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Marriage!
Creation of Man is the crown of the creation story. After God created the environment suitable for Man, God created Adam in His own image. Then God saw that Adam was lonely and created Eve as a suitable helper to him, also in His own image. In that first marriage, we see God the Father bringing Eve to Adam, and Adam realizing the significance of this great gift, breaks into song! Adam said Eve was now bone of his bones and flesh of his flesh! Jesus said, "For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh" (Matthew 19:5). God expected the husband and wife to be one-flesh but what does it mean to be on...
The Fragrance of the Knowledge of Him!
I love perfumes. I have tried many perfumes over the years but never really stuck to one perfume. But in the year 2000, when I visited my elder son who was then studying in the US, he bought me perfume I loved and have used since! Fragrance is something we all like. As we walk in, we want a 'whiff' of the perfume we are wearing to precede us and surround us! Perfumes cover up our 'real' smell and we take great pains to achieve that! Paul talks about a fragrance in his second letter to the Corinthians. "But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him" (2 Cor 2:14). ...
Election
Whenever we traveled abroad, we brought our two sons separate bars of chocolates. But there is another method of giving them goodies. We could have got a bag of chocolates, handed it to one, and asked him to share it equally with the other. This method of sharing does not mean one is chosen while the other is rejected! As I understand God's choice, He did not reject the rest of the world when He chose Abraham in particular and the Jewish nation in general. His choice of one does not mean His rejection of others. When God chose the Jews, God expected the Jews to proclaim God's love to the whole world. That is something we have to understand. God told Abraham, <...
Brakes!
Once in a physics class, the teacher asked the students why the brake system was installed in a vehicle. The students came up with many different answers. One said it was to stop the vehicle; another said it was to make it go slow, and another said it was to avoid collisions and accidents! But the best answer was to enable you to drive faster! Just think about it for a moment. When I read this, an incident came to my mind. When I was working in HTL Limited, one evening when I left for home, the brakes failed, though not wholly. By the time I figured out the issue, I was out on the road and did not know whether I should abandon the car on the road and go home or not. &nbs...
‘Tis The Set Of The Sail
Our friends in Rajahmundry in India had put their two children in a boarding school in their town this academic year. Their son was in sixth grade, and the daughter was in eleventh. In about two weeks, their son complained about being bullied. It was because he was the only one who prayed morning and evening and read the Bible daily! Their daughter also was bullied, but she was able to stand firm. So they decided to bring their son home till he could handle it. The poem, 'Tis The Set Of The Sail' by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, brings out this thought beautifully! &...
The Power of Two
Recently, I have been reading about draft horses. Draft horses are huge, muscular animals, and throughout history, they have been used for pulling significant loads. While a single draft horse can pull up to four tons, two draft horses pulling together can pull three times as much. If the two horses have been trained with one another and have worked together before, the two in tandem can haul sixteen tons, which is four times as heavy as either of the horses could pull by themselves! God knew the power of two, so He instituted marriage! That is why God created Eve as a "suitable helper!" That is why Jesus sent the disciples two by two to proclaim the good news! The Bible e...
The ‘Yes’ face!
During his days as President, Thomas Jefferson had been traveling across the country on horseback with his companions when they came to a swollen river. A bridge had been washed away, and a stranger stood there stranded. Each rider was forced to ford the river on horseback, fighting for his life against the rapid currents. When the President was about to cross, the stranger asked him if he would help him across. The President agreed without hesitation. As the stranger landed on dry ground on the other side, one in the group asked him why he selected the President to ask this favor. The man was shocked. He did not know that he was the President, for it was before the dawn of T...
Adam / Madam, where art thou?
In the cool of the day, the LORD God walked with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. But one day, Adam and Eve hid themselves from Him when He came. We all know the story. They hid themselves because they had disobeyed God. Their guilt and sin kept them from the Presence of God. And God Himself came looking for Man, the fallen human race! From the Garden of Eden, the story continues, even today. And God found Enoch, who walked with God. God saw Noah as a just man, perfect in his generation, who walked with God. God is looking for men and women who would walk with Him even in our generation. God is looking for men and women who seek God. &...
The Story of Life!
My father used to tell anecdotes and stories when he preached to make a point. And he titled this story, 'The Fast Ball'. A little boy went to the street corner shop to buy something. An old woman also came there at that moment, and when she took her purse out, it opened, and coins scattered around the little boy's feet. A five rupee coin rolled and came to rest just next to his feet. All the little boy had to do was move his foot one inch, and the coin would be his! It was the battle of his life! Temptations are all around us. Sometimes society accepts certain sins as a way of life! The warning for us is in Gen 4:5-6, the LORD said to Cain, "…. If yo...
All things made new!
Our lives are broken in many ways. Sometimes our hearts are broken, our health is broken, or our finance is broken. Our democracy is broken, our Governments are broken, and our systems are broken too. In every situation, we long for restoration and renewal. Revelation 21 begins with this remarkable statement: "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away ..." We have come full circle in the Bible. Genesis 1:1 says, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."Revelation ends with a New Heaven and a New Earth. Rev 21:5-6 contains a beautiful promise, "… I am making everything new!”...
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