not all things are profitable for me".

So I wanted to know where I could get the knowledge of the "profitable for me" and I found someone who could help.

The Bible says in Psalm 103:14 (Whole Chapter) "for he knows how we are formed" and also in Psalm 139:13 (Whole Chapter) David wrote" For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb." So I know someone who has been with me while I was being formed in my mother's womb. He knows every single cell in my body and what goes wrong with it and how it can be repaired. So now someone knows whats good for my body and whats not, so He can help me out with my choices of food and exercise.

Psalm 94:11 (Whole Chapter) The LORD knows the thoughts of man;--So every time I am confused about a decision, my Lord knows it already and can help me out with what to choose or decide.

Matthew 6:8 (Whole Chapter) " for your Father knows what you need before you ask him"- God even knows my needs even before I ask Him. I have been watching a mother who knows her son's need, whether he is thirsty, or sleepy or hungry. The cry is the same but the mother knows exactly what the son is in need of. So also with God.

Now that I know that God knows all my needs and what path I must take that may be the best for me, I think it is a wise thing to follow His guidance because I know that will be the best for me, my needs and my life.Not that I already have done this, but am learning to. Learning to trust God fully with everything about life. Does that mean that I am leaving everything unplanned out of control, chaotic..of course not. Planning, but leaving ample space for God to make adequate changes to do the good works for His glory. It does not mean that I am stuck or tied but I am free, yeah of all worries for I know there is someone who cares for me, Someone who will correct me from making wrong choices, Someone who clearly speaks and lets His children who look up to Him whether their choices are good or bad. God loves me so much that it wasnt enough for Him to have my image carved on the palm of His hand (Isaiah 49:16) but he also sent His one and only Son(John 3:16) to pay the price for me. Therefore, all this now goes back to the one good choice I made to follow Jesus, I get a lot of good things because of that.I trust God's choices for me and enabling me to make the right choices too, more than that to also correct the wrong choices I have made so to make everything good.(Romans 8:28 (Whole Chapter) And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose)

"What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? -Romans 8:31 (Whole Chapter)

1st things 1st- This February

Need a friend-
(1) John 15:13 No one has greater love [no one has shown stronger affection] than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends. (I know someone who kept His Word)

(2) A friend shares all he/she can-John 15:15 (Whole Chapter) I do not call you servants
(slaves) any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing (working out). But I have called you My friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from My Father. [I have revealed to you everything that I have learned from Him.]

Need a mom-
A mother who never forgets you no matter what- Isaiah 49:15 (Whole Chapter) "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!

Need a dad-
Isaiah 9:6 (Whole Chapter) For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, [ Or Wonderful, Counselor ] Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Need a brother-Mark 3:35 (Whole Chapter) Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother."

Can God?

Oh boy!! only 1 day and my 3rd post already. Sometimes I get tired of believing, I wrote my previous blog just for me. It encourages me to send out an encouragement. I strongly believe God will come through for me and I will not give up on my faith which is of much worth than silver or gold.

God has answered me every time, when I am wrong He corrected me, when I am down He lifted me, when I was sad He cheered me up. For any questions I may have on anything, He has always shown me an answer in His Word the Bible.

I have been recently reading through the journey of the Israelites through the desert and it amazes me how many times they rejected God's authority and God's love and His guidance more so after seeing miracles right in front of their eyes. How could it be?

From the Israelites point of view, I imagine they were living in proper houses in Egypt with all amenities and now they are suddenly in the middle of nowhere, going dont no where, food dont know what...and the likes. Desert life as I learnt from watching "Walking the Bible" can be very tough. You have nothing growing around you. As far as eyes can see there is only sand and more sand. Would'nt that be dreary? They couldnt get a hold of what God wanted them to see. Its not easy too. When its time to learn from the Lord something which is of generational impact for your life, that could be heavy stuff you're dealing with.

On the other hand from God's point of view- God would have wanted to show to them "Look children I care for you, I cannot see my people as slaves, I want my people free from any kind of bondage be it to self or another". Also God would have wanted to show them that He is their source of ALL sustenance. Another thing I feel God wanted to show them was where you are is not enough for the ability you have, because God can make us grow in a different circumstance which He has planned for us.

Looking at the way their journey goes, I have learnt that Israelites might have let all the little wants of life steal their joy of being with the Lord. It happens to us too, when something unwanted, stressful, difficult, disheartening comes up in our life, which tests our faith and even challenges us of what we saw our Lord do yesterday, we are shaken and it makes us wonder whether God will be able to pull us out of this one. I can't help but recall this incident as I talk about this. When the Israelites happily left Egypt after all that hailstorm, dying of the first born and all those plagues, they might have gone out bolder and feeling undefeated and proud of their Lord and now suddenly after a few days of their travel they find the Red Sea before them and the pharoahs army behind them. Surely this would have popped questions of doubt in their heart and they rebelled. Surely it would have made them feel..."this time its over:....now we'll surely die in wilderness"...well thats what they were worried about pretty much, but God in His mercy in spite of their murmurings took care of them and came through for them and in a glorious way I must say. However those who repented of murmuring and came back to God found the promised land, the others who would not were lost in the wilderness as they had thought.

As I see the things that happened to the Israelites it teaches me that even if the next test is tougher than the previous, we can be assured that GOD CAN and GOD WILL be able to overcome any trials that may come our way. Lets set our eyes on our Lord, who has worked on behalf of His children in the past (maybe 2000yrs ago) even in our own lives. GOD CAN and is ABLE, but are we able to see and believe that my God can?

Father's Love Letter

My Child…

You may not know me, but I know everything about you
…Psalm 139:1

I know when you sit down and when you rise up
…Psalm 139:2

I am familiar with all your ways
…Psalm 139:3

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered
…Matthew 10:29-31

For you were made in my image
…Genesis 1:27

In me you live and move and have your being
…Acts 17:28

For you are my offspring
…Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived
…Jeremiah 1:4-5

I chose you when I planned creation
…Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book
…Psalm 139:15-16

I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live
…Acts 17:26

You are fearfully and wonderfully made
…Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother's womb
…Psalm 139:13

And brought you forth on the day you were born
…Psalm 71:6

I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me
…John 8:41-44

I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of love
…1 John 4:16

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you
…1 John 3:1

Simply because you are my child and I am your Father
…1 John 3:1

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could
…Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect father
…Matthew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand
…James 1:17

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs
…Matthew 6:31-33

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope
…Jeremiah 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love
…Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore
...Psalms 139:17-18

And I rejoice over you with singing
…Zephaniah 3:17

I will never stop doing good to you
…Jeremiah 32:40

For you are my treasured possession
…Exodus 19:5

I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul
…Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things
…Jeremiah 33:3

If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me
…Deuteronomy 4:29

Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart
…Psalm 37:4

For it is I who gave you those desires
…Philippians 2:13

I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine
…Ephesians 3:20

For I am your greatest encourager
…2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

I am also the Father who comforts you in all your troubles
…2 Corinthians 1:3-4

When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you
…Psalm 34:18

As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart
…Isaiah 40:11

One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes
…Revelation 21:3-4

And I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth
…Revelation 21:3-4

I am your Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus
…John 17:23

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed
…John 17:26

He is the exact representation of my being
…Hebrews 1:3

He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you
…Romans 8:31

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins
…2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled
…2 Corinthians 5:18-19

His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you
…1 John 4:10

I gave up everything I loved that I might gain your love
…Romans 8:31-32

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me
…1 John 2:23

And nothing will ever separate you from my love again
…Romans 8:38-39

Come home and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen
…Luke 15:7

I have always been Father, and will always be Father
…Ephesians 3:14-15

My question is…Will you be my child?
…John 1:12-13

I am waiting for you
…Luke 15:11-32

Love, Your Dad. Almighty God
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Dont Give Up Yet

Hebrews 10:23
"So let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the [a]hope we cherish and confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His word." (The Amplified Bible)

The faith we have in our Lord Jesus is certainly the most powerful tool. Added with the power of prayer we can do so much that we wouldnt be able to keep count of the miracles God would have it work. The Word of God and His promises are not dreams, they are not fantasies. They WORK all the time. If they dont work it could be because of -lack of faith
-not in agreement with the Word of God
-wrong intent
-the right time hasn't come yet


Many firm believers get beaten down on the last one. They know God has written in His Word and it is promised. They have the faith to believe it too, because they have seen God work it in their life before, however when it takes time to see it come through, many give up. The most common discouragement statements you might hear would be "It won't work", "God does not want that for you", "Are you sure God is listening to you", "Your prayer is not going anywhere"...and many more.

However if you stay connected to the Word of God and His Spirit, you will know that you will know that you will know that all this is just a hoax, because every time you read the Word of God it confirms your prayer especially the prayer of salvation for a loved one. Nothing delights God more than His people reunited to Him. It says in Deuteronomy 10:14 "To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it. " Remember the story of the prodigal son, how joyful the father was to receive his son. The father waited for his son day and night, yeah how? because he saw his son returning home from a long way. What a joyous reunion it must have been. And so it is for our Lord to meet His long lost sons and daughters. Lets pray that God will send out his labourers to meet his kids wherever they are and let our brothers and sisters know how wonderful our Lord our Father is. So dont give up hope if you have been praying for a loved one because the joy will be great when you see it happen before you.

A Wrong Choice

Yesterday, I was playing one of the yahoo games and on the verge of making a record score. I had practised very hard on this one, played it for long to get an idea of the questions the game would pose and I was almost at that point where I would feel great about breaking my own record. As I played along, God told me I needed to go to pray but I did not listen and postponed it. The Holy Spirit kept urging me to pray, but I would not move, I wanted to make a high score. Just then my husband came and closed off that game window for no reason whatsoever, I was hurt and upset because I had worked hard at it and all the accumulated points went for a toss, however I went away quietly, knowing that finally he did what I should have done long ago and should have been in prayer.

As I sat down to pray, I realised, all this while God had been planning so many beautiful things for my life, more so, there are many times when He would have worked so hard to make me what I am supposed to be (the best of my purpose of being here) but then I walk away thinking I could do something else much better than what God has on mind. I tell you, that would have hurt God so much, to see and know the best potential in us to become all that we can, and we turning away from it and choosing the 2nd best or not even the good at all.

I believe, the One who knitted me in my mother's womb and Who has predestined and carefully seen, what I can become would know what would be the best for me at any given point in time in my life, "unless" we dont want it to go that way.Its up to us. God loves me and wants ONLY the best for me.

All I want you to know is, let us be careful in our choices and not make mistakes which would rob us of God's best for our lives. For those of us who might have made a mistake, lets let go of the past and get hold of our future and get a firm grasp on that for which our Lord Jesus has laid hold of us.

Institute of Christian Living

A place to learn a lot about many things from the Word of God, regarding guidance and outlook on life from various perspectives. I am doing a couple of nice Bible Courses on the In Touch website from Dr Charles Stanley Institute. I appreciate the way the teachings have been laid down.

http://www.charlesstanleyinstitute.com/

In a garden of Life

In a beautiful garden, God planted many wonderful trees and the most colourful flowers. Bees hovered over the flowers, rainbow always decorated the sky tinted with a few purple clouds blown with gentle winds across the blue expanse.
God would personally come and make it rain when the garden needed it, He would make the winds blow to shed off the dry leaves and make the fresh leaves appear on the branches.
Now in this pretty garden there was one unhappy flower, it was a very special with different scents. Every bee in the garden would visit this flower every day to pick up nectar for their honey. And so, over the years the flower had made a large number of friends. This flower had that special ability to love and to be loved.
After a few years flower went to meet God and told Him "God I am not happy being a flower, I want to do something different, the tree has so much fun swaying in the wind...I want to be a tree. God was a little sad about the flower's decision, and tried to convince the flower of his role and how special it is in the flower family. Nothing would change its mind and so God finally agreed to what the flower said and told the flower "Beginning tomorow morning, you will perform duties as a tree". The flower went back satisfied and happy to start his new job the next morning.
In the morning the flower woke up to a lot of noise and commotion which it was'nt used to. It found a few nests lying around its roots and a lot of birds (it seemed ) hovering all over it. The flower was very disturbed by the birds and wanted to shoo them away, but the birds told the flower how the trees give them shelter. The flower remembered and offered the birds to leave their nests by its roots.As the day progressed the flower waited for its bee friends to come and meet him like always , but nobody came. It waited and waited but no one came but a tired little bee who was looking for some shade from the bright afternoon sun. The bee settled down under one of the petals of the flower hoping it would get some help from it, but it did not work and the sun could still reach the bee. Tired and weary the bee left, without even so much as looking at the flower.The flower called out to the bee, but it was too late the bee had already left.By evening a gentle breeze was blowing across the garden, all the trees rustled the leaves and swayed with the wind, now was the little flower's turn to enjoy the swaying and so it tried,but could not move. All the birds had kept their nests around its roots, morever its petals were not strong enough to wave gently but were almost fluttering like a flag to the point of being plucked out of the stem. The flower didn't enjoy the swaying as it had thought it would.
Later the flower went to meet God and asked for His pardon for asking to become a tree, and confessed how grateful it was to have been a flower. God smiled and said" Dear FLower I made you for a special purpose, you propagate the flower species and provide nectar for the bees to make honey. The bears in the forest love the honey made from your nectar. I made you for duties no one else can do like you and no one can enjoy it like you do when you are at work". The flower realised its mistake of trying to become something God did not intend for it to be and thereby losing all its joy and peace and even friends. God made the little changes and the flower returned more cheerful than ever to have got back what its purpose of living.
Many a times we watch certain other people's lives and wonder why couldnt I do something like that. One of my friend's thinking is" If you can do it, so can I". I dont know how far that philosophy goes, but to my knowledge it doesnt go anywhere except towards someone trying hard to become something they were never meant to be as per God's divine plan. We go through a lot of pains and struggle to change ourselves to become somebody we wanted to be and end up being more unhappy than we were before. God has given us inherent abilities which only we can tap out and use as no one else can. It only lies in finding what it is and how do I use it best, and the best guidance we can ever get about our purpose in Life is from the One who created Life. Yes God.
"Dear God, I pray that you will help me understand and reach the full potential of my purpose in Life. Please help me to listen to your voice and obey it, so that Your perfect plan for my Life will be done and I will be a blessing to everyone I meet. In Jesus Name I ask. Amen"

Faith, I can move a mountain

This is what I feel right now..though there are many things LIFE brings up before me to strengthen me...I need all the muscles I can get ...:)

I'm reaching for the prize...
I'm giving everything...
I give my life for this...
It's what I live for.
Nothing will keep me from...
All that you have for me...
You hold my head up high...
I live for you...
Greater is He that's living in meThan he that is in the worls.Faith...
I can move the mountain...
I can do all things through Christ, I knowFaith...
Standing and believing...
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me

Doesnt that do a lot of good to your Faith...it does to me ...woweee

Where are you looking?

"Listen to me , you who pursue righteousness and who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn" (Isaiah 51:1)

Many a times, when things don't turn out the way we want we get irritated, frustrated, disappointed some of us even give up. I was feeling a little low today but as love taught me never to give up I sat down and prayed a while. I took my Bible (my best companion) to read and the above verse is what I found which greatly encouraged me.

Where was I looking? At my overwhelming situations? At my inability? At symptoms? Yeah for a moment like Peter I started looking at the waters on which I dared to walk...(well I am not literally walking on water you silly)...but on a path I dared to take. I wasn't looking at the love which had given me the strength to do the daring act. Then all the following words suddenly reassembled themselves in my mind in a flash....

"...I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day" (2Timothy 1:12)

What is attractive about my LIFE?

Is it my beauty? Is it a special ability I have? Is it the money? Is it the fame? Is it my family? Is it my faith? Well what do I want my life to show...I asked myself one day.


If it is beauty..people would be attracted to see what a wonderful person I am...how good I look...how well I walk and talk. People would keep loving me or admiring me as long as I am what they wanted to see. Its like in movies you've got to look good...real good...on screen and off screen. So now what happens when I grow a little older, when cheeks sag, everything goes south when you fight for them to go north..more dieting...more pills, more beauty parlors...more skin care...more of trying to maintain that fleeting beauty which I wanted to show...alas I couldnt make a mark so loud that people could hear it even from my grave and beyond...it would be gone with time.

If it is an ability I have, a talent...like I sing...I dance ...and I can perform the way I want the world to see and admire me and thus attract them to my LIFE....wow that would be better..here looks may not matter much..however as with time advancing in years...muscles grow weak...weaknesses spring forth through those once amazing bones...slowly I lose my strength till someone still younger and stronger takes my place the way I did when I displaced someone older during the start of my stardom to advertise my LIFE...alas I couldnt make a mark so deep that people could be lost in the depths of researching my life and finding my strength....ends here my shallow weight and strength.

What if its my money? Yeah that would do me a lot of good....yes through all my toil all the money I collect to live a luxurious life..and marry someone who I think is in love with me for myself..not for my wealth and success...not sure though whether we both married for the same reason "love"...or ..."lust"...then again..money is something ilusive.. here now and gone again...so I think I found myself a strength after all..yes money..and to make more of this money (coz it keeps getting over...as I want to spend it on the best I can afford)...I have to work very hard..harder than ever to keep it to myself and preventing prying eyes from snatching it away from me...family cannot keep their heads on their shoulders obviously because their head was always taken care of by the money I earned...with sweat and whatever means..possible...that slippery money would not be able to touch people so much that they would get attracted to my life..its true though people would want to know how I made it big and read maybe..methods of how to make money...which may or may not work for them the way it did for me...that wouldnt make my life so interesting for "everyone" would it...wouldnt have such an impact as I though it would...they all think about my money more than me...

Now about my faith..what is it I believe in..that makes me more and more attractive..such attraction that others would wanna spend time with me...people would want to know more about me...about how "I" am made...whats that exact amount of all that ingredient that makes me up..."For as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he:...."..we are more of what we believe..or have faith in..what motivates me..what is my source of sustenance...I think the best undying attraction my life can produce is my source of living.....so if my source is my face/looks/beauty it is not long lasting..it fades away. If my source is my talent/fame it dies out with my age and strength which someone else mightier than me can always take away. If my source is my faith..that inner leading..my strength is on something or someone who IS from everlasting to everlasting..then my life story doesnt end..it continues...more to enrich someone else's life.To add to..append..increase...bless someone else as much as my LIFE is a blessing to me itself. Yeah its more blessed to live for someone else you love than for yourself. I dont know but that definitely brings more satisfaction...when u give to someone instead to take for yourself....

So what would I want my LIFE to stand for attracting..I think my strength in a Living God..my obedience to Him to enable me to share all that I am..with people who need ...to stand in gap and share...through my life my existence and the source and meaning of my LIFE...even Lord Jesus.

Ultimately as Paul says in the Bible "I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me "

The Working Drone

After a long days work
When all the task is done
There is a time to sleep
There is a time to rest

I want to write some more....

It has been a little busy today trying to get stuff working...this Lotus Notes Database is eating up my time....I am drawn towards watching Lucy(Lucille Ball) trying to make her way into stardom with Desi Arnaz...and then there's Andy Griffith too...oh waiting to get this work completed asap...and then there's so much to write too.....my husband is helping me out too so works faster when 2 heads work together.

I will write atleast 1 post today....

Walking the Bible

Last evening I watched an amazing series on the PBS channel called "Walking the Bible" based on a book by Bruce Weiler who is taking a walk through the Bible and reading it as the Bible unfolds the lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob(Israel), Joseph and Moses.

More can be found on http://www.pbs.org/walkingthebible/ which also has Bruce Weiler's interview.

Love as I have known

My mother's love-When I was born I knew my mother's love the very first love I would experience in my life. With love she bore me in her for 9 months with all the discomfort I could have caused and then found joy in my birth. As I grew I could have irritated her with what I did but she loved me yet. I dont remember a single time my mom not loving me so I thought I knew love. Yes it was my mother's love.

My father's love- In him I could see strength to protect me. A job which made enough money to meet all my needs. To give me the best education affordable. To always encourage me when I needed most.To always say to me "There is nothing too hard, so what if you failed you'll know this stuff better when you're through it". He believed in me and all my dreams, never stopped me from any venture I wanted to take up.

In their love I found my freedom. I knew that I was free in them and through them. They set always the best of examples before me.I know that with my parents I never heard anything upsetting even though sometimes they had to burn the candles at both ends...and pull hard to make ends meet..of course we ( me and my 2 younger brothers) were being educated in the best school in town with the highest fees anyone could have thought of in those days.

I remember some incidents from my life when I used to visit my friends ...I dont know why but their parents would make it a point, to point out something nasty about my friends each time someone would come to visit them but then not for me my parents treated me with lot of respect. They did the same with my brothers too.

Above all they shared their secret of such a wonderful love life. My dad told me one day "Beta (pronounced as : bay-taa meaning child) no matter what you do in your life, always trust in Jesus. I have been a failure in certain things but Jesus raised me to being a Senior Engineer with the Railways.He has never let me down and He will never let you down too. You can do impossible things with Him". He cited some examples from his life which I might mention in some other post. I did too and I found another love....I didnt know love had so many kinds.

Later on in life I found the love of my friend who would later become my husband-He loved me as a friend and loves to protect me..loves to be with me..loves to give me most of what I ask for...took care of me whenever I needed it.

Above all the best love I have ever tasted is the Love of God-"For God so loved the world that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" John 3:16 This is the love my mom and dad told me about and thats what they shared with me "because God has poured out His Love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit.." Romans 5:5) . They were able to cut down on what they could enjoy in life and did everything for me to enjoy because they understood this sacrificial love which loves even when we dont deserve, which loves even when it costs them their life. They knew the love of Jesus who died for our sins even when we were not in a position to receive it and loved us unconditionally.

If you have not known a love that is patient, kind, not envious, not boasting, not proud of itself, not rude, not self seeking, not easily angered, not keeping record of wrongs, not delighting in evil but rejoicing in the truth, always protecting, always trusting, always hoping, always persevering and never failing (" 1 Cor 13:4-8) then you have not known True Love because "God is Love" (1John 4:16). Thats the love I have known in Jesus Christ.

Ambassadors for Christ

We are therefore Christ's Ambassadors as though God were making an appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians 5:20)

An amazing view point to see ourselves in the Kingdom of God. We are ambassadors for Christ. It is a wonderful revelation to me to find that we are ambassadors for our Lord Jesus. If we are ambassadors then we come from a Kingdom/Government which is of God.

When I started reading the Bible with this idea on mind (about me being an ambassador) it changed the way I look at things from the Bible and the way life now seems to me. More amazingly I found that the very first words recorded in the Bible ,of Jesus starting His minstry , was "Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is near" (Matthew 3:17).....it suddenly dawned on me...oh my God..this is what Jesus wanted to convey by all He said and did....and all the time His main aim was...reconciliation with God as Paul confirms in his letter to Corinth....that struck me hard.

Jesus wasnt trying to preach healing or doctrines or what we are to believe in...but was pointing us to a Living God through the healings, through the doctrines through the faith and beliefs which were all meant to get us connected back to our Father/Creator ....(reconciled:-To reestablish a close relationship between-http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=reconcile). That which was lost in Genesis, Jesus came to rejoin. Yeah we lost fellowship with a Loving Hevenly Father and Jesus His Son came to reconnect us to our Source of Life. This thought is too marvelous for me.

The very first preaching done in the New Testament was from John the Baptist in Matthew 3:1,2 "In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the Desert of Judea and saying "Repent for the kingdom of heaven is hear"....." He also spoke about the Kingdom of Heaven.

Jesus represented all that the Kingdom was, in and through His life, His words, His deeds...the Kingdom is one of Love (which is unconditional)...the Kingdom is of health (as Jesus healed all diseases)...the Kingdom is of peace (as Jesus brought peace being the Prince of Peace)...and much more we can discover for ourselves in His Holy Word.

Now I think we can explore what ambassadors mean (Philippians 3:20)...they are citizens of the Kingdom of God and not elected by people.....they are taken care of by their country/government (all their needs are met by their government-Philippians 4:19).

I heard this illustration from a preacher ( I think Dr. Myles Munroe) which explains what we have as ambassadors. There is this place which is very poor...dirty...sickness roams on all its people...their houses are broken...they roam lost looking for hope/meaning in life but none is found...in the midst of this chaos sits a wonderful palace like building where everything changes to the opposite of what that place is all about. People in this beautiful building are clean, joyful, well dressed, healthy, walking around the place with a purpose and enjoying life. What is this place ? How come its there? In the midst of such filth and dirt and yet maintaining its composition clean and free from what its surroundings have....what is this building? Oh well it is the embassy where the ambassdor of a country stays....a different country...not the one in which this building is but a better country which takes care of the ambassador while they stay to represent the country from which he/she comes. Thats how it is if we are ambassadors for the Kingdom of God. Our representation and citizenship is of heaven which Jesus our Lord and Saviour preached and which He represented so wonderfully. Its upto us whether we've got hold of this wonderful thought.

The real thought provoker is Myles Munroe's interview on a TV Broadcast. He has a book about it which better deals with this revelation God gave him "Rediscovering the Kingdom & The Principles and Power of Vision by Dr. Myles Munroe" hoping to get my hands on it and learn more.