To forgive is divine: to be forgiven is even better.....

To forgive is divine: to be forgiven is even better.....

"Apologizing does not mean that you are wrong and the other one is right...
It simply means that you value the relationship much more than your ego ..."

Wonderful Poem

It is a poem that Mother Teresa hung on a wall of the orphanage she founded in Calcutta. Its source is unknown.


People are often unreasonable, Illogical and self-centred;

Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind,

People may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;

Be kind anyway.

If you are successful,

You will win some false friends and some true enemies;

Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank,

People may cheat you;

Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building,

Someone could destroy overnight;

Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness,

They may be jealous;

Be happy anyway

The good you do today,

People will often forget tomorrow;

Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have,

And it may never be enough;

Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis,

It is between you and God;

It is never between you and them anyway.

The Power of Serving Others

(Daily Devotional from - TGIF Today God Is First Volume 2, by Os Hillman)
11-28-2009

"Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms" (1 Peter 4:9-11).

There is a Kingdom principle I find few others really understand. The principle is this: When you focus on serving others, your need is often met through God's supernatural law of serving.

I've seen this happen so many times. The law of sowing and reaping comes into play in this Kingdom principle. "Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love" (Hos 10:12). "Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work" (2 Cor 9:6-9).

Whenever God calls me to serve another person with my time and resources I notice how God measures resources back to me from unrelated sources. Sometimes it comes through an unexpected donation to our ministry or a speaking engagement or a new opportunity. It is uncanny how this happens consistently when I serve others. We are never to view people or organizations as competition. The Bible says that God has already assigned our portion. We need not have to manipulate outcomes.

"LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance" (Ps 16:5-6).

We don't serve others to get. However, when we do serve others, there is a Kingdom principle that works on your behalf as fruit of your service. Is there someone you need to serve today?

ALL SAINTS Celebration on 31st OCT!

Hi all!

All ready for this Saturday's ALL SAINTS CELEBRATIONS?

Be ready for a wacked out party and dress up! Of course, you can bring your costume "separately" and don't have to wear it the whole night.

Preparations begin at 3 - 6pm (come join us to set up, decorate place or improve on your costume - maybe with materials from the CAGE)

6:00pm is our normal monthly prayer meet but this round, we will read, hear and watch some inputs which include Mother Teresa and the Prayer of St. Francis. Come for some spiritual enlightenment!

7:00pm will be the Potluck dinner followed by our SAINTS Dress up display (your patron saint or favourite saint) and the best dressed will WIN A PRIZE!

Bring your own boardgame too if you have something nice to play later into the nite! Party ends at 11pm!

For those coming, do RSVP your food item on the Event Wall so that everyone can see who's bringing what? It might help prevent clashing items..!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=156228473373

Seeya!

Walking through the Valleys

I quote an excerpt from Os Hillman's daily devotionals (TGIF - Today God is First)

"When the Lord takes us through deep valleys, there will be fruit from the deep valley that we cannot see. You must press into Him with all you have during this time.

God uses the deep valley to frame our lives to create a change in our nature, not just a change in habits. The depth and width of our valley is often an indicator of the level of calling and influence we will have on others in the future. Our adversity is not just for us, but others who will be in our future path of influence. This is not very comforting when you are in the middle of the valley, but know this is a truth in the Kingdom.

It is often years later when we discover the wisdom of God and why He intentionally led us through the dark valley. Life is often lived forward, but understood backward. It is not until we are down the road and we stand on the mountain looking back at through valley that we can appreciate the terrain God has allowed us to scale and the spiritual deposits He has made in our life while we were there. "He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light" (Job 12:22).

When you begin to realize this, you sit back and breathe a sigh of relief because you know that God was in control all along. It didn't seem like it at the time, but He was."


Amazing isn't it? Our adversities are not only for ourselves, but for others who will be in our future path of influence.

Cheers,
Sam