Bye 2010......Hi 2011........

                             As we have have come to the end of this 2010, we're all ready to welcome the fresh new year 2011, with lot of hopes, dreams and goals to be accomplished in the coming year. And, me too, as I am standing at the edge of this year, was just recapping my mind to the start to this 2010 till to-date. So, I just thought of sharing my view about this year in my personal life before entering into the awaiting year. 
                           First and foremost, I really thank the Lord God Almighty for whatever He has done and whatever He's going to do, from the inside of my heart....................And lemme start my review abt tis year!
                          This year, to be very frank, is really a worthless year in one sense for me as well as a worthy one for me in another sense. It is a precious year for me since I learnt a lot in my life and became a lil' bit matured (I think so..........), all because of the sufferings I went throughout this year, specifically 75% of this year. Above all, it was in this year, that I realised the true love of Jesus Christ and became his sweetheart :-). Otherwise, to be more precise, I can say that, the whole of 2010 is the one which I wanted to erase completely from my episode of life. In 2010, I went through lots and lots of untold miseries................but still......I'm happy that, eventhough the start of 2010 was a worst one, the ending of this year is good indeed, when compared to the beginning. God hath done so so much miracles in my life this year and He's the only reason that I'm living today. Since I don't wanna drag the negative and unnecessary aspects, I'll stop here about them and talk about the good and great things........................
                         As I said earlier, this year is also a blessed year in my life because I'm 'born again'.....I would say. Yeah...........I learnt that my Creator has always created me with a great purpose in life and His plans are greater than mine and He has great things in store for me. He has given me all the blessings in life, starting from a very sweet family to a great career for me too. So, I have no words to thank my Lord for whatever I have in my life. 
                        Finally, I am ready to welcome the coming year 2011 too with a good spirit of spirituality, love, joy, peace and perseverance. Looking forward for My Father's word for me tomorrow in the watch-night service at church and for giving a fresh start to the year by offering my worship and prayers.............Awaiting for the budding of the forthcoming blessed year! I wish you all a very happy and prosperous New Year............Commit yourselves to the Lord rather than relying on your sinful selves, and He'll look after you in each and everything......................God Bless You!!!!!

May Lord Almighty make ur year a happy one!
Not by shielding you from all sorrows and pain,
But by strengthening you to bear it, as it comes;
Not by making your path easy,
But by making you sturdy to travel any path;
Not by taking hardships from you,
But by taking fear from your heart;
Not by granting you unbroken sunshine,
But by keeping your face bright, even in the shadows;

PUSH

                 Yep......Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)........
This is one of the messages that I heard a couple of months ago in my church and today, just as I was having a glance through my notes, I came through this piece of message-yielding scripture part that I felt that I had to share with this world. So here it goes..............................

                                  The part of new testament taken for meditation is Luke 18:1-8

This part of scripture just manifests a simple logical message, that God will surely answer His people if they go on asking Him in prayer. To explain what is said in this short passage from the Bible, in a nutshell, this pictures a story which Jesus narrates to his followers to unveil the matter that everyone should pray without losing hope. It is said that there was a judge in a town who don't care about God or other people, wherein, a widow was also there who wanted a favor to be done for her by him. But he didn't do for a long time, yet she went on pestering him.........So, finally, a moment came when he thought to grant her the favor tat she had requested, thinking that atleast she would stop bothering him anymore. Thus her wish was granted for her. This is the same thing that happens in our life too. When we start crying to our Lord day and night for our problems or desires or anything else, He won't be slow to answer us and finally the wish will be granted for us(b'coz of our continuous prayer).

(1) DON'T  WORRY - PRAY (Phillipines 4:6,7)

                                     Instead of worrying and meditating our problem, its a very wise and apt decision to sit and pray, pouring ourselves whole-heartedly to the Lord God Almighty, so that His peace, which is incomparable to any other feelings that we yield from man will surround us and keep us safe. Worrying and getting depressed paves no way for anything other than the situation getting even worse. For getting the right solution for our troubles, we should seek Him in prayer, giving thanks always.

(2) DON'T  QUIT - PRAY PERSISTENTLY (Psalm 55:15,16,17)

                                   Sometimes, we may not get an answer for our prayer,that is, a solution for our problem as quickly as we desire. So, the acceptable truth is that most of us feel fed up in our lives and stop praying or start to ridicule our God for not giving an answer. But, tats the big fault that we do in our lives. Instead, the correct thing is, we have to sit more in God's presence and start holding His feet, crying to him persistently, for which He'll surely light up our lives, wiping away our tears. After all, He's a very just and faithful God! So, the gist is that our prayer should not be quit at any cost.

(3) DON'T  DOUBT - PRAY POSITIVELY (James 1:6,7 ; I John 5:15)

                                  This is a common thing that we do always. Of course, we pray, worship and we do everything. But our innermost soul and heart won't believe positively. We'll always have a doubt whether the thing we desire would happen. The Holy Bible strictly insists that we shouldn't even have a doubt in the size of a mustard seed. If we have it, then there's no use in asking God for that. When we pray, we should always have the optimistic thought that its going to be done for us. And the ultimate fact is that, it WILL be done for us too.

So....Friends........this is the one of the sermons that got deeply rooted into my inner self and I have experienced it too. I've always experienced a wonderful peace of mind after saying all my miseries to my God, that I won't get from any humans in this world. He's such a counselor, comforter and Helper!We all have just heard the saying,

                                         Prayer Brings Victory

and its so true and it itself conveys the exact message. So, Pray , pray and pray till you get an answer for your matters, however petty or great it may be!

Looking back............

There is no place as sweet as the presence of the Lord. No true and deep as the love of God. No guidance as perfect as the guidance of the Most High. No dreams as great as the will of the Almighty. No medicine as powerful as the blood of Jesus, that can heal, not only physical sickness but also spiritual weakness and wounds. He always is the best, in all ways, and so rejoice, coz you have all right to say

                    "I AM HIS AND HE IS MINE"

                              Yes......Tomorrow is my birthday and just I dedicate this post exclusively for my God who has created me with a purpose and for a purpose and I'm just sitting now and rewinding my mind to years back and forwarding till my present second how I was being led by Him miraculously throughout my life till date, through this rugged path of my lyf journey... I'll just share whatever  the thoughts and experiences and philosophies learnt in my lyf, those I feel that they are worth of disseminating to everyone.

                             Childhood days are really the awesome and beautiful days of anybody's life and tats true for me too.....Wow.... Cute child of an extremely kind and God-fearing parents... Eventhough I can't remember much how I was during my first 4 yrs of age I pretty well remember the emergence of a new family member..yes...my kutti brother....OOhhhh.... Tat was the time when jeni will always be filled with envy and anger because of the fact that her precious love and affection frm her dear parents are going to be shared with another soul too.... That was the time when I was very studious, spiritual (yes..guided by my mom) and chooo naughty and an extremely huggable pet by my parents, sibling as well as by my family...Yes...I was like a star...Everybody likes me and admires me...and ...and...and...no words to say.....a cutie pie I was!

                               Thenn....as usual as I grew up, and ages passed by, a different aspect of journey started and continuing till now.....Yes...unlike the babyhood and childhood stages, which were, of course, a tension and stress-free life, the later on times of life, eventhough they were fascinating too, still I had to strive hard with trials and tribulations in life which are usually given by God to test our faith. As written in I Peter 3:17, if God's will is that, its always better to suffer for doing good. Whatever it may be, in studies or in workplace or in life, God gives us trials just for melting and moulding us to become the appropriate and right vessel that he chooses to be.

                             That too, being as a Christian, the life will not at all be a bed of roses or a bed of soft cotton balls, but its indeed a painful life, which we can withstand and be still rejoicing in the Lord if we catch hold on him, than giving a way for Satan to ruin our life by being trembled with fear or just broken down completely. As stated in Psalm 34:17, God always lends an ear and hears his people if they call out for him and save them from all their troubles....The thing tat we have to do is, just to cast all our burdens and wordly worries upon Jesus and be relaxed and rejoicing in Him. Thats what I have learnt in my life.... When I face problems or situations that are so disconcerting, previously wat I used to do is, go on meditating about the problem and worrying and tat n tis...but when I started to pray and share everything with the Almighty, an extraordinary  peace and contentment tat tis world and its desires wouldn't give us, would surround me and let me live happily.. tats the secret of my happiness....I would say...Yes friends...Our God is so faithful that he never leaves his children astray or as orphans and I am a living example.

                          Another thing tat I experienced in my life is, we may make various plans and decisions and actions in our life, but the ultimate fact is that only the Lord's wish will happen and none of ours. So, its better to offer our lives to Him so that he'll be having great plans for our lives and when we let them happen, those things will be the best in our life. Proverbs 19:21 states this. So, keep everything in prayer and be patient in knowing His will in our lives. Because when we go hastily into our own decisions rather than the Lord's it would bring a great devastating effect in our lives and I've experienced tat too.

                          But, whatever happens in our life, we have to thank God at all times (Ephesians 5:20), because He is good and everything happens to us for a reason. If he takes something away from us, it means that he's having something great in store for us. So, never be discouraged or disappointed at any point in our life. Moreover, as said in Luke 6:27,28 we should love our enemies and pray for those who are cruel to us. I pretty well know that tis is very difficult to follow and even I don't follow, but still, trying to follow, we can do tat...I think so...! Also, as written in James 4:10, its always wise to humble before God's presence so that we'll be honored.

                       Above everything, God protects His children wherever they go with His angels (Psalm 91) and I always thank Him for that....Yes...I always thank Him for giving another new day coz' our life is not in our hands. We can't assure that we'll be alive tomorrow or not. Thats life and its now that I've understood it.

                      So, I don't wanna drag this more...bcoz I'm not a preacher or a puritan or a philosopher to share these things. But the fact is, these are some of the things that I've learnt all these years in my journey of life and I felt tat its always worth sharing good info with others. Ok....so the good msg tat i'm gonna convey for my birthday is,

 

First of all I thank the Almighty for having created me and still guides me and leads me in this tough path of life. Then, my parents, sibling, my dear well-wishers and friends for having made my life colorful. So, be happy and good to the maximum extent. After all,life is a battle field and we are all warriors who are bound to fight a good fight and finally pursue the everlasting crown of life......:-)

                                                        Here are some of my favorite snaps..............

With my cousins and neighbours on my 3rd b'day

my first b'day

@my granny's house.....eeeee......gonna brush my teeth

very pious gal!

going to school...babye

hmmm...somewhat grown up?!

Jeni looking at her hero....great dad!

my second b'day... i think so....not very sure....