Lamentations 3-The Mercies of the Lord, new every morning

4 He has made my skin and my flesh grow old
    and has broken my bones.
⁵ He has besieged me and surrounded me
    with bitterness and hardship.
⁶ He has made me dwell in darkness
    like those long dead. 

¹⁹ I remember my affliction and my wandering,
    the bitterness and the gall.
²⁰ I well remember them,
    and my soul is downcast within me.
²¹ Yet this I call to mind
    and therefore I have hope:

²² Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
    for his compassions never fail.
²³ They are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.
²⁴ I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
    therefore I will wait for him.”

²⁵ The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
    to the one who seeks him;
²⁶ it is good to wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.
²⁷ It is good for a man to bear the yoke
    while he is young.

Jeremiah 31

3. The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying:

“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
    I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
⁴ I will build you up again,
    and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt.
Again you will take up your timbrels
    and go out to dance with the joyful.
⁵ Again you will plant vineyards
    on the hills of Samaria;
the farmers will plant them
    and enjoy their fruit.
⁶ There will be a day when watchmen cry out
    on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Zion,
    to the Lord our God.’”

The Story of Rotten Potatoes

Rotten Potatoes

A kindergarten teacher decided to let her class play a game.

The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing a few potatoes.

Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates,

So the number of potatoes that a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number of people he/she hates.

So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some 3 while some up to 5 potatoes. The teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes in the plastic bag wherever they go (even to the toilet) for 1 week.

Days after days passed by, and the children started to complain due to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides, those having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1 week, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended....

The teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the potatoes with you for 1 week?" The children let out their frustrations and started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through having to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.

Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game. The teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry your hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred will contaminate your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot tolerate the smell of rotten potatoes for just 1 week, can you imagine what is it like to have the stench of hatred in your heart for your lifetime???"

Moral of the story: Throw away any hatred for anyone from your heart so that you will not carry sins for a lifetime. Forgiving others is the best attitude to take!

"This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

When Jesus heard it, He said, "This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."

----John 11:4 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)

Dearest Abba, Father, El-Olam - Everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. You call out the end from the beginning. Whosoever puts his hope in You will renew his strength, and will not grow weary and not faint. You are my faithful Creator and every moment of life is ordained and purposed by You. Help me rejoice in the sufferings I go through, because I can experience Your hand through it all. Abba, I know that your touch can change people and situations. Stretch out Your hand and touch me and breathe Your life into me so that I may live and flourish. Lord God, let Your light break forth in my life as the morning. Rebuke the destroyer for my sake and send Your Word , and deliver me from any destruction. Preserve me unto Your heavenly kingdom. Father,may any difficulties and frustration and pain of this day be transformed in Your loving presence for the glory of Your only begotten Son, Jesus Christ Through the grace of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen

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Looking back @ 2010

A new decade,a new year,a new start, a new life....looking back at 2010 its one of the blessed year for me....the year where I started a new journey, one of more responsibilities,sharing,caring etc etc.

The fag end of 2010 had been a stressful one,I had the fear of missing my own wedding,times of despair,hoplessness...but as usual GOD carried me all through this struggles.It started off with my passport,I was without my passport for almost 3 months and 6 days before my wedding.UKBA and my company made unusual delays and last minute hiccups and worries, or is it GOD's way of reminding me son..you have forgotten me...all I could do the 2 weeks were pray pray pray and cry...

I couldnt share it with my parents or relatives,as it would put them under more pressure on top of the marriage preperations.Jesus never disappoints you,though you will can never predict His way of doing things.....He does it in the supernatural way...He did intervene and my Visa case officer dispatched the Visa and passport in time.GOD is always faithful...he intervenes for us and makes things straight for us.
Once things are happy and rosy we get back to being unfaithful and put Jesus in the backseat.....thts human nature...how bad it hurts Jesus.

Passport happiness was shortlived.....the worst snow in 100 yrs hit UK and worlds busiest airport Heathrow shuts down.....no inbound or outbound flights....this was just 3 days before my travel.....the weather got worse and worse...and my marriage was a week away....i often kicked myself for not giving enough days gap for my marriage and travel.All I did was cry and pray......many friends,relatives and well wishers prayed for me....everytime I visit heathrow website theres always status updates of flight cancellations and worse weather conditions......

Thanks to Indian TV channels exaggerating the news back home......the whole fmly and relatives panicked and talks of cancelling the marriage went around.....I jus couldnt think of such an embarassing situation.And as usual GOD intervened weather started to clear just 1 day before my travel and flights started to operate at normal....there is no words to explain His might and love...and all I can say is thanks to GOD Almighty....coz He is great.....often Atheists and non-believers question the existense of GOD....its personal experiences like this that shows and there is GOD who listens to you when we run to HIM.

Someday I’ll look back at this blog and laugh about it. To see, how much I went through, and how much it made me stronger than before and how much I am indebted to GOD Almighty

In my pain I will yet praise the Lord!!!!

Yes HE did it and well ahead in time......with my marriage nearing in a week,I was left without my passport till today morning.I was left with a sense of hoplessness and some very anxious moments....but I knew not the UK Border agency,nor my employers can turn the situation around....but only my GOD Jesus would turn it around....with very little bit of faith and a crying confession prayer it all started and HE did listen to me..
JESUS Says : For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. ( Jeremiah 29:11 )

For all of you who are in such hopless,uncertain situations please run to HIM,only HE can bring you out of it.The unexpected heavy snow in London had halted heathrow airport and am supposed to travel on Friday,with no signs of Snow fall stopping and news of more and more flights getting cancelled....I have pinned my hopes on Jesus...HE will take me home and I will praise HIS name....though Satan plants seeds of doubts on my mind,the fear or missing my wedding....GOD will make a way where there seems to be now way



Thanks GOD.....I will sing I will praise
Even in my darkest hour
Through the sorrow and the pain
I will sing I will praise
Lift my hands to honor You
Because Your Word is true
I will sing

What Faith can do ???

Just passing through one of the most stressful stretch of days in my life.A feeling of hoplessness,uncertainity and fear has creeped in,the situation and the events happening around me are not encouraging either....faith is at all time low....finding it hard to find the strength to rise....the verse 'He who trusts in Lord will prosper' Proverbs 28:25 keeps me going.I really hope I will be able to blog soon how GOD rescued me out of this situation.

This lovely song is all I keep on playing for the moment.



What Faith Can Do Lyrics

Everybody falls sometimes
Gotta find the strength to rise
From the ashes and make a new beginning
Anyone can feel the ache
You think it’s more than you can take
But you're stronger, stronger than you know
Don’t you give up now
The sun will soon be shining
You gotta face the clouds
To find the silver lining

I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn’t ever end
Even when the sky is falling
I’ve seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That’s what faith can do

It doesn’t matter what you’ve heard
Impossible is not a word
It’s just a reason for someone not to try
Everybody’s scared to death
When they decide to take that step
Out on the water
It’ll be alright
Life is so much more
Than what your eyes are seeing
You will find your way
If you keep believing

I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn’t ever end
Even when the sky is falling
I’ve seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That’s what faith can do

Overcome the odds
You don't have a chance
(That’s what faith can do)
When the world says you can’t
It’ll tell you that you can!

I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn’t ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I’ve seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That’s what faith can do
That's what faith can do!
Even if you fall sometimes
You will have the strength to rise


I will have the strength to rise!!!!!