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Archive for August, 2007
Monday, August 27th, 2007
Tag:God, heaven, kingdom, loveGod cries out that the kingdom of heaven is for sale. The glorious bliss of this kingdom surpasses the power of mortal eye to see, mortal ear to hear, mortal heart to conceive.
If anyone asks the price that must be paid, the answer is: The One who wishes to bestow a kingdom […]
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
Tag:bamboo, dejected, dejection, God, problemsI received this email of a beautiful lesson on trials and tribulations. Author is unknown.
One day I decided to quit…
I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality… I wanted to quit my life. I went to the woods to have one last talk with God.
“God”, I asked, “Can you give me […]
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Tag:balance sheet, God, life, valueOur Birth is our Opening Balance!
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets
Heart is our Current Asset
Soul is our Fixed Asset
Brain is our Fixed Deposit
Thinking is our Current Account
Achievements are our Capital
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade
Friends are our General Reserves
Values & Behavior are […]
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Monday, August 20th, 2007
Tag:burden, cross, jesus, problemHave we thought about why Jesus invites us to carry our own crosses? I hope this story helps.
There was once this guy who was gladly carrying his own cross just as everyone else. The cross that everyone got was the same size in terms of the length of the vertical and horizontal […]
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Sunday, August 19th, 2007
Tag:aaron, cardinal, catholic, jean, jew, judaism, lustiger, marieCardinal Jean Marie Lustiger died on Sunday, August 5, 2007. He was the the only modern prelate who was born a Jew. He converted to Catholicism at age 14 after being enamored by the faith practice of his Catholic associates. He was attracted to the Catholic faith because […]
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Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Tag:africa, communist, islam, nazi, rwandaThis is an email I received a few days ago. The author is unknown.
A man whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War Two owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward […]
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Tag:faith, God, judge, lessons, lifeThere was an Indian Chief who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.
The first son went in the winter, […]
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
Tag:check, God, kindness, love, mercy, patience, sickness, upI went to the Lord’s Clinic to have my routine check-up and I confirmed I was ill.
When God took my blood pressure, He saw I was low in tenderness.
When he read my temperature, the thermometer registered 40º of anxiety.
He ran an electrocardiogram and found that I needed several […]
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Sunday, August 5th, 2007
Tag:barn, basil, crops, parable, rich man, the greatThe land of a rich man produced abundant harvests, and he thought to himself’ “What am I to do? I will pull down my bams, and build larger ones.”
Now why did that land bear so well, when it belonged to a man who would make no good use […]
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Saturday, August 4th, 2007
Tag:No TagsThe City of Santa Fé, in New Mexico, USA is the location of an alleged miracle.
A mystery of over 130 years and attracting around 250,000 visitors every year. Point of attention : Loretto Chapel.
What makes this chapel different from all others is that the subject of the supposed miracle that took place in it […]
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