Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend

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Dear ones all of us know how exquisitely lovely, rare, expensive, sentimental and beautiful diamonds are, but when we see the actual rock we begin to doubt can there be any value in this stone, it looks like any other rock but beloved it is from this rock diamonds are formed, it has to go through a process and be handled by a skilful diamond cutter and then this rock shines, radiates, reflects the various lights and yes can be given to some wonderful, beautiful lucky lady who sees her worth through the stone handed to her by that special someone.There was once a humble carpenter and his wife who were living by modest means neither too rich nor too poor but had enough to feed their three children Hannah aged 8, Edmond aged 6 and little Jack aged 3. Hannah loved helping her mother who was always busy in those days beyond the imagination of man of dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, and washing machines. Women usually washed, swept and cleaned.

One day Edmond as he was playing in the fields with his friends Joshua and Jason  he suddenly saw the prettiest thing he had ever seen yes he was six but even at that age the God given attraction of beauty of a beautiful blonde girl around five years old was playing on the swing, he ran up to her to play with her but suddenly saw an entourage of big burly men and a gorgeous young woman in her mid thirties who looked very much like the girl on the swing, talking on her mobile phone, he then realised the lady was a popular actress and had come to his humble hometown in Israel to do some filming of a movie.He pulled the shirt of one of the burly men close by asking if he could play with the girl, Joshua and Jason were looking like two gold fish at with mouths open at Edmond’s courage, the pretty girl and young woman. As the body gourd gave consent Joshua went up to the girl his heart beating fast and asked her name she said Rachel, he asked her if she was Jewish she did not understand wrinkled her nose and stared laughing.

Joshua and Rachel started playing together every day for a week and even the body gourds took a liking to Joshua, as Saturday approached both Joshua and the Rachel who had a formed a beautiful platonic bond of child hood innocence knew through there young lives each had touched the other’s heart, before Rachel left Edmond gave her a heart shaped pendant that he bought with his pocket money and said Rachel one day I will come to America to see you.Rachel hugged Edmond and kissed his check even the body gourd had tears and a sense of awe at these young children who were naïve of the sexual beauty and depravity of the world, yet had so much of beauty and innocence, Jo the bodyguard knew  if they were just a few more years older they would make a gorgeous couple, the divine timings put forth by a divine omnipotent Divinity can not be explained or contradicted  due to the higher Divine powers Sovereignty.

Edmond grew up went to acting school in Jerusalem and with his dream of pursuing his heart’s desire of being an actor jetted to LA. The first few years were hard, he worked at all odd hours, from being a waiter, to being a pizza delivery boy to being a bell boy, it was in one of those jobs he was able to meet an agent and due to his dark gorgeous looks he got a leading role in a movie called Faith or Fate  in which he acts like a young Anglican Minister falling in love with an atheist college professor, as he came to the studio he met the girl playing the role of his lover she looked gorgeous, Edmond ‘s heart beat fast, his lips became dry as he took that extra sip of water, he noticed the pendant the actress was wearing he had seen it some where, some where from long ago when he was a little boy, now the actress was staring at Edmond and vice versa, he asked her, her name she said Rachel .

Edmond and Rachel got married that summer be it “ Faith or Fate” in the game of love, true union will be where two become one, some sooner others later, some go through a process while others meet and marry right away but whatever way to choose, for better for worse for richer for poorer as you put the rings in each other’s hands  the diamond is a significance of life of togetherness. Just like the making of a diamond my prayer is let that diamond shine never just be a rock let the hardships of life, love, work, money make you into that glorious diamond.

Diamonds were not born they were created

Om Shanthi Om

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Shanthi was a single mum bringing up two children Devi and Vijay, she had always believed in a God of creation, nature and beauty but after her husband left her for another woman from his office, her spirituality had waned and she stopped saying her prayers wondering if it was in her karma or fate to bring up her two children alone with no help from any where, she had not gone to university as her parents could not afford it and had got her married to the first  man who came along, so she decided to be a house maid and she was determined to give Vijay and Devi an education.Shanthi worked long and hard to provide food for her children, one day as she was going to work her slippers broke and having no money to buy a new pair she walked bare foot feeling the heat and rubble in her feet, she felt tears welling up in her eyes wondering where He was not her husband but the one she loved and believed in as a child, didn’t He care, there was no one to console her, no one to be there for her why oh why Lord she felt her heart cry

Suddenly there was a tender hand on her shoulder with twinkling eyes and a soft sweet expression on his face, he handed her a handkerchief she smiled and thanked him he was wearing a simple crisp white shirt and plain black trousers, he must have been around 40 years old.Shanthi who had been neglected, alone, and in desperation seeing the love in his beautiful brown eyes held on to his hands and wept aloud, she felt his hands on her shoulder and after she wept, He asked her, her name she said Shanthi meaning peace and out of gratitude she asked his name he said Yesudas meaning Jesus, he said talk to me do not be scared tell me why you are so upset, as she poured out her heart to Yesu, she felt a peace come over her.

He asked her where she lived and about her children Vijay and Devi, that evening she cooked rice, dhal and potato curry for her guest and the children showed Yesu their school books and drawing as it was getting late she did not want to let Yesudas go she had not felt such love and peace in such a long time, then as it neared 9.00 pm after the children went to bedYesu put his hands on her head and gave her an envelope He said one word to her Believe and just like that he vanished, as she opened that envelope there was enough for her to buy a house and live a fairly comfortable life she could not believe it she ran out to thank Him but there was no one there that evening when she went to say her prayers with incense in front of her God she was shocked yet filled with awe she saw the face of Yesudas smiling down at her from the picture.

Her children, grew up , went to university got good jobs as she was in her 80’s and sick in her bed she saw an old man coming to talk to her, she knew she had seen that face some where, some where from long long ago and then he said Shanthi time for your Shanthi come home she whispered Dear Yesu as she put both her hands in a Namaste position she whispered Thank you as she breathed her last breath and her spirit walked hand in hand with Yesu the God, Lord,  Man,  Three in one , The one she had loved all her life, till He came to take her home.  Om Shanthi Om.

How To Be A Blessing

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Hi there darlings, sweethearts, how are you all doing ? Today I want to talk about Blessing. What is a Blessing ? How can we be a Blessing ? Blessing my dear friends goes back in time to the very Beginning to the time of Creation, when  the Lord God created the world he said it was good and in saying it was good he Blessed the world with goodness, then the Lord God created man and woman and Blessed them. Because they were God’s handiwork and beautiful in  His sight.Then get ready for the sad music, yes man and woman brought a curse on themselves by disobeying Lord God Almighty by eating the fruit of knowledge and now man hard to work for his food and man did not walk with God anymore as in the days when he walked in obedience with our Creator Lord.

But there was still a communion between man and God. What I am trying to say is when we are obedient to the Lord there is a Blessing and with disobedience comes a curse.Now come a few rhetorical questions, How do we obey the Lord at all times ? Is it possible to be a perfect Christian? How does God judge disobedience in the 21st centaury ?

Dear ones there was only one ever perfect man and that was our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and He lived a blameless life and suffered and died for us so that through His righteousness Our unrighteousness may be made pure, and we may be justified through His grace and love that he poured out for us on Calvary.You my dear friend are pure, may be you have addictions but through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ when we repent and ask for forgiveness we are like pure white blankets the stain of sin is removed and Satan may remind you of past sin but our Lord has forgiven and forgotten it.

That by itself is the greatest Blessing God has given us the Blessing of justification. Now when the Lord God justifies us we are Blessed with the knowledge of knowing we are going to spend eternity with Our Lord Jesus Christ and “as we try and climb the steps of glory to glory we know that one day we will glorified and pure as Him” ( glory to glory part taken from Sunday morning message at church)

Now we can be a Blessing when we obey the word and the theme that runs all through the Bible like a scarlet thread of the Blood of Christ is LOVE and when we reach out in love not just for those to like us but for those who do not like us then we incur the Blessing of our Lord  and Saviour Jesus Christ. Jesus showed us true love and  He was Blessed by God the father, how much more should you and I be an ambassador of love to the fallen, broken, lonely an d those who hate us without cause, Dear ones let us love this love can only come through the word and prayer and let us reflect Christ and Be a Blessing in doing this we will be Blessed.

Love overcomes, hate, pride, prejudice, partiality and like a light reflects and radiates Blessings in a dark and fallen world.Let our prayer be Lord make me a channel of love . Be Blessed !!photo

Living Life With An Attitude Of Gratitude

ImageHi there darlings, sweethearts, munchkins, how are you all today? Today I feel blessed to know “ Because He lives, I can face tomorrow and Because He lives all fear is gone, Because I know He holds the future and life is worth a living Because He lives” ( words taken from the song Because He Lives) When our Lord Jesus died on the cross that was not the end, “He Rose Again” in Glory and Majesty and He governs the world and things of the world, He does not bring pain and disease the evil does that it says in the Bible” The evil one has come to steal, kill and destroy” But it also says in the Bible “ He has come to give us life and life more abundantly” not only that “ our Lord has come to destroy the works of the enemy”

 

The Bible is the most powerful Book in publication because it contains the very spirit and sayings of our Lord God, Are you afraid then pray? Are you sick read the word and pray, Do you feel lonely then pray, Are people mean to you then pray, Our Lord is just a prayer away, You may ask how do we pray, talk to God as you would talk to your best friend or family, He cares, He listens, He answers, He is alive, He is real.

 

I am Blessed to call Him “ Christ Jesus” my Saviour and Lord. He chose me even before I was born, He had a plan for my life even before I was conceived and He knows you and has a plan for your life just like he knew me. God has good plans for your life, you may feel you are going no where but during this time our master sculptor is taking the bad chips away with a chisel, taking away our anger, jealousies, gossiping etc and is working on the final product a beautiful sculpture fit for our King of Kings and Lord of Lords. It is not easy going through this process, it hurts, maybe the doors you wish for yourself has not opened, maybe you are going through a separation process with a loved one, may be life has not been going the way you envisioned it but remember the master sculpture sees the beautiful finished product while all you see are the chips and cracks but hang on there is hope, there is light at the end of the tunnel, you my friend are a beautiful sculpture that the Lord has been working on.

 

There are so many people who are lonely, sick, depressed, grieving for a loved one, having addictions be it alcohol, drugs, porn or sex but there is a way out, cry out to the Lord for help, change your dependence mentality and you will see a light at the end of a tunnel, prayer, determination and rehab will set you free.

 

Dear ones you maybe in a difficult process but there is hope, there is light, there are rainbows, there is a God and He is Alive and He is reaching out to you, working on you and caring for you. Let Him work His amazing plans for your life, do not worry about the broken pieces I know it is hard I have been there and I can empathise with you but one day when you have that warm cup of tea or get into the warm bath, or buy that new dress all you can whisper or shout out loud is Thank You Lord . Let us live this life with an attitude of gratitude.Image

Weight Loss with A Difference Part -2

Hi there darlings, sweethearts, munchkins, today I feel blessed and refreshed after spending time with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the good news is now I am 70 kgs and the better news is that Lord God Almighty is doing a new thing in our lives as a family, remember darlings the family that prays together stays together.

We serve a Lord God of love at the same time God gave us something that makes us so individualistic apart from our DNA, God gave us something called choice , yet God being Omniscient knew already the choices we will make and the road that we will take, yet He loved us so much He wanted us all irrespective of our nationality, gender,  wealth, He wanted us all to be Saved and go to Heaven. Yet there were people who took the wrong path and did bad things yet God loves them and died for them on the cross and loves them just as much as you and me.

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life “

Beloved He” God” loves us so much, He knows what is best for us and even if you have made some wrong choices it is never too late to come back to God, He “ The Saviour” is waiting for you. Every one is a sinner yet God through His divine grace and mercy has forgiven us and is waiting for us with open arms.

Remember you are loved, you are worthy, you are beautiful, you are special and yes God has a wonderful plan for your life, He is reaching out his hand to you, a hand of love , forgiveness, and peace take his hand, It is Never too late. God can change time and seasons with one word. He is that great, yet he humbled himself to be born in a manger.

This Season let us live life with a reason, Know God loves you through grace your sins are forgiven and through justification, your introspection has had a transformation, let us preach to the Nations about our Lord God Creator of Creation.Image

There Is Hope

Are you sick ? Are you tired ? Do you feel you have no hope ? Do you have an addiction of some kind ? Are you debt ? If you have said yes to some or all the questions above then you are a normal human being living in the 21st century.

Jermiah29 :11 says” For I know the plans I have for you plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future “

 

In this day and age with master cards, pay pal, online shopping, drink shops open till 12am, porn on the internet, and even on kindle and drugs.You say I have sunk too low but friends there is a way and the only way is up.

 

When Jesus walked on water Peter the disciple of Jesus said” Lord let me walk on water too” and as Peter saw the waves of addiction, porn, drugs, bullying, he lost sight of the Lord and started to sink and then in desperation Peter cried out to the Lord,” LORD , LORD SAVE ME “and then JESUS REACHED OUT HIS HAND AND SAVED HIM.

 

There is a way to overcome debt, drugs, alcohol, porn, the only way up is by calling out to the Lord saying Lord have mercy on me, forgive me and save me and Jesus will lift you up through the storms, through the waves, Look into our Beloved Lord’s Eyes and See and Feel the love he has for you and for me.

 

For God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whosoever believed in him shall not perish but have everlasting life John 3:16

 

It does not say be a hermit, missionary or fanatic but simply, humbly, genuinely like a child jumping into her daddy’s hands, believe and he will hold on to your hand and lift you up.

 

Yes there is a way for you, yes you can overcome addictions and debts believe in the Lord, talk to Him and He Will Set You Free, Who the Son sets free is free indeed.

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Show Me Love

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Leave this chanting and singing and telling of beads!
Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corner of a temple with doors all shut?
Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee!

He is there where the tiller is tilling the hard ground
and where the pathmaker is breaking stones.
He is with them in sun and in shower,
and his garment is covered with dust.
Put off thy holy mantle and even like him come down on the dusty soil!

Deliverance?
Where is this deliverance to be found?
Our master himself has joyfully taken upon him the bonds of creation;
he is bound with us all for ever.

Come out of thy meditations and leave aside thy flowers and incense!
What harm is there if thy clothes become tattered and stained?
Meet him and stand by him in toil and in sweat of thy brow.

Rabindranath Tagore

Dear Friends, this wonderful poem was written by our great author of India Sri Rabindranath Tagore, Let me ask you the readers a few questions, Does Our Lord, God live in a great castle ?? Is he so holy he lives in  cave like a hermit , unpolluted by the world ?? Is he so proud not to mix with people of lowly professions that the people of the world shunned. Was He the rich kid who never had to work for a living ?? Did He feel that he knew all things as a child and never discussed his thoughts ? Did he judge the adulterous and people with maligned morality ??

Dear ones you know that our Lord God Almighty came down to us not born in a castle but in a humble stable. He lived in our world his friends were not the posh Pharisees but fishermen, prostitutes, tax collectors. He spoke to the Samaritan women with five husbands a woman no Jew would have spoken to much less knowing about her maligned character. He did not judge the woman caught in adultery and did not let the people stone her because He the Lord of Lord’s had love and compassion in his heart. He touched a leper and healed him, while Pharisees would not even let a leper’s shadow touch them.

He worked for a living not as a proud Pharisee in a synagogue but as a humble carpenter. Yet he asserted his authority as Lord when it was his time to reach out to his world of Jerusalem and from His world the entire world was and is blessed. He brought back creation by  controversially spitting on mud and making  new eyes for a blind man. He also got angry and rebelled and zeal for his house consumed him as he made whips and threw out the people making his house into a market place, yes Jesus was a non-conformist and rebelled against the Pharisees.

He let a prostitute wet his feet her tears and wipe his feet with her hair and let me tell from that night on she was pure again that my friends was the beginning of grace that our Lord bestowed not only on her but the whole world.

That is not all our Lord God King Of Kings and Lord Of Lords died a humiliating death on a cross so you and I can be saved, He did not just come to our level he became a low caste or became equal to a thief  or someone the society disdains.

That is our Lord Jesus, if someone says show me love show them the cross for such love has never and can never and will never be repeated in History For what our Creator Lord  did us for no one can ever do for us.

So when you think of God, think of love that came down to our level for you and for me.

“(Come out of thy meditations and leave aside thy flowers and incense!
What harm is there if thy clothes become tattered and stained?
Meet him and stand by him in toil and in sweat of thy brow). “words in italics by author and poet Rabindranath Tagore.

The Naughty Little Fish

imagesOnce upon a time there was a little fish named Samy. Now Samy was a very naughty little fish, he loved jumping over the waves and feeling the warm sunshine on his face as he spread his fins and took a huge gulp of air and jumped into the beautiful blue ocean of the Pacific.

Samy had two brothers named Jimmy and Smoky. Smoky not only because of his smoky blue eyes but also because he loved blowing bubbles in the sign of the letter O into the sea, it made his parents angry but Smoky did what he wanted and considered himself one of the cool teenage fish. Samy wanted to be like Smoky he liked to play it Coool, but it always made the other fish laugh at him.

Samy and Smoky were partners in crime, they loved playing with old Mr Oyster by pushing some seaweed into his shell and making him sneeze. They loved watching the lady fish shopping for their food and make up for their fins and put Mr Octopus ink into their make up much to the shock of the fashion conscious lady fish who swam for days and days to get the octopus ink of their fins.

They loved going on adventures to the far off places of the ocean but you guessed it they were cool and did not listen to the advice of old grandpa fish. One day they decided to go the fish mall where they sold seaweed and other yummy fish food to eat while Smoky was trying to chat up a beautiful lady fish saying he was a model scout and could make her rich while the lady fish batted her eyes at smoky, as smoky really had an effect on the lady fish, but Samy pulled him away and said bro “why don’t we go for a ride on Mr Turtle and see where Old Mr Turtle will bring us”.

Smoky blew his favourite o in the water give lady fish a flying kiss and hopped on Mr Turtle. Ooooooh this was fun, they were surfing in the water on Mr turtle. They had some delicious sushi seaweed for lunch yummy, just then as they were having their lunch Mr turtle called it a day and went on to the land.

It was getting dark and cold and there was a storm. Samy got close to Smoky and said hey bro I am scared, Smoky said cool bro we will get back home but Smoky had no idea how to get back home, Suddenly the saw some thing black with white flashy teeth swim past the, smoky took Samy and tried to hide in some seaweed, suddenly they saw more black triangles and more sets of bright flashy teeth circling them they got scared, then one shark spoke out well,” well what do we have here, hmmm new to the neighbourhood buddy, I heard pacific country fish are scrumptious” and they came closer and closer  and there were four black triangles. Samy shouted help, help can anyone hear me help, smoky said we are really in deeps in this bro and put is fin proactively over Samy just as one of the triangles came close to Samy, they heard a beep leave those fish alone,

It was policeman dolphin and brigade as more and more dolphin police men came and head butted the sharks away, while the sharks said they were just trying to be friendly. The Dolphin police man named Ralph asked them their names and actually knew Samy and Smoky’s dad as they were in school together and took them home.

The whole family gathered to hear the adventurous tale which nearly lead to disaster if Ralph the Dolphin policeman had not intervened, Samy’s dad asked “Smoky would you like to say anything kid, Smoky said” yeah, I was like all cool and did not want to abide by the rules but dad now I know rules are meant for our good and protection sorry about tonight”His dad asked Samy would you like to say anything Samy” said I am sorry dad and thank you Dolphin Ralph for saving us”.

The family had sushi and went to bed Smoky said” hey bro Samy be cool by abiding by the rules there maybe times you might break the rules but always try to abide by the rules,” love you kid Samy”, Samy said “love you bro” being good is being cool “good night”.

The Road Not Taken

 

 

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

Dear darlings, munchkins, sweetypies how are you all doing ? The poem above is one of my favorite poems.

I always wanted to be different and though I was able to fit into the mold of a good paster’s daughter I wanted to travel, to explore the world , to fall in love, and yes I did the  latter. I traveled, I went to different countries and explored different cultures still deep inside I was a paster’s daughter.

The cultures varied but inside I was a paster’s daughter I did not have the courage to rebel nor did I want to.

Rebellion can be a good thing or a bad thing. Martin Luther rebelled against the corruption of the early catholic churches and brought about reformation and freedom by justification of grace to the protestants.

Martin Luther King rebelled against white supremacy and today because of his rebellion we have a wonderful

colored President of USA which was only a dream in the times of Martin Luther King.

When the British ruled India, our great and wonderful freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi brought about independence to India by sathyagraha or non-violence.

Rebellion can be a wonderful thing if done rightfully. Our Lord Jesus rebelled against the Pharisees and broke boundaries between the Gentiles and the Jews and now we can accepted into God’s family of believers due to the breaking of boundaries by Jesus.

Dear ones if you want to rebel go ahead and do it right, doing drugs or over dosing in alcohol or bed hoping is not rebellion it is stupidity. So if you want to rebel rebel  go ahead, but do it for your benefit and the benefit of society.

If you were bullied or tormented prove your adversaries wrong do well in life, go to university, get a good job. Susan Boyel the lady who was tormented all her 46 years rebelled by going on Britain’s got talent and became a global sensation and those who tormented her hid their faces in shame.

Go ahead break the mold of society, travel the less travelled road, life is too short to do nothing if people are mean to you rebel and flash them the sweetest smile and say how do you do, maybe they are jealous, maybe they are insecure but my dear friend are “You”. “You” are not them, “You” are not everybody, “You” are somebody and that is why they are frightened. So stand up and make a difference in this community and the world. The Stakes are high the rewards worthwhile. God Bless from the Rebellious Indian aunty

Let Go Of The Hat

Hi there dear sweet muchkins, sweetypies, darlings how have you been ? Well this week I have been busy with my weightloss countdown. Been cooking healthy options and trying my best not to indulge in chocolate and cookies.

Weightloss is a journey that some individuals have to travel through. There are a lucky few that how they eat does not alter their physique but generous portions for the other half  lead to generous proportions of the latter half.

There was once an old lady whose skirt was flying high up in the wind but she did not let go of the hat that she was holding on to with both hands so a young man wanting to help her said “ mam your skirt is flying high up please pull your skirt down” To which she angrily replied mister  what you see is 80 years old but I only bought this hat yesterday”. 🙂

Dear ones let go of the hat what ever your worldly processions they are important but it is more important to to attend to the more obvious. It is time to let go of the hat and listen to sound advice. This advice can come through reading a self- help book, reading the Bible, or just listening to our spouse’s words, or mentor’s words. Some friends advice is genuine but there are others who can lead you astray or are jealous pray for wisdom to listen to what is sound and good for your journey on earth.

Choose your friends wisely and listen to the advice of your parents or loved ones who care about you. If a friend says sniff this drugs it is great Do not do it, you know it is wrong and it leads to death. Listen to inner  voice God usually speaks to us in this voice and if something seems not right you might just be right it is not right.

There are several factors that help us make choices when we are old enough to make decisions. It can be society, your family, your friends, your bosses, your colleagues but at the end of the day the choice is up to you.

Money is important but your loved ones, your spouse, your children are more important. May be you want to make a secure future for your loved ones it is true but neglecting them is as bad as spending all your earnings instead of saving for the future.

Dear ones it is time to let go of the hat and listen to sound advice or listen to your heart. Your heart will not lie.

Wishing you a happy life from

The Indian Aunty