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Broken, Crushed and Not Destroyed!

December 10, 2009 in Encouragement, Leaders, Relationships, Spirituality with 18 Comments

My greatest desire would be to bear fruit for my Master in His will. I believe that is the cry of every tree planted by the Master, to bear fruit, much fruit for the Master. Yet even out of the bearing much fruit comes crushing blows that sometimes threaten to shake our very foundation of faith in God’s love for us. If that is you, don’t you move from this page till you are done with this post because I believe this word is for you – a lesson from the olive.

Uniquely, a hot growing season is required to ripen the fruit of the olive tree. Proudly, the trees survive and fruit well even with considerable neglect of the dry climate. Somewhere around the end of October, just when the hot climate turns to pleasant, the olives are ready to be plucked by their Master. The hot season has turned the olive fruits into their full green hue and they have grown into the fullest size. The olives are then washed to eliminate the impurities and every other small strange thing that could hinder the purity of its purpose! Thorough cleaning and hand picking among tons of olives to discard unwanted ones and foreign objects is another painstaking step that makes the olive oil so special.

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Want to Give up? Read This First

December 3, 2009 in Encouragement, Relationships with 10 Comments

I am not a therapist or a health professional. What pushes me to write this is that I am simply someone who has seen many people, who wanted to give it all up, set free by the power of Jesus. Often people end up with this decision because they are not able to cope up with things in life because something inside them feels it’s best to quit than to face that situation itself.

I don’t know what has led you to feel what you feel but I want you to know this that just because it did not work for you, does not mean it’s over. Don’t give up on your life because someone walked away from you or disappointed you. There is so much to life beyond your box of experience. The reason because you feel you cannot breathe in your life is because you are shut in your situation. Continue Reading

Not All Tomorrow is From Yesterday

November 19, 2009 in Relationships with 17 Comments

One of the constant mistakes people do is to fit tomorrow into a box of yesterday’s know-how. Truth  be told, there is a huge contrast between our experiences and expectations. Whether it is in a business or relationships, the truth is that tomorrow keeps changing. We cannot step into tomorrow based on what happened 10 years ago.

forget past 2A struggling businessman who is afraid to take any more chances because of the past financial losses; a girl with her time ticking, still running away, afraid of any relationships because of the past hurts. We hear it again and again. Additionally, many genuine relationships are broken because of doubting and mistrust. Comparing your husband or wife with someone else that hurt you before does not add to the solution at all. Just because a Judas Iscariot betrayed you does not mean that you go around distrusting everyone else. Continue Reading

Not Made To Do It Alone

August 14, 2009 in Relationships, Spirituality with 13 Comments

IWalk with the Holy Spiritt was just recently that I took a walk with my sister. Interestingly, as we walked side-by-side, she began to giggle. I wondered what was so hilarious so I asked her to humour me and she replied, “Acha (brother), do you realize that you walk just like Dad?”. To my pleasant surprise, I had my hands locked behind me and strolled just like I’ve seen my Dad do.

My Dad was brought up in Kerala and did his studies in Orissa, before he came to work in Bangalore 25 years ago. But, all my life I lived in Bangalore. Me, being someone who loves to learn, I picked up everything that I thought looked good. From gestures to body language, I love to pick up new styles. Despite the upbringing in a city, a different culture or the amount of self-development adaptations or practice, I cannot evade the truth that I was made in a particular way and that would show one way or another. It was just in me.

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Let It Go! by Bishop T. D. Jakes (Audio and text)

March 4, 2009 in Encouragement, Relationships with 23 Comments

[French Translation] [Spanish Translation] Hey friends, I got this message by Bishop T. D. Jakes by email. This has since blessed many. I thought I should share it with all. Here it is. Its titled, “Let it go“

 

There are people who can walk away from you. And hear me when I tell you
this! When people can walk away from you, let them walk.

I don’t want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you. I mean hang up the phone.

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Tiny People and Their Tiny Knots!

November 7, 2008 in Relationships, Spirituality with 9 Comments

I vividly remember the picture of Gulliver’s Travel’s story in my English textbook from my school days. The story is about this man called Gulliver who gets lost in a world of tiny people, and finds himself tied down with their ropes. They did not have huge ropes but had enough tiny ropes to bind this big guy! And these tiny people were so small in size that one small breath  from Gulliver’s mouth could blow them away.

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