The Cross and the pen

Things are much much harder now. I feel hunger..pain..but all that is just physical. Nothing is able to heal the pain in my heart. I lost my son! For the first time I felt so many emotions. There was grief, anger with the person who killed him,  frustration,  and anger with myself for my past decisions. For the first time I felt my body tremble as I touched my son’s lifeless body. The blood was flowing. I called out his name..I screamed his name…but…no.. there was no response. His eyes did not look into mine like it did the first time I held him. I ran, scampered, stumbled like a mad man. I could not groan anymore as my insides hurt. I coiled myself hoping that that would stop the thoughts of my son running to my brain..no it didn’t. I wanted to kill myself but I didn’t have the strength to do it. I cannot explain what was happening to his mother in this time. Why did this all happen? Is this why I was created? To see all this and go through all this pain? Surely there must...

WHERE IS A CHRISTIAN WHEN YOU NEED ONE? It’s interesting to note what’s the first thing that pops into our head when we hear of an event or a person or a place. For example, Cricket. Sachin Tendulkar! How about Corruption? Anna Hazare!! Umm.. What about Hollywood? Maybe Johnny Depp or Tom Cruise..and Music? Justin Beiber! Or maybe not…but get the point right? So what comes to your mind when you Think of a Christian? Or more importantly, what comes to the mind of a Non Christian when he or she thinks of a Christian? Actually why don’t try it out? Tomorrow at work or at college, during your break, ask your colleagues or classmates what comes to their mind as soon as they hear the word Christian?(might be a good opportunity to continue in the topic and share the gospel with them) I am guessing that these three would probably be the most common answers – Jesus, the Cross and Mother Theresa.  Jesus and the cross are from history. We were wrongly thought during our school days th...

WHAT’S IN YOUR BAG? Camels or the “ship of the deserts” are smart animals. Before going on a long journey, they ‘pack’ their bodies with enough water to last the journey. And so it is with human beings! Before we leave to a particular place, we ‘pack’ our bags with all that is needed. Going to a beach? We pack our bags with sun screen, beach wear, beach ball, towels etc. Or going to a hill station? Our bags are packed with woolen clothes, socks, head gear etc. Now let’s take the reverse of this. Assuming that I give you a bag that is fully packed, will you not be able to make a fairly reasonable guess of where it was intended for by looking through its contents? If man can pack his bag depending on his purpose, would not God ‘pack’ us with gifts, talents, experiences and desires for HIS purpose? Time and again from the Bible God tells us that each one of us is made unique in His image! “ Before your mother conceived you, I knew you !” “ For You created my inmost being; You knit me toge...