Gratitude or Grumbling
Imagine being given a bowl of sand containing tiny particles of iron , and you are told to remove the iron from the sand.You have two choices .You can pull your fingers through the sand, searching the pecks of iron but finding very few.Or you can pull a magnet through the sand and watch it attract countless bits of iron.
Like the fingers in the sand,the grumbling hearts finds very fews mercies.But,as the grateful heart,moves through life ,it finds countless blessing , just as the magnet finds iron.
Of all the choices we make in life, few affects us more powerfully than our choice between gratitude and grumbling.An honest look in our lives will reveal which choice we have made.if it's grumbling,we probably see few blessings.It it's gratitude ,we not only find innumerable blessings they seem to find us !
Which choice have you made?Grumbling or Gratitude?Grumbling overlooks blessings , but gratitude finds blessings everywhere even in dry sandy places!
Friday, June 10, 2011
TROUBLE AT THE TOP
Trouble at the Top
Leadership has ots privileges, but more important it comes with huge responsibilities.I've noticed that they don't always demonstrate godly traits.Sometimes there can be trouble at the top.
When the leader engages in ungodly activity,everyone suffers.Deaths are all over, people commit something that they don't want to do.That's why it is so important for every leadership position to strive daily to keep his heart attuned.It could not accept the sacrifices and imagine the difficulties this brought to people.
Are you a leader?At home?At work?At nation?At group?At church?just stay close to God.
Leadership has ots privileges, but more important it comes with huge responsibilities.I've noticed that they don't always demonstrate godly traits.Sometimes there can be trouble at the top.
When the leader engages in ungodly activity,everyone suffers.Deaths are all over, people commit something that they don't want to do.That's why it is so important for every leadership position to strive daily to keep his heart attuned.It could not accept the sacrifices and imagine the difficulties this brought to people.
Are you a leader?At home?At work?At nation?At group?At church?just stay close to God.
ANSWER TO LONELINESS
Answer to Loneliness
Most of us have experienced loneliness in some form or another .I remember the deep sense of aloness that swept over me during my first day in school when I was exposed to almost constant cursing and foul language.
People with physical disabilities have said their greatest pain is loneliness .It is also felt by parents who have been neglected by their own children, by husbands or wives who have lost their mate, and by people from a minority group who have been excluded from social activities .
If we choose to be followers ,we should be reaching out to the lonely all around us . But we can't be with them all the time,nor can we fully know their pain.Our presence may help,but never enough.
Though all around me is darkness,but earthly joys have continously flown.
Most of us have experienced loneliness in some form or another .I remember the deep sense of aloness that swept over me during my first day in school when I was exposed to almost constant cursing and foul language.
People with physical disabilities have said their greatest pain is loneliness .It is also felt by parents who have been neglected by their own children, by husbands or wives who have lost their mate, and by people from a minority group who have been excluded from social activities .
If we choose to be followers ,we should be reaching out to the lonely all around us . But we can't be with them all the time,nor can we fully know their pain.Our presence may help,but never enough.
Though all around me is darkness,but earthly joys have continously flown.
TO HAVE ONE, BE ONE
To Have One,Be One
All of us need atleast one or two close friends.Some of them defined as someone knows all about you and likes you just the same.A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.A friends is the first person to come in when the whole worlds goes out.
To have someone who remains true to us under all circumstances is one of life's choices blessings.The support and encouragement that only an intimate friend can offer is sorely needed when the burdens of life weigh heavily upon us.
Friendliness must begin with us.We must take the initiative in developing relationships with others.Let us be to others what we desire to ourselves.When it comes to friends,to have one you must be one.
THE RIGHT PLACE
The Right Place
People stay away from church for many reasons. Maybe the weather is bad, or it's busy day, or they don't like guest speakers.
It's especially sad when people stay away from churh because they are troubled or hurting. When their hearts ache,they need to be in fellowship with God's people.If they've received devastating news about their health, finances, or a family member, what better place is there to be?
As we always pray when we are in trouble or somekind of hurting we are hopeless and as we hear the voice and words of Gods suddenly we feel the tenderness that he loves us.With the grace of his heart nothing is imposible if we surrender our lives to our Lord.
Our weeks is not complete till we make it our goal..To honor the Lord's day and nourished our souls.The help that we need for the trials we face will come as we worship and draw on GOd's grace.
People stay away from church for many reasons. Maybe the weather is bad, or it's busy day, or they don't like guest speakers.
It's especially sad when people stay away from churh because they are troubled or hurting. When their hearts ache,they need to be in fellowship with God's people.If they've received devastating news about their health, finances, or a family member, what better place is there to be?
As we always pray when we are in trouble or somekind of hurting we are hopeless and as we hear the voice and words of Gods suddenly we feel the tenderness that he loves us.With the grace of his heart nothing is imposible if we surrender our lives to our Lord.
Our weeks is not complete till we make it our goal..To honor the Lord's day and nourished our souls.The help that we need for the trials we face will come as we worship and draw on GOd's grace.
PAYING THE PRICE
Paying the Price
Imagine being able to do anything you wanted to do without having to be concerned about costs or cesequences .You could have success without risk or sacrifice. A happy marriage without having to work at it.Education without exam.
We all realize,though , that's not the way life works.To know the joy of success,we must pay the price of our commitment and learn from our failures.
Our commitment to others especially to Christ will be tested as well.We may falter and need to be restored. Sometimes we will have to pay the price,suffering rejection or loss.But the only way to know the joy of others approval is to give our lives unreservely to them.When we do,They will work through us as they do to others.
Imagine being able to do anything you wanted to do without having to be concerned about costs or cesequences .You could have success without risk or sacrifice. A happy marriage without having to work at it.Education without exam.
We all realize,though , that's not the way life works.To know the joy of success,we must pay the price of our commitment and learn from our failures.
Our commitment to others especially to Christ will be tested as well.We may falter and need to be restored. Sometimes we will have to pay the price,suffering rejection or loss.But the only way to know the joy of others approval is to give our lives unreservely to them.When we do,They will work through us as they do to others.
DANCING BIRD
Dancing Birds
Straight ahead of me , against a clear blue sky on a warm fall day, a small gray cloud was hanging above a busy intersection.
I wondered ,what was that lonely cloud doing there on such a perfect afternoon?
As if hearing my thoughts, the cloud suddenly shimmered like silver and disappeared.Then ,just as suddenly , it reappeared,darker this time and in new shape a smile.
Then I realize the cloud was a flock of birds.They stretched across the road like a wavy banner announcing the song that i was hearing on my radio.
I imagine that song ....A song with a message ! so powerful that could stop the endless hardship!It is so soft touching heart...to give and surrender my soul ,like i could die with praise to God!
The loving words of each lyrics stands for trying to escaped from the world of missery and turns to live with God!
So amazing to listen to those word..
Straight ahead of me , against a clear blue sky on a warm fall day, a small gray cloud was hanging above a busy intersection.
I wondered ,what was that lonely cloud doing there on such a perfect afternoon?
As if hearing my thoughts, the cloud suddenly shimmered like silver and disappeared.Then ,just as suddenly , it reappeared,darker this time and in new shape a smile.
Then I realize the cloud was a flock of birds.They stretched across the road like a wavy banner announcing the song that i was hearing on my radio.
I imagine that song ....A song with a message ! so powerful that could stop the endless hardship!It is so soft touching heart...to give and surrender my soul ,like i could die with praise to God!
The loving words of each lyrics stands for trying to escaped from the world of missery and turns to live with God!
So amazing to listen to those word..
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