ക്രിസ്തുവിനെ ഏറ്റു­പ­റ­യാന്‍ മടി­യി­ല്ലാതെ ഒരു അംബാസിഡര്‍

ദിജിഎംന്യൂസ്‌, യൂറോപ്പ്‌

സിയോള്‍:യേശു­ക്രി­സ്തു­വിനെ പരസ്യമായി ഏറ്റു­പ­റ­യു­ന്ന­തിലും തന്റെ ക്രിസ്തു­വിശ്വാസ­ത്തി­നു­വേണ്‍ടി നില­കൊ­ള്ളു­ന്ന­തില്‍ യാതൊ­ന്നിനും പ്രതി­ബന്ധം സൃഷ്ടി­ക്കാന്‍ കഴി­യി­ല്ലെന്നും കോസ്റ്റ­റി­ക്ക­യുടെ തെക്കന്‍ കൊറി­യന്‍ അംബാ­സി­ഡര്‍ ഫെര്‍ണാണ്‍ടോ ബോര്‍ബണ്‍. തന്റെ ജീവി­ത­ത്തില്‍ ദൈവ­ത്തിന് ഒന്നാം സ്ഥാനവും കുടും­ബ­ത്തിന് രണ്‍ടാം സ്ഥാനവും മൂന്നാം സ്ഥാനം മാത്രമേ തന്റെ ഉദ്യോ­ഗ­ത്തിന് നല്‍കി­യി­ട്ടു­ള്ളെന്നും അദ്ദേഹം വ്യക്ത­മാ­ക്കി. ഒരു പ്രമുഖ ക്രിസ്റ്റ്യന്‍ ഓണ്‍ലൈന്‍ മാഗ­സിനു നല്‍കിയ അഭി­മു­ഖ്യ­ത്തി­-

LEAVE BEHIND YOUR PAST

"Lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus."Heb 12:1-2.

Leave behind your past sins. They have been many and great, more than you can count. But if you have confessed and forsaken them, they have been put away, "as far as the east is from the west.'" Nothing could be more explicit than 1John 1:9. It is useless to brood over the past. God has buried it in the grave of Christ. Go and sin no more!.....

CHRIST OUR LIGHT

"I am the Light of the World: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."-- John 8:12.

It was the Feast of Tabernacles when our Lord uttered the words of our text, and it is supposed they were lighting the two great candelabra, which commemorated the fire-cloud that led the desert march. It was in direct allusion to the fiery pillar that our Lord used this metaphor. What that was to Israel, He is to His Church.
The wilderness was a trackless waste to Israel. The people absolutely depended on the cloud to show their path, and to find a resting-place at night. When it gathered itself up from the Tabernacle on which it brooded, the people must strike their tents and follow. However desirable the site of their camp, they must leave it; however difficult the desert paths, they must traverse them; however uninviting the spot where it stopped, they must halt there, and remain as long as it tarried. To linger was to run the risk of wandering aimlessly in the desert till death supervened. Only where the cloud rested did the manna fall, the water flow, or the Divine protection avail.

God Cares

I came across this verse from 1 Peter 5:7: "Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you." 
The Amplified Bible renders this verse: "Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully."
And the New Living Translation says: "Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about what happens to you."

How wonderful it is to know that God loves us affectionately as He cares for us and watches over us so diligently. Many times our view of God is that He watches us only to judge us, to be critical of what we have done or haven't done. While it is true that He is a Holy God who is grieved by sinfulness, He is also our loving Father who wants us to realize that His love for us as His children is compassionate and unending and deeper than any love we have ever received from even those who love us best here on earth. Do you know how much God loves you? Look at Jesus Who is God Himself and yet because of His love for us, He chose to be born on earth and became man and died for us, in our place, to take our punishment...learn from Him how much He loves you.
May you be blessed in your search for the One who made you and loves you and delights in you! 

LOVE

Love …. What is it really?? A feeling or a strong emotion or an act or good deed? Who do you love? Your children, your spouse, your family, your friends, your pets? What do you love? Your job your home, your hobbies, your possessions, your talents..??

We often use the word “love” lightly lightly - as in "I love pizza or "I love to shop!" True love is more than just a feeling - it is an action - of sacrifice and commitment and devotion. When we truly put God first and strive to love Him with "all our heart and all our soul and all our strength and all our mind" (Luke 10:27)... then all our "loves" are put into proper perspective and we can truly love others the way we were meant to.

What kind of love is in your home and life?  

DETERMINATON

In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done before.

Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. He just had to share the dream with someone else. After much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington, an up and coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built. 

Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant

By Soumya Elizabeth Thomas

                                         "Naked I came from my mother’s womb,

And naked I will depart.

The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;

May the name of the Lord be praised.”  – Job 2:21

The amazing words from one of the most blameless and upright men of the Bible. He is admitting here the fact that, nothing in this life belongs to us, even the seemingly ‘our own’ things and that He who has given us these gifts in our lives has the absolute authority over them-be it to take them back or to ask us to give account for them. If that’s true, we have a huge responsibility of using those God-given things, in a manner pleasing to Him, in a manner which adds to His glory! Large or small, doesn’t matter here, what matters is how faithful you are, at utilizing how much ever He has given you. Which are those  gifts which our Master has allowed us to possess and keep for some time? Well, that’s a  long list! But let me pick up a few which I think, are really valuable:

Worrying or Worshiping?

by Selin Philip Oommen

               I was an active worrier for long time. My worries began when my dear mother began her battle with cancer seven years ago. It was not merely her battle but the whole family’s battle with that dreadful disease. Through the many years of that battle, I used to fear and worry about losing her any time. The unrelenting trials that I had to encounter during those years affected my functioning and I began to slowly slide into pathological worry. I failed to bring my worry to God’s presence. Even after bidding farewell to my loving mother from this earth to her eternal abode, I couldn’t stop worrying, but began to worry about the other “important” things that concerned me.