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Embracing the interruption: the true meaning of Christmas

Christmas is often portrayed as a time of joy, peace, and harmony. However, for many, the holiday season can be a difficult and trying time. Perhaps you're struggling with sickness, grief, loneliness, or spiritual turmoil. Whatever your challenge, remember that the first Christmas wasn't a perfect, serene occasion either. In fact, the birth of Jesus began with an interruption. Mary, a young virgin, was engaged to Joseph when an angel appeared, announcing she would miraculously conceive the Son of God (Matthew 1:18). This unexpected news disrupted their plans and raised questions: How would they explain this to others? Would Joseph believe Mary and accept the responsibility? Joseph's initial response was shock and disbelief. He considered divorcing Mary privately, but an angel of the Lord intervened in a dream, affirming Mary's story and revealing the divine nature of Jesus (Matthew 1:20-23). The key to navigating life's challenges and interruptions is seeking God...

The Waiting Room

We use the phrase “in the meantime” while waiting for something.  When we’re in the waiting room, the “meantime,” waiting for our answers or our miracle, it’s often pretty mean, isn’t it?  So, what do we do in the meantime? How do we keep our faith and trust that God is working when we can’t see it? Everyday we deal tons of what-ifs? Entertaining the what-ifs in life is the first step to being overtaken with worry. Worry is taking responsibility for things we were never intended to handle.  Worry says that we can handle it when many times we simply cannot.  Are you worried that you worry too much? You don't defeat worry by worrying about it.  You defeat worry by redirecting your concerns to Someone who can actually do something about your situation.  It does not mean that you do not take responsibility for the things you are supposed to handle; it just means that you know when you stop and God begins. All of the pain we ar...

Essence of being a woman

We know but not all feel what it takes to be a Woman. To be a Woman and to grow and evolve  is not all easy. We were always taught, almost bombarded, with ideals of what we should be at every age in our lives: This is what you should be at sixteen, This is what you should wear at age twenty, That is how you must act like at age twenty-five. But amidst all these voices. I believe there is no greater comfort and assurance than a woman who believes in Her Ability. No greater success that these things for a woman to be, at any age! Whether you are six or sixteen ,nineteen or ninety! It is always wonderful to be Courageous and Brave. It is always fashionable to have GRACE. It is always glamorous to have Self-respect  , and it is always important to own a delectable perfume of Confidence . Yes, wearing a beautiful perfume both on the outside and inside. Being a Woman is having a believing heart with courage to make the best use of what has been given to you by God. And for any worth...

Crawling in Faith

Faith is where we find ourselves after we are dedicated to exercising baby faith step by step. But the truth is, most of us who wants to be perfectly great, don’t want to do anything on a small scale. We often want Moses- parting-the- Red-sea types of results, but do not want to see through ourselves where and what we lack. We only want to be safe on a giant ark in the middle of a flood but do not want splinters from sanding down the wooden planks needed to build it. Than I thought of Noah, for him, cutting down the first tree to build the ark as told by God was the smallest and the first measure of “Faith” and a huge amount of humility that nobody saw except him and God. For us, baby faith might mean surrendering our weakness of being too prideful of our own ability at times.  It might even be that morning prayer claiming peace and protection in Christ and the unexplainable serenity of the day. Or it might simply mean dropping in a furniture store and picking a new design of ...