HOLDING ON AND LETTING GO

"All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on." - Havelock Ellis

Maximus was a brave king. Once, he had a fierce battle against another king, with a larger army. With just a few soldiers, he was defeated: he had to run for his life. He took shelter in a cave very depressed. His courage had left him. So, while he was blankly gazing at the roof of the cave. An interesting scene captured his attention. A spider was trying to weave a web across the cave roof. He watched as the spider would crawl up, a strand of web would break and the spider falls. But the spider refused to give up. The spider kept trying to climb again and again but falling repeatedly. Until finally, the spider successfully climbed up and completed the web. Maximus thought to himself, "If a small spider can face failure so bravely, why should I give up? I will try with all my might till I win". This thought gave strength to the defeated king. Maximus, got out of the jungle and assembled the remaining of his defeated soldiers. They fought against the large army, but was defeated still. But now, he would not give up his fight.

UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN

"He was created of a mother whom He created. He was carried by hands that He formed. He cried in the manger in wordless infancy. He, the Word, without whom all human eloquence is mute.” - Augustine

It's another December, twenty fifth. Another Christmas day. But like Benjamin Franklin said, “How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, His precepts!” It's true that millions around the world celebrate today, many for the wrong reasons. How many really know and acknowledge the fact that He came to a world filled with pain, with a permanent cure. Or that He came to a world dark from the bondage of sin with His indescribable light to dispel forever the powers of darkness. He came to a world, and a people he made with a message of liberation.

SIFT THE GRAIN FROM THE CHAFF

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful." - Norman Vincent Peale

Christmas is an annual celebration commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, it is observed most commonly on December 25th yearly, as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people today. While the birth year of Jesus is estimated amongst many scholars to be between the 7th and 2nd BC, the exact date of his birth is unknown, and this controversy is the focus for many antagonists, but for the Church, that's not important.
Very many people today have succeeded in misinterpreting and misrepresenting the whole idea of Christmas, which is to celebrate the gift of redemption for mankind. Many have replaced it with unwholesome and destructive ideas. We should realize that, the presence of an inferior is a proof that there is a superior. The chaff is the inferior, the grain is the superior. The grain is the gift of salvation through Christ. Whether we chose to debate the date of Christ's birth or celebrate the work of salvation, the fact cannot be broken, Christ was born to redeem us, and He's alive today. For Christians this is the reason we're bold to declare our deliverance from the devil's bondage and pledge our allegiance to our Lord.

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A DOG OR A RABBIT?

"The best thing to do when you find yourself in a hurting or vulnerable place is to surround yourself with the strongest, finest, most positive people you know." - Kristin Armstrong

A farmer once set a competition between his dog and his rabbit. He made a hole in one of his biggest fields, and hid a carrot and a bone in it. He wanted to see which animal would find them first. The rabbit was very cheerful and optimistic, and he threw himself into looking for the carrot, digging everywhere, totally convinced that he would find it. The dog on the other hand, wasn't as excited. After sniffing around for a bit, he lay down and began to complain how difficult it was to find one bone in such a big field. The rabbit dug for hours, and with every new hole the dog complained even more about how difficult this was, even for the rabbit. Meanwhile, For the rabbit, he thought that each hole dug was one less hole to dig. When there was no place in the whole field left to dig, the rabbit dug a tunnel to right under where the dog had been lying all that time. There he found the carrot and the bone.

WHERE'S YOUR UMBRELLA?

"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe." - Saint Augustine

 

 

As a drought continued for what seemed an eternity, a small community of farmers were in confusion as to what to do. Rain was important to keep their crops healthy and sustain the way of life of the townspeople. As the problem got worse, a local pastor called a prayer meeting to ask for rain. Many people arrived. The pastor greeted most of them as they filed in. As he walked to the front of the church to officially begin the meeting he noticed most people were chatting across the aisles and socializing with friends. When he reached the front his thoughts were on quieting the attendees and starting the meeting.
His eyes scanned the crowd as he asked for quiet. Just then he noticed a little girl, of about eleven. She was sitting quietly in the front row. Her face beaming with excitement. Next to her, poised and ready for use, was a bright red umbrella. The little girl's innocence made the pastor smile as he realized how much faith she'd come with. No one else in the congregation had brought an umbrella. All had come to pray for rain, but the little girl had come expecting God to answer.

As we plunge deeper into the inner recesses of the year. As we clear out the garbage from the spent and used materials from January, and as most people rejoice, while other sigh and yet others are indifferent. I like to bring to remembrance, the need to see what

THE DECISION IS ULTIMATELY YOURS

"It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped." - Tony Robbins

It gets to a point in everyone's life, where we have to make that decision. To fulfill destiny or go with the popular opinion. Years ago I had a dream. I was driving with a pregnant woman and a little girl in the car. We arrived at a very narrow portion of the road, one car could pass at a time. Just then a reckless driver came in the opposite direction. I tried as much as I could to avoid him and remain on the road, because both sides were steep and the pit deep. Unfortunately, the car ran us off the path, into the steep pit. As I tried to sort out ways to to tow the car back onto the path I woke.

When I woke, I heard God say to me, "Fulfilling your destiny is tied to other people fulfilling theirs. Other people's destinies are tied to you fulfilling yours too, which is why you must fulfill yours." He went further to explain that, the pregnant woman would not deliver her child, and that the little girl would never grow up until I successfully pass that part of the road." That part of the road was fulfilling my destiny.

A NEW CYCLE

"Giving up on hope before the last minute is the worst decision you can ever take, because every passing second is a chance for a turn around." - Unknown

First of all I want to welcome everyone into another month. The final month in the year 2014. It is a privilege for everyone still alive today, to be alive. It's the Lord's doing and it is marvelous in our eyes.

Many months have passed, eleven months actually and we have experienced a lot of happenings within this eleven months. As a nation, a state, a community a family and even as an individual things have been to us in different levels. Things capable of shaking and rattling our foundations. Good things, not too good things and even bad things. Most of us have lost hope in God, our faith and His Word, because we feel abandoned, forgotten and deserted. Many of us have vowed never to trust God again. Some like the woman with the issue of blood, have spent all we have on illnesses and issues that seem to have refused to go away.