Tuesday, November 30, 2010

broken bread and poured out wine

we make calls out of our own spiritual consecration, but when we get right with God He brushes all these aside, and rivets us with a pain that is terrific to one thing we never dreamed of, and for one radiant flashing moment we see what He is after, and we say - "here am i, send me."

this call has nothing to do with personal sanctification, but with being made broken bread and poured out wine. God can never make us wine if we object to the fingers He uses to crush us with. if God would only use His fingers, and make me broken bread and poured out wine in a special way! but when He uses someone whom we dislike, or some set of circumstances to which we said we would never submit, and makes those the crushers, we object. we must never choose the scene of our own martyrdom. if ever we are going to be made into wine, we will have to be crushed; you cannot drink grapes. grapes become wine only when they have been squeezed.

i wonder what kind of finger and thumb God has been using to squeeze you, and you have been like a marble and escaped? you are not ripe yet, and if God had squeezed you, the wine would have been remarkably bitter. to be a sacramental personality means that the elements of the natural life are presenced by God as they are broken providentially in His service. we have to be adjusted into God before we can be broken bread in His hands. keep right with God and let Him do what He likes, and you will find that He is producing the kind of bread and wine that will benefit His other children.

- oswald chambers


Monday, November 29, 2010

Sunday, November 28, 2010

the end.

hope.

these words are simple really. simple, yet profound.

all honor to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for it is by His boundless mercy that God has given us the privilege of being born again. now we live with a wonderful expectation because Jesus Christ rose again from the dead. 1 peter 1:3

thank You, Jesus for being hope in a hopeless world.


Saturday, November 27, 2010

wisdom

"if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased." c.s. lewis
story time
playing dress up.
the theme?
india.
what else?! :)

Friday, November 19, 2010

i'm in love with these words...

Upachita-chirachin-mukurita pratibimbita
You, who are the blossoming of abundant, eternal knowledge, the reflected one
Brahma-paraatpara-roopa
Form of the infinite, highest of the high
Kanaka-kumaari-baalaka bhava-chaalaka
You, who are the child of the golden virgin, yet ruler of the universe
Nirguna-gunaabhiraama, Nirguna-gunaabhiraama
Full of delightful qualities yet beyond comprehension

Jaya Deva, Jaya Deva, Narahari, Narahari
Victory to God, Victory to God, the man-God

Pandita-mandala-mandana bhaya-khandana
You, who are the radiant gem in the assembly of the pandits, destroying fear
Dandita-bhandana-bhoota
With a rod of rebuke, driving out the evil spirit
Aadhi-vyaadhi-vitaadana para-sevana
You, who dispel cares and destroy diseases, serving others,
Paavana-lilaa-khela, paavana-lilaa-khela, paavana-lilaa-khela
All your works shining with holiness

Vinivedita-nija-vedana bali-jeewana
You, who have offered yourself to suffer agony and dishonor,
the sacrifice of your life
Krita-kilbisha-visha-naasha
Destroying the poison of evil within

Lalita-dayita-hrid-ranjana nayana-anjana
Desired one, beloved, delight of the heart, soothing ointment for straining eyes
Sudalita kaala-karaala, kaala-karaala, kaala-karaala
Victorious crusher of fierce death!

Jaya Dev by Aradhna
love these 3.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

two of my hero's in the Kingdom
Zeenath holding Joannes and Stanley Simon from Kerala, India

(and my tear stained face after hearing their testimonies
of persecution and overcoming incredible obstacles
to follow Jesus)

"without pain, there is no Christianity" - Stanley

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Christians in West told to 'prepare for persecution' <-- click



if the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated Me first - Jesus

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Deep na jala rakein koi neeche
Rakhat sab jan deewat ke unchen
Ho ujiyaar bhavan sab taasen
Mudit banat sab jan tam naasen
Chamke Jyoti Janan bich aise
Chamkit deepak-deewat pe jaise
Lakh jisse tumhare bhal kama
Karei stuti, Prabhu pitu naama

No one lights an oil lamp and hides it somewhere
It is placed for all to see
So that light spreads through the whole house
It makes all joyful and casts off the darkness
So like a lamp stand shining out its light
Let your beautiful works be
They will praise the name of the Lord, our Father

love. sweet love.

Jenni and Joanes
Jenni and Sierra became fast friends
wow.
oh joanes, so cute you just wanna eat him up :)

Friday, November 5, 2010

i wanna go...

"it is the sweetest little himalayan village. picture a page out of tintin in tibet and you will know what i mean. a one-street village stacked to the tilt of a snow-capped mountain, terraced fields of potatoes divided by low stone walls, women with faces wrinkled like stewed prunes and large wicker baskets strapped to their heads and cute children playing atop stone shingled houses - such is Mana, the last Indian village before the border with Tibet."