“ Be not forever unmindful of the lives of your afflicted ones.” ( Psalm 74: 19). This too is the insight of the centurion, faced with imminent danger of his servant boy’s death. A strong and high ranking Roman military officer, he appealed to Jesus and asked for his healing. He said; “ Lord, my
We have many trials and challenges in life but these are also opportunities to test our faith in God, identify our weaknesses and resilience. We learn lessons from our life’s troubles and victory is greater when the battle is fiercer. In Matthew’s Gospel, 7: 13-14, Jesus implies that there are two different roads that we
They say that nowadays senior citizens, myself included, are the leading carriers of AIDS: walking aids, hearing aids, visual aids, retirement aids, food aids, band aids, financial aids, medical aids and nursing aids. Let us be carriers of aids to the un-aided and the less fortunate. Many are living in poverty line out there, mendicants
For doing good and speaking the truth about God, Jesus was criticized and accused of being a “ blasphemer”, “ out of his mind”, “ possessed by Beelzebul, the prince of demons.” ( Mk. 20-23). No matter how caring and loving you are, no matter how good your intentions be, some people will criticize you.
One of the chronic sleazy modes of action many people do is procrastinating. “ Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today”. (Benjamin Franklin). Many good chances are gone due to sleazy course of action. A friend lost job opportunity for loafing and someone missed an airline company’s cheap fare promotion by lingering
Life is complex and we sometimes encounter setback, discouragement, desperation as well as success, encouragement and inspiration. When adversities occur, some either succumb to despair and depression while others are resilient sand recover. Some years ago a friend of mine had a lucrative business but it collapsed that drove him crazy and depressed. He could
Someone shared with me the story about a school teacher who was holding five apples in one hand and five oranges on the other then asked his students; “ What do I have in my hands? One student quickly replied; “ Five apples and five oranges”. Another said; “ Ten fruits Sir”. But little Jimmy
Matters of the heart do matter, still matter and will always matter especially in our world so complicated with business matters, internet, gadgets, conflicts, armed and cyber wars, political and religious power-struggle for positions and possessions, and other distractions. The Lord commanded His disciples to love one another as He loves them. Human love tends
It was a global Breaking News on Friday, April 27, 2018 when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walked across the demilitarized zone border separating North and South Korea to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in. According to the news, it was an unprecedented historic meeting of two Korean Heads since the 1950-53 Korean War.
Abandoned by his biological mother, a baby boy found a safe haven in the loving arms of Pollyanna, a beautiful maiden to be married to a local young lad. Was it the baby’s fate to grow under the care of someone other than his own parent? No one knows, but by then Pollyanna and her
