Lessons from Daily Life...: January 2008
When people carry your name on their lips, are they cursing you or blessing you?
I know of more than a hundred people who must be unhappy with me and cursing me at my back (a few on my face too), and it is a sad thing to know that people are talking about you, and that is for no good reason... They're not blessing your name but cursing it. Without entering into the 'people talk, let them talk' mode, I think everyone need to introspect why is it that people are cursing and not blessing your name?
Think of it and one may actually realize that the intentions / trigger behind the actions which resulted in that gossip full of despise and cursing may have been avoided or dealt with in a better way. In plain words, perhaps, one deserved that cursing...
Huh! One should beware of own actions... lest you pile heap of curses from everyone around on your name, all your life...
Next time you're up to something that's gonna impact others, ask this question: Are people gonna bless my name or curse my name?
Do you really have the blessing of your neighbor?
Posted by Manohar Lazarus at Thursday, January 24, 2008 Links to this post
Labels: blessing, cursing, neighbor
Posted by Manohar Lazarus at Tuesday, January 08, 2008 Links to this post
Why is it so hard to exit? When someone’s gotta go, they just gotta go!
I am trying to exit from a Home loan ‘relation’ with GE Money. I remember 18 months ago, how the bank executives were literally running around me to get the account opened then, just like I am today. W-o-W! I thought to myself, nice way to keep people bugged, and expect them to give up.
LOL! But, when someone’s gotta go, they just gotta go! Isn’t it?
Then, I recall my exit from a relation. O yes, you’re smart… I don’t have to elaborate that much… we all know it’s hard to walk away from any person you’ve been so closely lived with… even friends, when you fight with them and the ego starts occupying the spaces… it’s difficult.
What of exit from a company… huh! I’ve been through that too not before a year ago. And believe me, it took me about three months with that changeover. Not an easy one. Though I am not sure if there was much wanted of me, the exit nonetheless was hard enough to give me sleepless nights. And then, even after about more than 3/4th year, the ghosts of it do not cease to haunt.
What of exit from life? Of course, I haven’t experienced that. But, a look at the large hospitals where emergency cases are rushed in, a look at the grieving families and dear ones does communicate one thing – “IT IS HARD TO EXIT”.
So, why is it hard to exit? Our hearts are set on the object which is departing. They become our objects of affection (not in literal sense, may not be intense either) which we cling on to. The bottomline being the collaborative investment in each other whether in terms of money, emotions, time or in any other form.
Towards the end, to ease the pain of exit, we just need to know one thing. Just as Job speaks in The Holy Bible— We have come into this world without anything, and without anything shall we go!
(Was written way back in November)
Posted by Manohar Lazarus at Saturday, January 05, 2008 Links to this post
Labels: exit, leaving, no exit
You've got to know when it's over. Let me tell you something. I've got the gift of good-bye. It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye. It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful, and I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me.
If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life, then you need to.......
This was an e-mail forward I received in 2006, pl report any objectionable content to manohr@gmail.com
Labels: let go, new beginning, new year, set free
Can a plant survive without the light of the sun?
Can a man cut-off the branch he is sitting on without a fall?
Can a child in the womb survive if the umbilical cord is cut off?
What man can cause thunder of his own strength?
Can we make the seasons change their cycle?
Reset the course of a wind, or cause it to rain at will?
Can we keep the drought away or the land from going dry?
Can man stop the rising waters or the quaking earth?
Can we fathom what runs in the womb of the earth or in the highest heavens?
Nay, even with all the satellites soaring sleeplessly keeping watch in the space
Nor does our technology beneath the seas help us...
What is man made of, that he should boast of his abilities as though he can stop the nature from obeying the laws of God?
Return, O man, to your origins..
Return to the Lord God your creator,
He's waiting for you with his arms open wide,
Come Home, Come to the Creator of life...
Love him with all your heart and soul and mind!
(A part of this was inspired by the 2007 Watch-night service where Bro. Prakash Rao (RZIM) had preached)
Posted by Manohar Lazarus at Tuesday, January 01, 2008 Links to this post
Labels: creation, homecoming, Lord God
Lessons from Daily Life...: January 2008
When people carry your name on their lips, are they cursing you or blessing you?
I know of more than a hundred people who must be unhappy with me and cursing me at my back (a few on my face too), and it is a sad thing to know that people are talking about you, and that is for no good reason... They're not blessing your name but cursing it. Without entering into the 'people talk, let them talk' mode, I think everyone need to introspect why is it that people are cursing and not blessing your name?
Think of it and one may actually realize that the intentions / trigger behind the actions which resulted in that gossip full of despise and cursing may have been avoided or dealt with in a better way. In plain words, perhaps, one deserved that cursing...
Huh! One should beware of own actions... lest you pile heap of curses from everyone around on your name, all your life...
Next time you're up to something that's gonna impact others, ask this question: Are people gonna bless my name or curse my name?
Do you really have the blessing of your neighbor?
Posted by Manohar Lazarus at Thursday, January 24, 2008 Links to this post
Labels: blessing, cursing, neighbor
Posted by Manohar Lazarus at Tuesday, January 08, 2008 Links to this post
Why is it so hard to exit? When someone’s gotta go, they just gotta go!
I am trying to exit from a Home loan ‘relation’ with GE Money. I remember 18 months ago, how the bank executives were literally running around me to get the account opened then, just like I am today. W-o-W! I thought to myself, nice way to keep people bugged, and expect them to give up.
LOL! But, when someone’s gotta go, they just gotta go! Isn’t it?
Then, I recall my exit from a relation. O yes, you’re smart… I don’t have to elaborate that much… we all know it’s hard to walk away from any person you’ve been so closely lived with… even friends, when you fight with them and the ego starts occupying the spaces… it’s difficult.
What of exit from a company… huh! I’ve been through that too not before a year ago. And believe me, it took me about three months with that changeover. Not an easy one. Though I am not sure if there was much wanted of me, the exit nonetheless was hard enough to give me sleepless nights. And then, even after about more than 3/4th year, the ghosts of it do not cease to haunt.
What of exit from life? Of course, I haven’t experienced that. But, a look at the large hospitals where emergency cases are ru
shed in, a look at the grieving families and dear ones does communicate one thing – “IT IS HARD TO EXIT”.
So, why is it hard to exit? Our hearts are set on the object which is departing. They become our objects of affection (not in literal sense, may not be intense either) which we cling on to. The bottomline being the collaborative investment in each other whether in terms of money, emotions, time or in any other form.
Towards the end, to ease the pain of exit, we just need to know one thing. Just as Job speaks in The Holy Bible— We have come into this world without anything, and without anything shall we go!
(Was written way back in November)
Posted by Manohar Lazarus at Saturday, January 05, 2008 Links to this post
Labels: exit, leaving, no exit
You've got to know when it's over. Let me tell you something. I've got the gift of good-bye. It's the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye. It's not that I'm hateful, it's that I'm faithful, and I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me.
If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life, then you need to.......
This was an e-mail forward I received in 2006, pl report any objectionable content to manohr@gmail.com
Labels: let go, new beginning, new year, set free
Can a plant survive without the light of the sun?
Can a man cut-off the branch he is sitting on without a fall?
Can a child in the womb survive if the umbilical cord is cut off?
What man can cause thunder of his own strength?
Can we make the seasons change their cycle?
Reset the course of a wind, or cause it to rain at will?
Can we keep the drought away or the land from going dry?
Can man stop the rising waters or the quaking earth?
Can we fathom what runs in the womb of the earth or in the highest heavens?
Nay, even with all the satellites soaring sleeplessly keeping watch in the space
Nor does our technology beneath the seas help us...
What is man made of, that he should boast of his abilities as though he can stop the nature from obeying the laws of God?
Return, O man, to your origins..
Return to the Lord God your creator,
He's waiting for you with his arms open wide,
Come Home, Come to the Creator of life...
Love him with all your heart and soul and mind!
(A part of this was inspired by the 2007 Watch-night service where Bro. Prakash Rao (RZIM) had preached)
Posted by Manohar Lazarus at Tuesday, January 01, 2008 Links to this post
Labels: creation, homecoming, Lord God