Have you ever stopped yourself and stood amazed watching the nature around?
I know and I can truly understand the busy life- your preoccupied job, your troubled mind and your high aim. Being in a competitive world, you might fear of lacking behind if you don’t hold on to the fast pace of world. But let me say, stop here for a while and try to question yourself, “Am I beautiful?”.
What change would you like to make if you’ll get an opportunity to make it over with yourself?
And now imagine a beautiful painting or a wonderful building. Will you not praise the artist of the painting or the architect of the house? It is something we believe that without those highly skilled personnel, it wouldn’t have been possible to bring forth the beauty. There must be a creator when we see a creation! So as when we see the stars and the moon. Here the difference is our mind cannot comprehend and imagine the maker of those thus we assume that it already exists and nobody tries to find out of who made it? In bible it has clearly stated, “ In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth” ( Genesis 1:1) and it says “ For by him were all things created, that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.” (Col 1:16). It clearly indicates that, nothing is by accident or by mistake. The creator knows what exactly he has made. And thus seeing the varieties and differences, we can feel the care and skills involved in making of it. How diligently and how beautifully he has depicted His art in and around us. What if we being human being can only find difference from being an animal? We have two eyes, two hands, two legs, a body and a head and so on. This is what every human being has. Now, one can say the ethnic factor, the complexion and statures are some of the distinguishing qualities to acknowledge the difference. Okay. Let’s take an example of two twins, coming closet to the possibility of similarities. But still we can see difference. Why?
The uniqueness in us is made for a purpose. When we accept this fact, we ll find no error in what we are and who we are, instead we could love and appreciate the Maker.
So now on our role is to get the revelation of the purpose which is hidden and which is a mystery. Once you get to the point, why God created you like this and what is the reason for your existence, then, I am sure, life would be different. You ll love yourself and you ll love your work as well when you get to know the true identity of yourself.
Bible the holy book, it says, “… No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.” (1Corth 2:9).
Don’t get scared thinking of its uncertainty because he has also assured us saying, “ For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the lord, “ plan to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jerm 29:11).
Now the question comes how can we solve this mystery?
Simple to answer this as you meditate the word of God. It says, “ but God has revealed it to us by his spirit.” (1Corin 2:10). Praise to God for that. Thanks to Him who made you and me beautiful in his sight. Lastly I would say, “Life is beautiful to love and serve Him.”
Beautiful you and beautiful me:-
A Tibetan gal's true love
My father, what a wonderful Abba you are!
I love you more than anything else in the world. I, with my external eyes I might not have seen you but true to my heart, deep within myself I have felt you. How glorious are you! Its not my mind and heart, who can comprehend, how gentle your presence is. I want to love you even more to the maximum I can saturate myself with. I wish, I can glide with you as the mother eagle enjoys with her kids, soaring on the wind. I wish, I could spend my whole life sitting at your feet, offering you everything which delights you, gazing and fixing my eyes on you and being patient and keen to hear from you. I would do whatever pleases you and hate watever hurts you. I confess, for I am nothing and I am so weak. Things are beyond my undestanding and out of the grip of my wisdom. But still I am happy for I have hope. My hope is in you. You have loved me and lavished upon me your Grace, made me free from the bondages and every yoke. You have accepted for what I am. You never put conditions. How amazing is your love! Your love I could experience, when I look at the cross. For me, who is mortal and unworthy, yet you have given me your only child to suffer for me. How much pain you must have borne seeing your son being totured and humiliated. Finally peircing the flesh and bone, shedded the blood. The blood which is Holy and innocent. How hard, it would have been when you hid yourself from your son. The eyes must have filled with tears of blood and heart must have stiffened and stopped beating. Oh father, how difficult it must have been to restore us. You looked at your son, Jesus and you looked at us, and then with the heart of sacrifice, you took the step to draw us closer even when we chose to go astray and deserve to suffer. My life is yours. It has begun in you and it will end in you. I offer myself to you wholly. Now the only desire I could hold and the only wish I could make is " I want Jesus, nothing else and nothing less." Amen!
The truth of my life
PRAISE TO GOD, OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST!
Testimonies, how to begin narrating and where to end?
Words cannot express. Each moment of my life is a living testimony, testifying the presence of our true and living god. I was an unblessed soul till the time I received JESUS as my personal savior. I was lost in my own small world, my routines, my ambitions, my logics and striving hard to please all. I looked and hoped for something and I achieved that but I never had inner peace. We are never satisfied, always setting new targets as we meet the former ones. We tend to go into depression in this fast paced life and sometimes even to the extent of taking our own life.
Let me introduce myself to you. I am Tenzin, and I am from a Buddhist background. Once upon a time I was worshipping idols but now no more. Since my childhood, I have been trained to follow some rituals. In Buddhism, we have different gods and goddesses for different aspects of life. For instance, I have experienced the following: for success one goddess, for wisdom-another, for problem free living and healing-another; the list is endless. I was never satisfied. I was always wondering whether I was following the truth. Is it just for our benefit one should pray and ask for forgiveness? Then as I grew older, I became more familiar with the key words of developing COMPASSION and being TRUTHFUL. I tried keeping OTHERS BEFORE MYSELF, which is the essence of Buddhism. But in the passage of time, I came across a lot of highly respectable people, who had high positions and degrees in Buddhism; who have attained their masters in literature and philosophy of Buddhist preaching yet they never had peace. They themselves were lost, consumed by temptations for the earthly things, with negative emotion, selfishness and short tempers. I again started questioning why I was having these doubts and uncertainty. Is it a blind faith or an inheritance? Is my worship merely with no sincerity and truth in it? After class 12, as I was exposed to various religions, I found that everybody loved their own religion with one or the other reasoning and nobody can actually tolerate somebody questioning their religion. People perceive it as criticism. They never try to venture out and investigate more. Hmm.. I was never convinced with the answers I received, “Why do you follow this god?” But finally I met with a godly woman Named “Jancy Johnson” who proclaimed the gospel not by words but by her deeds. I finally became interested in learning the Word of God, true Christianity. And as I went deeper into HIS words, I felt an inner joy and peace that cannot be explained. I felt as though this was what I was hunting for since my childhood, the eternal peace and true happiness offered freely by God’s grace. Each word of God gives revelation and a purpose for living. Although I have not finished reading the gospel yet, every verse depicts the truth and simply meditating gives a lot of reasoning and pleasure. We need not complete reading the Bible all at once, but the only thing that matters, is how you meditate on the Word as you read. It’s the beauty of the Holy book. It has given me a hope and sense of security that God is always there to take care of everything. Even in our afflictions, at times, when I become nervous, scared, lost and tempted, the word of the Lord has always saved and reassured me, soothing me with a kind gesture. It’s an amazing feeling! My life has totally changed. I feel, now I have everything and I am complete. I have become bolder and in the presence of God I have the faith that nothing is impossible for me to do. I am assigned with a specific role and purpose each new day. I can hear the call. In this day today life, I could hardly find people following ethics and true norms. Everywhere I see corruption and misleading, but by the grace of God, I can stand up with the promise of being truthful all the times, no matter what the circumstances are. All glory to God!
It is his mercy and faithfulness that I can stand firm and secure. I praise God and seek greater revelation from HIM. Thank God, thank you JESUS.
I wish and pray that all non believers, people from different religions could feel the same joy and fullness which I have experienced. May the Lord God, bless me with his continuous grace to be his instrument glorifying and honoring HIS name till my last breath. God bless you!!