A Great Connection

He always returned home very early from office. When the office gets over by 6 he will be seen at home at 6.30. Even during the weekend if he goes out to meet his friends he would come back soon. 

His wife was so happy. Her friends always used to complain of their husbands turning in very late and couldn't spend time with them. She was so proud of the fact that her hubby is always at home to be with her.  She even applauded herself often for taking care of him so well that he chose to be at home always.

Once it so happend,  She wanted to visit her parents so badly that she made all arrangements to visit them with him. When she told him of her plan,  he immediately refused. She couldn't place the reason. She asked,  " Hey I will be there to take care of you and cook your favorite dishes. why do you worry?  "

His reply was,  " I know that. I don't care about the food. Your place doesn't have proper Wi-Fi.  It can never match the speed of our Wi-Fi. Even my friends too doesn't have that great connection. "

She changed the WiFi password the next day.

Heartbeat

'It's the fifth time you called ' , he almost shouted.

'Either that or you are asking me to send voice message so many times. Why are you behaving like this? Don't you how busy I get when I go outside? '

She simply replied,  'Sorry'. 

She looked as if she won't stop this habit of hers.

He was not satisfied with the reply.  ' Atleast tell me why you are doing this. '

'I just want to hear your voice all the time. ' She murdered softly. 

'Don't you think this is bit dramatic? ' He laughed. 

' I don't know about that. But just that I love the sound of your voice so much.  It's like my heartbeat.  It seems to remind me I am alive to be with you all the time.

'Come here , my drama Queen ' was the last sentence of the day before he hugged her close to his heart. 

Promises in Lent - Believe and Have Faith

This is to bring us more closer to God in all our activities. 

We have decided to observe the Lent and have decided to follow Jesus.  But why this nagging doubt at the back of our brain always that will it be possible to have all my prayers answered? Will God come with me in all my endeavours?  Will God be there for me?

Just throw away all the doubts you have.  He is the  God who has promised all Good things for us and forgives us umpteen times with His abundant Grace on all our shortcomings. He still does not forsake us and always call us to Him.  All he ever asks is you need to have faith on Him.

God never says if you believe in me I will get things done for you.  He says if you trust me,  my plans will be done for you which will put you in a much better position than you ever imagined. Just believe in Him and have faith.

He does not make things easy for you.  He did not make things easy for His son Jesus too.  Instead He makes things possible.  That is the biggest promise He always keeps.

A small excerpt from the Bible. 
Luke 1:37 says,
For with God nothing shall be impossible.

It is possible to achieve all the impossibles' with little faith. 

Promises in Lent - Never be jealous

This is a promise to overcome all envy we have on our known and unknown circle.

Dictionary defines Jealousy as feeling or showing an envious resentment of someone or their achievements, possessions, or perceived advantages. So someone around you has achieved something,  possess something you don't have or have different privileges and advantages that you don't have. 

You know this much. But do you know the complete journey they had been through to be in the position. We will definitely not know the entire picture. The sacrifices they must have done,  the self discipline they must have promised and all other hardships. 

Comparing yourself to that position,  dreaming to achieve it should be followed by a healthy competition and rigorous hard work and not by feeling envy on others.  Moreover we gain nothing out of being jealous. Instead we can use that time to focus and start working on the path of achieving the greater height.

And every step you achieve towards the goal will make you happy and encourage you to go to the next level. Being envious to others will stress you out, make your every step harder to make it to the next level.

Jesus was born to a poor carpenter family though He was the son of God and denied all worldly pleasures.  Did he feel envy on the Royals?  No. He just minded His business.  We have a way of redemption and He became the King of all for doing His duty sincerely.

A small excerpt from the Bible.
 Proverbs 14 : 30 Says,
A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

Feeling of Envy is just a poison Ivy.  Never tread close to it.

Promises in Lent - Never waste Food

This promise is the serious need of the day.

A portion of the population gorges on gourmet food while the others starve everyday. We cannot bridge this balance but the least we can do is do our part by not wasting food and giving due respect to this basic unit of survival.

Whatever position you may be In or how much ever asset you may hold,  Food is always your basic need to survive in this society. And the food is not easily available too.  It takes labour of dozens of people to put a square meal for a person. Wasting food would mean the hard labour of thousands of people simply being put to waste.

Just imagine you are painting a picture.  You put in a couple of hours work and do it with so much love. Somebody buys it and tears it immediately.  How will you feel?  Though you have been paid,  will you be happy to see it destroyed.

When Jesus fed the Five Thousand with just seven loaves of bread and few fish, the first thing he did after the multitude had been fed is collect the leftovers so that nothing goes waste. As His children we should start following his lead.

A small excerpt from the Bible. Leviticus 19 : 9,10 says
When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner. 

If you do not want to have the food or you have in excess, plan to leave it for someone who did not have his meal today than dumping it in the garbage.

Promises in Lent - Help others in need

This promise is the most noble one to do as when we tend to help someone without expecting something in return we are rendered blessings multifold by God.

The term Helping others seem big but it need not be in reality.  It started with the intention to see others smile or relive from pain. It may be a brief relief but that time frame may give the Person a hope to live and new strength to pursue further. 

This help may be monetary,  physical support or emotional support or even a small hug.  When you render this support to others in need, you are perceived in a position equivalent to God to the people at the receiving end. God has given this privileged position only to those who are eager to share others pain and try to reduce it.

Also as a human being blessed with six senses and being in God's unlimited Grace it's our duty too to help others.

A small excerpt from the Proverbs 3:27
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in your power to do it.

God who rules us gave up his comforts and came to this world only to help us reliever from sin.  Is it not time to repay that favour by helping others? 

Promises in Lent - Try to reduce your temper

 This is a promise which will start cleansing us from within.

Temper is something that happens when we are not able to tolerate a particular person or a event. For some the threshold to contain is more and for some it is less.

Nevertheless temper cannot be avoided at all.  Even Jesus Christ lost his cool when He saw Hawkers flooding the temple at Jerusalem. 

We can do one thing instead. Increase the threshold to contain our displeasure.  Temper is a very bad thing which will hamper all our nerves and makes us stressed. Why to do something that will affect our health eventually?  Analyse yourself. If you get angry for something in 5 minutes,  try to increase your patience to 2 more minutes.

Do not clench your teeth and fist for the two minutes. Instead try to divert. Take your phone immediately and call someone you love or just plug in your headphones and tune in the radio or eat something. Just go and do something that will make you forget your temper for a while. 

It's definitely a hard thing to do bit once practised it helps in protecting your health in the long run and also the relationship with the person whom you get angry on.

 Also just remember one thing,  if you don't get angry, it means you give the other person one more chance. He is in your grace and you will go places in God's grace. Is it not a wonderful thing?

A Small excerpt from the Bible.  Proverbs 19:11 says, 
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

Slow to Temper makes you grow faster in the sight of God.