Extended life!

Yet another year full of opportunities and blessings of the Almighty ahead. The opportunities we want to grab will depend upon the purpose, the ethics we attach to our living and the hope we cling on to. Mark Twain remarks, "Purpose in life is far more important than property or possessions. Having more to live with, is no substitute for having more to live for. The two greatest days of your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why.". 

The New year or months don't bring fortune to us, though we may want to place importance of the day or a particular month we encountered success. It is the divine God who designed and orchestrated the universe and filled with resources for us is the one who sustains you and me. We live beneath the protective palm of a sovereign King who superintends every circumstance of our lives and delights in doing us good. Nothing comes your way that has not first passed through the filter of God’s love.

C. S. Lewis once stated that, “when a ship is on the high seas, it must answer three questions. The first is how to keep from sinking—personal ethics; the second is how to keep from bumping into other ships—social ethics; and the third is the most important of all, to know why the ship is out on the high seas in the first place—the essence of ethics.”.

Some of you in the year 2018 might have encountered serious challenges that crushed all your hopes and filled your heart with disappointment and now you are apprehensive how this year would look like for you. I encourage you not to give up, not to lose hope and at the same time, also not to take things for granted. Many who expected to see this year have passed away. Through the grace of God the Almighty we are here today. Life is a miracle., therefore have the sense of gratitude. It is said, "When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.".  G.K. Chesterton.

Every human being has the right to choose between life and death, good and evil, or success and failure. The choices people make determine their destiny. “God is in the business of redeeming expectations! He’s in the business of reviving hope. In their magnitude and beauty, His expectations for our lives have much more in common with our childhood idealism than with our adult realism; they look much more like what we once dreamed of than like what we now settle for.”.  The Scripture says. “I came that they may have life and have it in abundance.”. Don’t give up but trust God. Wishing a great year ahead!

Happy New Year 2019.

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