Privilege it is!

Giving due importance to everything yet not idolizing anything

Sharing our testimony yet making HIM a hero

Live out a high calling yet understanding Grace

Sharing the hope in us, yet not being a miserable comforters

Knowing we are completely free by His grace yet choosing to be slaves of Him, who freed us.

When revenge is all fair yet to love

When satisfying ego is good yet to humble

While world screams there is a shortcut yet to wait on God

Despite being a master at a task, yet submitting to the authority

Being honest yet not self-righteous

Being different yet not violating common rules

Being passionate of the gospel yet sharing it with Love

Holding on to our faith even to the end

Only in light of your LOVE, my Father!   Challenges of Christian life transform to be privileges.

 

 

I am Changing My Family's Name!

Family names! Names that some proudly hold on for many generations, others indifferently hold it loosely, and some others that are shamefully carrying it on for the lack of a better choice. Maybe you carry a family name that is not so pleasant, it may be a disability in your family that God himself allowed in His sovereignty, or it could be the choice that comes from the sinful nature of you or one of your family members.

Maybe in your church; your family name could be “the family that has divorced.”

Maybe in the library; your family name could be “the family with the disabled child.”

Maybe in your neighborhood your family is that “family with the drug user.”

Maybe in your relatives circle your family is the “family with the teenage unmarried pregnant girl.”

Whatever family name you carry, may it be famous or not, good or bad. I have a truth to tell you. Your real family’s name derives from the Creator of the Universe; God the Father Himself Who loves you! That family name is defiantly not attached to any of the stereotypes mentioned above. It is attached to the Christ Our Savior, and our choice to let Him adopt us into His family once for all.

The unfailing words of God say,

“For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.”

– Ephesians 3:14-15

I am making a choice to derive that Name for my family, and I commit to kneel before the Father to keep that very Famous Name for generations to come. Any other names that are dictated by the world is only temporal, but this name we derive from Our Father carries on from earth into heaven, name that is eternal.

Never forgot, that the enemy is also trying to give your family totally another name. Kneel day and night before God the Father to derive that name, because not only your family name but your entire families name derives from the Father, not only this earthly family name but your heavenly family name derives from the Father.

Let me challenge you teenagers, who are ashamed of your family name,

My fellow mothers, afraid of the change in your family name that you anticipate, when the terrible choices of your kids are revealed to the world,

First generation Christians, who mourn your ungodly heritage, and

Very famous Christian friends, guilty of ruining your godly family names,

Let me challenge all of you to kneel before the Father, from Whom your real family name derives.

God bless.

And then, I want to Say.........

My sister was upset about my nephew’s grades and very stress out. If you are not an Indian parent; it might be hard for you to comprehend stress children’s grades put in parent’s life. I understand her, not necessarily agrees with her. As she was talking I thought about that day, when I will be disappointed with our little girls actions. It might not be the grade she gets, but could be million other things, actually million other potential situations. I told myself, “Let me rehearse, mainly now “that” situation seems far enough, I possibly train my mind to perfect when the real race begins” What are the words I would like to say? When “that” season of my life starts! Not like situations when she spills milk, but the real mistake; more like a strong sin, sin that will painfully reveal the depravity of my sweet little girl. Then I want to say,

“You are worth more than the Grades you get,

More than the trophies you won,

More than the speed you drive,

Mistakes you make,

Sins you commit,

Failures you have,

Times you fall,

Time you wake up,

Chores you complete.

Yes, you are worth more than anything you possibly could do or not do. You are worthy enough that the Creator of this enormous universe came down and laid His life on the cross. You are worthy enough that the Never Changing GOD engraved your face in His palms, and wait for you to come running to him.

You are a miracle that happened in my life, when I was shattered by the words of this world; you came like a sweet healing in my life. When my faith was tested to the core as I loosed two of your siblings in miscarriage, you came as an incomparable reward. You are NOT a result of some random fusion, my little Girl, never believe that lie. You are handcrafted for filling my life with joy that only you could have filled.

You are truly “A miracle of my God”.

I Love you no matter what.

But there are consequences for every single choice you make, my sweet Baby, would you choose HIM, Who chose you and Whose you are!

Amma.

Big Pitcher or Cleaning Solution!

I had this spot at my work desk; it was there from the time I started. It is been bothering me for a long time, I put big pitcher on top of it and hid it totally. The pitcher didn’t belong there, and it was obvious. It made my desk look less appealing, but I learned to live with it. Every time, I remove the pitcher to clean the desk, I see this spot and it bothered me. But interestingly I never try to rub it clean, I will wipe over it and rub the rest of the desk. In my mind somehow I had a strong thought that it could never be cleaned. One day, as I was cleaning my desk with the same cleaning solution, I thought with the right strength this spot could be cleaned. Amazingly, I sprayed this solution and rubbed with little more strength and the spot started to disappear, with endurance I tried more, that area in my desk became clean like new. I took the pitcher from that area and set it where it belonged, it made my entire desk look much appealing.

No, this is not a commercial for a cleaning solution. I want to apply this strategy to life situations. I have ugliest spot in my life that I thought nothing has the power to change, inherited anger, the pride that is very different than confidence, and sharp words that cause great damages. I put a pitcher of explanation, on top of it and said, “It will never be changed." But every time I am in my knees, in that sensitive time of trying to clean my life with His sinless blood, these surfaced. Holy Spirit convicted me. I cleaned the rest of the areas, and just put the pitcher back. Then came this day, with the same solution His Blood, understanding the power of this Cleaning Solution, I started to rub, rub harder not with my strength but His, to my amazement I see this spot starting to clear up. I know the result will not only clean spot, but beautify the desk itself, my life! I have hope. Fellow Christians, I challenge you to trust in the power of the solution (His Blood), rub with the right strength, any spots can be cleaned, and you don’t need any pitcher to cover it.

God bless.

It is better than perfect.

Few weeks ago as I was surfing through the net I stumbled upon this website with fantastic natural sounds www.musicofnature.com. All of sudden a great idea came into my mind; I am going to play this wonderful music and get into a hot tub for at least half an hour tonight. It seemed to me like the perfect plan, I have no giants against this plan because my little girl goes to sleep at 7.30, my husband doesn’t work Mondays, and I have enough of left over for dinner so this is just a perfect plan. I was just waiting for that time. I even left work a little bit earlier. Went home explained all my plans to hubby. I washed and got my little girl all ready for bed, feed her, and rocked her sleep, and I set her in the crib. Nearly excited, fixed the living room, and ready to jump into the tub, then I hear this little groaning that grew to become a scream. My sweet little girl woke up and ready to be carried. She sleeps well, 100% at least for three hours, now awake. I could swear you; she somehow knew my plans for the night. I didn’t lose my patience went back; with soothing voice rocked her to sleep, she fell asleep, just set her in the crib. Oh, just in two seconds same groaning grew to become screaming. All right, this circle went on for few times, I was almost in tears, my very supportive husband unaware of all these downstairs having his own time (he is very supportive, I don’t know what happen to our household that day). It seemed as though the entire universe is plotting against my plan. I was indignant, why not I have half an hour of my time in the tub? I looked at her sweet face; she definitely wanted to be in my lap. I had a choice to get angry at both of them for denying my tub time or enjoy this perfect moment. I looked and remembered the days I longed for this moment, to have a baby in my lap. I held her so close to my chest and whispered in her ears, “I love you baby,” she was sleeping, but smiled at me (I am not making this up). She surely smiled; God reminded me it was still so perfect, actually more perfect than what I planned. I know for some of you it may not be a hot tub that you desire, it could be just a few second bathroom break, or  time to take the quickest shower, that you are denied. There is something perfect about the season that you are just living in, either thinking back, or looking forward might clear that perfectness of today’s moment. Remember, it is very true; like Solomon says there is a season for everything, not to have a hot tub bath with music of nature, but enjoy the perfect smile of your little girl in your lap.

God bless

Is it Simple? Is it profound? It is unchanging.

In the past few weeks I was spending time with My God by myself, with my family, and listening to sermons. I was pondering over the thoughts about His sacrifice in the cross, for mankind, for each one of us. I was reexamining my walk with God; the growth I had in multiple spiritual understandings. In the past decade by His Grace, I learned many matters related to Christian life. My understandings have been transformed radically from feminist to submissive, to choice to life... the list goes on. Every time these transformations happen, it is like a birth of a new idea in my life. I am a person with strong opinions and hold fast to them, when it changes it is a process. But this one truth have been unchanged that God died for me and rose again triumphing over death. This is the truth that set me free, this is the truth that made me meet Him, this is the truth that made me yearn for Him, and this is the truth that presses me to follow Him. And, I asked God to give me some profound understanding about it. Easter seems to be a very stable celebration for me, the Joy is same, and the reason is same. I needed something different, and asked God for more. After listening to many different sermons and explanations. I came to this conclusion, it is simple, it is profound, and more than that it is unchanging. It is a simple truth for a transformed-skeptic, it is a profound mystery for scholars who spend their lives decoding His words but it is unchanging for all. He died and Rose again for me; to give me eternal life with Him, that never changes. This is a simple and profound truth that met me when I was a skeptic, and it still gives me an all surpassing joy after ten years. The reason for Easter never changes that is the beauty of it, it is as similar as for a naïve Christian, a biblical scholar, and anyone in the Journey.

I am late in publishing this, was meant to be published on Easter. He is alive, so we have a reason to celebrate His resurrection even today. Have a blessed day.

When you feel like Elijah!

 I work for a secular school and have encounters with variety of students. Every time, I bring up a topic about absolute truths, I get very few responses. Most of the students are either against it or indifferent. In their ignorance, somehow being indifferent is equality. One day, as we were discussing about the genome projects involving embryos and ethical issues. Most of my students argued for the project except one. I was not surprised. But, when I asked that one student why she is against it? She said, “I am just against it, but can’t explain the reason”. Then, I was surprised.  For most of the Christians, who are working in secular places, it seems like, we are the only one left. We are lost in the midst of strong anti-Christian views, and subtle or irrational Christian views. Neither one is helpful. It feels like we need to cry out to God and say, “I am the only one left, and they are trying to fire me too….”

 

I feel the need for Christians,

Ø To understand the reasons for believes. If we say using embryo’s for project is wrong, we should be able to defend by sharing the start of life at conception. If not we fail.

Ø To instil in our children the values with its reason.

Ø To always encourage questions and answer them rationally with the authority of God’s word.

Ø To not be afraid to expose our children to other views cautiously.

Ø To finally be assured, that everything in and the earth itself belong to our Lord, and He is Sovereign. You are not the only one left, God reserved many thousands, who are zealous for the Lord then and even now.

God Bless.