My Birthday

I was born on the 9th of April, the day when my cries awake our Father in Heaven. This year, I came to realize my life it's not about me, it's about Him. It's about our daily fellowship with God & knowing the goodness of the Son of God, Christ our savior, our redeemer, our healer, our all & everything, our eternal life...

Our World out there is all about me, the "me-centric" World. Me, myself & Godwyn...Marriages are often ruined because one or both partners are focused on their own happiness. Successful men & women are ruined by our own success, believing we do not need anyone else's input. And for many of us, our life's troubles are magnified because we believe our life is all about us...selfish thoughts, insolent attitudes & greedy hearts...

Believe in the truth & the truth will set you free! The truth? Lead a Christ centered life & start to look upon Jesus & His glory will set you free from all bondages, if only you choose to do so, as Our God we serve is a good God that gives us free-will of choices...

Aren't we all born with a default drive set on selfishness? I want a spouse who makes me happy & co-workers who always ask my opinion. I want weather that suits me & traffic that helps me and a government that serves me. It's all about me. Self-promotion. Self-preservation. Self-centeredness. It's all about me [Godwyn]...We thought self-celebration would make us happy...does it?

We will see our suffering differently when we lead a Christ-centered life. "My pains proves God's absence" will be replaced with "My pain expands God's purpose." God turned the Red Sea into a red carpet. Manna fell. Quail ran. Water bubbled from within a rock. It is only Christ, who can move mountains...

What do we do in time of trouble? " Psalm 50:15 [NASB] says, "Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, & you will honor me." The brevity of life grants power to abide, not an excuse to bail. Fleeting days don't justify fleeting problems. Fleeting days strengthen us to endure problems. Will your problems pass? No guarantee they will. Will your pain cease? Perhaps. Perhaps not. But Jesus gives us this promise: "For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison..." 2 Corinthians 4:17 [NASB]

The words 'weight of glory' conjures up images of the ancient pan scale Remember the blindfolded lady of justice? She holds a pan scale - two pans, one on either side of the needle. The weight of a purchase would be determined by placing weights on one side & the purchase on the other.

God does the same with our struggles. On one side He stacks all our burdens. Famines. Firings. Parents who forgot you. Bosses who ignored you. Bad breaks, bad health, bad days. Stack them up, & watch one side of the pan scale plummet. Now witness God's response. Does He remove them? Eliminate the burdens? No, rather than take them, He offsets them. He places an eternal weight of glory on the other side. Endless joy. Measureless peace. An eternity of Him. Watch what happens as He sets eternity on our scale.

Everything changes! Burdens lifts. The heavy becomes light when weight against eternity. If life is "Just a moment", can't we endure any challenge for a moment? We can be sick for just a moment. We can be lonely just a moment. We can be persecuted for just a moment. We can struggle for just a moment. Can't we? Can't we wait for our peace? It's not about us anyway isn't it? And it's certainly not about now...but for a moment...

Inspired by

Max Lucado