Me!!! First

When I was returning from college today, I saw an ambulance blaring its sirens and trying to find a way in the busy city roads. The other vehicles in the traffic were rather very slack in giving way, not wanting to loose their leading places on the road. After a rather clumsy scene the ambulance roared its way ahead...And the scene that followed!? a group of vehicles racing behind the ambulance crowding the road further.

My pal looked at me and said.."See what's come upon us?", "Our work has become more important than someone's life".

What happened on the road shows a miniature model of how the world works today. Pursue your own good everywhere, anywhere, and always even if it is at the cost of somebody. People call it 'Competition'. I call it 'Selfishness'. Our world is seeing progress in leaps and bounds , but it is also seeing terrorism, poverty,hunger, pain,crime in the same rate because of being self-centred. We are afraid to help, hesitant to rescue, and apathetic to the needs of others.

India's has a GDP growth of 9.4 percent which is way high compared to other asian countries and it is expected that it will emerge as the third pole in the global economy after the US and China. But the mortifying fact is that this phenomenal growth rate is not helping 70% of the villages drowning in poverty.

When I see the world around me, I remember my Lord, God of Creation, King of Kings, Majestic God, who for the sake of this sinful world took human form and was exposed to the worst form of torture. Jesus is the perfect embodiment of selflessness. Only Jesus taught us that if you want to be first, you got to have a servant attitude.When we surrender our life to such a God, we too die to ourselves and by His grace live a life that reflects Him, a life that loves others as we love ourselves. There is no other way this world can change...... Until the Glorious return of Jesus Christ...

Mark 10:43-44
...... Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.

Luke 10:27
....'Love your neighbour as yourself.'

Phillipians 2:5
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross!
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Big Brother

Mom has got those ugly shots of migraine again, I have seen her suffer agonizing pain several times before.In fact I've known migraine from when I've known my mother.It pains my heart to see the otherwise chirpy enthusiastic energetic person curled up in bed whining with pain. When she holds her head and she groans 'Maa I can't bear it, it is killing me', her helpless face and expectant eyes paralysed with excruciating pain looks at me for an answer; I feel totally shattered; because I have no clue about what to do.

Not that I don't believe in the healing touch of Jesus but right now that is not what I want to write about.My heart longs to write about my Big Brother who encourages and strengthens me in times like this.My Jesus.

He is God, He can heal, He can create, He can destroy. Because He is God I cannot question Him, His ways are perfect, and He knows the pain more than I do.He loves my mother more than I do. For some purpose (that is for our absolute good) He is permitting the pain, nevertheless He has provided abundance of His grace. But during these times of frustration He does not abandon me and ask me to have more faith but He stands beside me like my Big Brother and holds me with His strong arms and reassures me that everything will be just alright. Sometimes when an episode of pain and confusion is over, I look back and I wonder 'How did I ever get through that?' and then I can see the Hand of my Big Brother that covered me and led me through those trying times.

Thank you Big Brother.. Thank you very much. Though it seems that everything is on me, You are the One who is in control. Thank you Jesus.. What would I have done without you?

Isaiah 66:13
As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you;

Psalms 89:21
My hand will sustain him; surely my arm will strengthen him.

Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

The Great Commision

I am always filled with fear when I consider the expectations of God from my life. God loves me, I know that full well, but; Is He pleased with me? Am I always receiving from God and turning a deaf ear to the longings of God's heart? Am I so caught up in fulfilling my own dreams that I've drifted from the original vision God had in mind when He created me? Have I become insensitive to the voice of God? Do I make Him smile?

My dad beams with pride when people say that I look like him or behave like him, if that's going to be the case for someone who conceived me through flesh, I can only imagine the joy that will swell in the heart of my God when I live a life that reflects His Image, an Image in which I was originally created. My dad is a very ambitious person, a person I look up to as an inspiration. He does a lot of things for me, even before I can ask, but when I do something that he likes, even if it maybe very insignificant, he gets very excited, and he may deny it, but I know for sure that I can see the pride in his eyes.

I want to see joy in my God's eyes when He sees me. I want my life to yield a harvest from which God will derive eternal pleasure. A life that will make its Creator proud. A life that lives for the Heart of God.The Heart of God is the dying people of the world. I don't need a 'calling' to be able to build my Father's Kingdom. It is my duty.If I boast of being a daughter of God and a partaker of His riches then I must be ready to give myself into my Father's business. It is this commitment that I make to my Father that makes me His daughter otherwise I remain as a poor stranger who requires the mercy of God but cannot be a part of God's vision.

I am God's daughter and it is my duty to build His Kingdom..Our Kingdom.

Romans 8:17
Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

John 15:16
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last.

Matthew 28:19-20
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

The Intelligent designer

The world has constantly been questioning the existence of a Creator and presents various theories to prove itself. Those who oppose the presence of a Creator God are unsatisfied with their own theories that they keep looking for new ones.

But those who get into a relationship with God can see His hand in work everywhere. My life is that of an ordinary student's; but there are times when things happen that I cannot handle, at those times I am totally comfortable with God on my side; A peace above all understanding takes over when I realise that God has taken control.

The entire universe, is large and intricately complex. Just because there is a God in control we can be in perfect peace , if the entire world was held together by some random blast, we are prone to become non-existent any time.

Sometimes when there maybe nagging questions about my life and my future, This is what I tell myself , I wasn't here by a random chance, I am here for a purpose carefully designed by God. When the world saw me for the first time; God had already seen my life beginning from the end.When the perfection of the creation around me strikes me with awe, I remember that my insignificant life also is in total in control of this Perfect Creator.. the Perfect Master.. my God.. my Father.


Isaiah 46:10
I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Psalms 139:14
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;your works are wonderful, I know that full well.