Vaccine for Bullies!

We have a greater danger than Corona Virus in this world? Can you guess who? It's us Human beings. Even a pandemic is unable to stop the violence and hatred we see around us. We have calloused our conscience to feel compassion when a man's breadth is leaving his body, pleading "I can't breathe", we have lost our rationale and still continue to pillage and burn religious sites, we dare to take lives of people in the name of caste/racism by lynching them. A Corona virus can be overcome by vaccine, what about us?

Our morality has eroded to an extent that no pandemic, no earthquake, no locust attack and no gas leaks can alter the depravity of our souls. The Bible says," Don’t be naive. There are difficult times ahead. As the end approaches, people are going to be self-absorbed, money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane, contemptuous of parents, crude, coarse, dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers, impulsively wild, savage, cynical, treacherous, ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted to lust, and allergic to God. They’ll make a show of religion, but behind the scenes they’re animals. Stay clear of these people." The real question is do we want to be identified as one of those mentioned here? Is this the purpose God created us to be in this world? 

Let us agree, we have lost our sense of purpose as humanity and totally diverged from the real intention of our Heavenly Creator. He intends us for this ".....friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse...." You can do this only if you ardently seek your Maker and intentionally be filled by His power. He is the vaccine for our depravity. He leaves the choice to us. He is a gentleman! Remember your life doesn't end here. " .....If all we get out of God is a little inspiration for a few short years, we’re a pretty sorry lot." We are created for eternity. He wants to make a charismatic person out of each of us but we degrade ourselves to be bullies mocking the very purpose of our creator. If we want to spend our eternity with God its time we prove ourselves worthy here on earth. Heaven has no place for bullies!

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Chasing After The Wind!

It's too disheartening to know that an young Indian actor Sushant Singh Rajput we see on screens gallivanting happily could suddenly take away his life and be seen no more. An actor who dies of sickness itself is heart breaking but one who is young and healthy takes away his life leaves a lot of unanswered questions in us. What could possibly be going wrong in a person's life that pushes him to tragically take his life? Is it that he is not good looking? Or in poverty? Or has no one to love him? Or has no family? It's too complicated for ordinary people like us to place our fingers on.

We end up blaming the world or society in which they were in. But is it truly the world or society to be blamed? What is it in us that makes us go so empty that we come to a conclusion that life is not worth living? Yes life can be tough, life can be so cruel but life has a purpose. We all want to make our life meaningful aligning ourselves to what the world demands, there starts our tug-of-war. We fail to understand we have to align our life to a higher being who is responsible for our existence in the first place. Because of our disalignment, our inner self struggles to comply with all that the world demands. The world raises it's narcissistic hood like a snake and strikes before we realise it. At this point our responsibility to God to fulfill His purpose seems like an alien proposition.

Wake up, my friends! We are an inch away from being sucked into the empty chasm that people go through before ending there life. Submit yourself humbly before your maker as the world today can give you multiple reasons to not live another day. It is only with your Heavenly Creator's help can you silence the inner voices, which force you to give up. We have a Saviour who says "Come unto me those who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest." Your saviour is no person or thing. Your Saviour is your Heavenly Father who created you for a purpose and has bestowed you with gifts that fulfill the very same purpose. Surrender yourself to Him and ask Him. He is willing to reveal it to you wholeheartedly.

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(Guest writer- Sarah)

Joy Stealers!

We all have our own share of challenges which we go through, the intensity may vary from person to person but no one can imagine a problem free life. Let me list out three reasons that has a potential to spoil our happiness.

Tomorrows Fear:  If you notice most of our energy is expended in thinking how our tomorrows will look like. The negatives flood in as fear surfaces which disturbs our socio emotional health. Do we realize tomorrow is not guaranteed? Life is limited and uncertain. You can calm the emotions of your heart by trusting God the one who has made us. The wealth and all the resources we possess cannot assure peace and eliminate fear. God makes provision for all. The Bible says, “do not be anxious about tomorrow.”. Well you may say it is easy to be quoted of such beautiful hope but practically it is impossible. Let me tell you there is no hope beside God and this Corona has taught us that strongly.

Present Burden: Generally, the mothers & housewives at homes will tell the challenges they face when it comes to managing things for the day. Sometimes it can be overwhelming. How often, for many the day starts with a burden over so many things to get accomplished. By the end of the day it can actually be draining. And the present burden sometimes changed to be a never-ending problem. Jesus made this strong claim, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”. Does it call to covert? Absolutely no! The problem is we put our religious belief in boxes and we assume we need to fall in some category of creed. God should mean relationship not proselytizing. Do we hear that? It is all about relationship that makes the difference.

Past Regrets: This is another area where many struggle because of the mistakes they have committed, guilt accumulated and live in depression and privation. For that matter, no one is perfect and we all end up committing mistakes. Our past guilt and sin problem cannot be addressed by external factors or visiting a shrine, though temporarily we may find some peace. It is a heart issue and a spiritual problem which may have to be dealt at an entirely different level. The Bible warns us that the wages of sin is death. We need to be freed from our guilt to live happily and peacefully. Would you consider looking unto a God who can forgive your sins and set you free from all your guilt?

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Is life exhausting you?

If you observe, most of the things that we do in our life is so repetitive and mundane. It becomes part of our existence. In fact, some regular activities lead people towards ‘Obsessive Compulsive Disorder’ (OCD). Now for some of you may wonder what is OCD? It is defined this way, “Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder in which time people have recurring, unwanted thoughts for that matter even activities, ideas or sensations (obsessions) that make them feel driven to do something repetitively (compulsions). ... Many people have focused thoughts or repeated behaviors.”

Does what life gives us bring happiness or peace in our life? I asked my 14 years old daughter how would she distinguish happiness from peace? This is how she explained to me, Example: “If I have to play PUBG or ‘clash of clans’, in the beginning the interest level seems to be so high and I feel so happy at that moment, but then it forces me to play more and more to experience more happiness just to find that it is culminating to mental fatigue and excitements is also fading away. But peace is when there is calmness in my heart and without any material things,  I still have the joy in my heart.”.

It made lot of sense to me. Frankly speaking one who finds peace and joy even in his/her loneliness is the person who understands the true meaning of life. The external situations can always be daunting, challenging and threatening but if you have God in your life you have perfect peace. The Bible says, “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you.”.

We just wish sometimes things are different, but soon the different activities can also become so boring and tire us. C. S. Lewis explains this: "Heaven understands hell and hell does not understand heaven.... to project ourselves into a wicked character, we have only to stop doing something and something we are already tired of doing; to project ourselves into a good one we have to do what we cannot and become what we are not.”.

"Jesus came to remind us that we are bound to the temporal subsist without life's blueprint. Though we continue to exist, we miss life for what it was meant to be. He wants us to see what it means to live through the lens of the eternal. That takes place when He makes our lives His home. There, He has promised to bless us." Ravi Zacharias.

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