Your love is beautiful

From Hillsong...

Letter from heaven

She jumped up as soon as she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She said: ‘How is my little boy? Is he going to be all right? When can I see him?’

The surgeon said, ‘I’m sorry. We did all we could, but your boy didn’t make it.’

Sally said, ‘Why do little children get cancer? Doesn’t God care any more? Where were you, God, when my son needed you?’

The surgeon asked, ‘Would you like some time alone with your son? One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes, before he’s transported to the university.’

Sally asked the nurse to stay with her while she said good bye to son… She ran her fingers lovingly through his thick red curly hair. ‘Would you like a lock of his hair?’ the nurse asked. Sally nodded yes. The nurse cut a lock of the boy’s hair, put it in a plastic bag and handed it to Sally.

The mother said, ‘It was Jimmy’s idea to donate his body to the University for Study. He said it might help somebody else. ‘I said no at first, but Jimmy said, ‘Mom, I won’t be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom.’ She went on, ‘My Jimmy had a heart of gold. Always thinking of someone else. Always wanting to help others if he could.’

Sally walked out of Children’s Mercy Hospital for the last time, after spending most of the last six months there. She put the bag with Jimmy’s belongings on the seat beside her in the car.

The drive home was difficult. It was even harder to enter the empty house. She carried Jimmy’s belongings, and the plastic bag with the lock of his hair to her son’s room.

She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room exactly where he had always kept them. She lay down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, cried herself to sleep.

It was around midnight when Sally awoke. Lying beside her on the bed was a folded letter. The letter said:

‘Dear Mom,

I know you’re going to miss me; but don’t think that I will ever forget you, or stop loving you, just ’cause I’m not around to say ‘I Love You’. I will always love you, Mom, even more with each day. Someday we will see each other again.

Until then, if you want to adopt a little boy so you won’t be so lonely, that’s okay with me. He can have my room and old stuff to play with. But, if you decide to get a girl instead, she probably wouldn’t like the same things us boys do. You’ll have to buy her dolls and stuff girls like, you know.

Don’t be sad thinking about me. This really is a neat place. Grandma and Grandpa met me as soon as I got here and showed me around some, but it will take a long time to see everything. The angels are so cool. I love to watch them fly. And, you know what? Jesus doesn’t look like any of his pictures… Yet, when I saw Him, I knew it was Him.

Jesus himself took me to see GOD! And guess what, Mom? I got to sit on God’s knee and talk to Him, like I was somebody important. That’s when I told Him that I wanted to write you a letter, to tell you good bye and everything. But I already knew that wasn’t allowed. Well, you know what Mom? God handed me some paper and His own personal pen to write you this letter I think Gabriel is the name of the angel who is going to drop this letter off to you.

God told me to give you the answer to one of the questions you asked Him where was He when I needed him?’ ‘God said He was in the same place with me, as when His son Jesus was on the cross. He was right there, as He always is with all His children.’

Oh, by the way, Mom, no one else can see what I’ve written except you. To everyone else this is just a blank piece of paper. Isn’t that cool? I have to give God His pen back now He needs it to write some more names in the Book of Life. Tonight I get to sit at the table with Jesus for supper.. I’m sure the food will be great.

Oh, I almost forgot to tell you. I don’t hurt anymore the cancer is all gone.. I’m glad because I couldn’t stand that pain anymore and God couldn’t stand to see me hurt so much, either. That’s when He sent The Angel of Mercy to come get me. The Angel said I was a Special Delivery! How about that?

Signed with Love

from God, Jesus & Me.

(taken from turnbacktogod.com)

Your presence is a gift to the world

Don’t ever forget.

Your presence is a gift to the world,

You’re unique and one of a kind.

Your life can be what you want it to be.

Take it one day at a time.

Count your blessings, not your troubles,

And you’ll make it through what comes along.

Within you are so many answers.

Understand, have courage, be strong..

Don’t put limits on yourself..

Your dreams are waiting to be realized.

Don’t leave your important decisions to chance.

Reach for your peak, your goal, and your prize.

Nothing wastes more energy than worrying.

The longer a problem is carried, the heavier it gets.

Don’t take things too seriously.

Live a life of serenity, not a life of regrets.

Remember that a little love goes a long way.

Remember that a lot goes forever.

Remember that friendship is a wise investment,

Life’s treasures are people… together.

Have health and hope and happiness.

And don’t ever forget for even a day…

How very special YOU are!

God has created you for a purpose.

You did not come from apes.

You are wonderfully and beautifully made.

Make sure you make a difference where you are and you do it today.

( taken from turnbacktogod.com)

You are holy

A song by Michael W Smith...

The Designer Knows

Harry was driving at 100 miles/hour from Los Angeles to Long Beach. Suddenly there was a noise from the car engine. Harry slowed down the car, drove it to one side of the road and parked it. He tried to check what the problem was, with the little experience he had. But the car refused to start.

‘When all else fails, get help’. Harry waved his hand at the passing cars, asking for help. A car stopped and a gentleman stepped down from it. Harry was happy and handed the keys over to the man. After twenty minutes, the man gave the keys back to him and said ‘sorry’. Harry was disappointed and waved his hand again, asking for help. Once again, a man came to help, but he too was unsuccessful. Many people passed by that way, several tried to help him, but no one could solve the problem.

Harry just leaned on his car, and his mind was absolutely blank. At that time, a man drove fast past Harry, and then stopped his car and came towards him. He asked him, “May I help you?” A frustrated Harry, unable to say a word, just gave the key to him. Within five minutes, the man came back. Harry expected the same old story again. But the man said, “The car is alright”, and moved away. Unable to believe his ears, Harry ran to car and saw that it was working fine. He wondered how the man solved the problem in no time, when others were not able to do so. Harry ran behind him and asked him how he did it. The man replied,” I am Henry Ford, and I am the engineer who designed this car”.

The man who designed the car exactly knew what the problem was.

God created you, and He knows exactly what your problem is. He knows the pain, the agony and the sorrows you’re going through. And sure, he’ll help….ALWAYS!!!

Nick Vujicic

One should definitely watch this video... Truly inspiring...

I've learned

I’ve learned….

that the best classroom in the world

is at the feet of an elderly person.

I’ve learned….

that when you’re in love, it shows.

I’ve learned….

that just one person saying to me,

“You’ve made my day!” makes my day.

I’ve learned….

that I feel better about myself when

I make others feel better about themselves.

I’ve learned….

that having a child fall asleep in your

arms is one of the most peaceful

feelings in the world.

I’ve learned….

that what we have done for ourselves

alone dies with us. What we have done

for others and the world remains and

is immortal.

I’ve learned….

that one sincere apology is worth more

than all the roses money can buy.

I’ve learned….

that words harshly spoken are as difficult

to retrieve as feathers in a gale.

I’ve learned….

that being kind is more important than

being right.

I’ve learned….

that you should never say no to a

gift from a child.

I’ve learned….

that I can always pray for someone when

I don’t have the strength to help him

in some other way.

I’ve learned….

that no matter how serious your life

requires you to be, everyone needs a

friend to act goofy with.

I’ve learned….

that sometimes all a person needs is a

hand to hold and a heart to understand.

( taken from turnbacktogod.com)

I Thirst For You

This is a meditation based on the message of Mother Teresa...

Truly wonderful...Touches my heart every time I read it...It speaks of Jesus' love for us..Read then, what Jesus wants to tell you...

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock…”

(Rev. 3:20)

It is true. I stand at the door of your heart, day and night. Even when you are not listening, even when you doubt it could be Me, I am there. I await even the smallest sign of your response, even the least whispered invitation that will allow me to enter.

And I want you to know that whenever you invite Me, I do come always without fail. Silent and unseen I come, but with the many gifts of My Spirit. I come with My mercy, with My desire to forgive and heal you, and with a love for you beyond your comprehension, a love every bit as great as the love I have received from the Father. “As much as the Father has loved me, I have loved you”,(Jn. 15:10). I come longing to console you and give you strength, to lift you up and bind all your wounds. I bring you my light, to dispel your darkness and all your doubts. I come with My power, that I might carry you and all of your burdens; with My grace, to touch your heart and transform your life, and My peace I give to still your soul.

I know you through and through, I know everything about you. The very hairs of your head I have numbered. Nothing in your life is unimportant to Me. I have followed you through the years, and I have always loved you even in your wanderings. I know every one of your problems. I know your needs and your worries. And yes, I know all your sins. But I tell you again that I love you, not for what you have or haven’t done, I love you for you, for the beauty and dignity My Father gave you by creating you in his own image. It is a dignity you have often forgotten, a beauty you have tarnished by sin. But I love you as you are, and I have shed My Blood to win you back. If you only ask me with faith, My grace will touch all that needs changing in your life, and I will give you the strength to free yourself from sin and all its destructive power.

I know what is in your heart I know your loneliness and all your hurts, the rejections, the judgments, the humiliations. I carried it all before you. And I carried it all for you, so you might share My strength and victory. I know especially your need for love, how you are thirsting to be loved and cherished. But how often have you thirsted in vain, by seeking that love selfishly, striving to fill the emptiness inside you with passing pleasures, with the even greater emptiness of sin. Do you thirst for love? “Come to Me all you who thirst…”(Jn. 7:37). I will satisfy you and fill you. Do you thirst to be cherished? I cherish you more than you can imagine, to the point of dying on a cross for you.

I thirst for you. Yes, that is the only way to even begin to describe my love for you: I THIRST FOR YOU. I thirst to love you and to be loved by you that is how precious you are to Me. I THIRST FOR YOU. Come to Me, and I will fill your heart and heal your wounds. I will make you a new creation, and give you peace, even in all your trials. I THIRST FOR YOU. You must never doubt My mercy, My acceptance of you, My desire to forgive, My longing to bless you and live My life in you. I THIRST FOR YOU. If you fell unimportant in the eyes of the world, that matters not at all. For Me, there is no one any more important in the entire world than you. I THIRST FOR YOU. Open to Me, come to Me, thirst for Me, give me your life and I will prove to you how important you are to My heart.

Don’t you realize that My Father already has a perfect plan to transform your life, beginning from this moment? Trust in Me. Ask me every day to enter and take charge of your life and I will. I promise you before My Father in heaven that I will work miracles in your life. Why would I do this? Because I THIRST FOR YOU. All I ask of you is that you entrust yourself to me completely. I will do all the rest.

Even now I behold the place My Father has prepared for you in My Kingdom. Remember that you are a pilgrim in his life, on journey home.

Sin can never satisfy you, or bring the peace you seek. All that you have sought outside of Me has only left you more empty, so do not cling to the things of this life. Above all, do not run from Me when you fall. Come to Me without delay. When you give Me your sins, you give Me the joy of being your Savior. There is nothing I cannot forgive or heal, so come now, and unburden your soul.

No matter how far you may wander, no matter how often you forget Me, no matter how many crosses you may bear in this life, there is one thing I want you to always remember, one thing that will never change: I THIRST FOR YOU, just as you are. You don’t need to change to believe in My Love, for it will be your belief in My Love that will change you. You forget Me, and yet I am seeking you every moment of the day standing at the door of your heart, and knocking. Do you find this hard to believe? Then look at the cross, look at my heart that was pierced for you. Have you not understood My cross? Then listen again to the words I spoke there- for they tell you clearly why I endured all this for you: “I THIRST…”(Jn. 19:28). Yes, I thirst for you, as the psalm I was praying says of Me: “I looked for love, and I found none...” (Ps. 69:20). All your life I have been looking for your love I have never stopped seeking to love you and be loved by you. You have tried many other things in your search for happiness; why not try opening your heart to Me, right now, more than you ever have before.

Whenever you do open the door of your heart, whenever you come close enough you will hear Me say to you again and again, not in mere human words but in spirit: “No matter what you have done, I love you for your own sake. Come to Me with your misery and your sins, with your troubles and needs, and with all your longing to be loved. I stand at the door of your heart and knock… Open to Me, for I THIRST FOR YOU…”

“Jesus is God, therefore His love, His Thirst, is infinite. He, the creator of the universe, asked for the love of His creatures. He thirsts for our love… These words: ‘I Thirst” do they echo in our souls?” -Mother Teresa

Broken Dreams

As children bring their broken toys

With tears for us to mend,

I brought my broken dreams to God

Because He was my friend.

But then instead of leaving Him

In peace to work alone,

I hung around and tried to help

With ways that were my own.

At last I snatched them back and cried,

“How could you be so slow”

“My child,” He said, “What could I do?

You never did let go.”

( written by Robert J. Burdette)

You are my world

The Shepherd and the Lamb

This is a beautiful poem that I read somewhere...

Do read it....

The Shepherd and the Lamb

The Shepherd loved His little lamb,

And gave it His tender care

And followed it with His loving eyes

As it wandered here and there.

And as He sat by His grazing flock

Who so meekly His voice obeyed,

He pondered sadly His little lamb

As again it strayed.

The little lamb had a loving heart,

And adored His Shepherd, true,

But would turn aside and seek his own way

As lambs so often do.

With His gentle voice the Shepherd called,

To His loved and straying lamb,

"Come back, little one, for you are not safe

Unless you are where I am."

But still the lamb would soon forget

And unthinkingly wander away,

And not really noticing what he did,

From the Shepherd's side would stray.

Until one day, the Shepherd kind

Took His rod in His gentle hand,

And what He then did seemed so cruel

That the lamb could not understand.

For with one sharp and well-aimed blow

Down the rod so swiftly came

That it broke the leg of the little lamb

And left it crippled, and lame.

Then the little lamb, with a cry of pain,

Fell down upon his knees,

And looked up at his Shepherd, as though to say,

"Won't You explain this, please?"

Then he saw the love in the Shepherd's eyes

As the tears ran down His face,

As He tenderly set the broken bone,

And bound it back in it's place.

Now he was utterly helpless,

He could not even stand!

He must trust himself completely

To his Shepherds loving hand.

Then day by day, 'till the lamb was healed

From the flock he was kept apart,

And carried about in the Shepherd's arms

And cradled near to His heart.

And the Shepherd would whisper gentle words

Into his now listening ear,

Thus he heard sweet words of love

That the other sheep could not hear.

He felt the warmth of the Shepherd's arms.

And the beat of His faithful heart,

Until it came a blessing to seem,

By his weakness to be set apart.

Every need of the little lamb

By his Shepherd so fully was met

That through his brokenness he learned

What he never again would forget.

And as the broken bone was healed,

And once more became whole and strong,

Wherever the Shepherd's path would lead,

The lamb would follow along.

Thus at the Shepherd's side he walked

So closely, day by day,

For once a lamb has a broken leg

It will never again go astray.

For the cords of love had bound it so

In its hour of weakness and need,

That is had no desire to wander away,

When once again it was freed.

Could it be you are broken today,

And you cannot understand

The painful blow of the Shepherd's rod

Nor believe it came from His Hand?

He only seeks, by this painful thing,

For a time to call you apart,

To cradle you close in His loving arms,

And draw you near to His heart.

So look up into your Shepherd's eyes,

And earnestly seek His face,

And prove in the hour of your weakness and need

The sufficiency of His grace.

For as you are borne in His loving arms,

And carried there, day by day,

He will bind you so close with the cords of His love

That never again will you stray!