WHERE DOES WORRY TAKE US?

When created in His image and entrusted a unique responsibility of tending and keeping the earth, God wanted us to depend on Him, seek His guidance and follow His design. But, many a times we forget this and assume that we know everything.  When things go against our plans, we tend to worry about everything. The result is confusion, tension and depression thereby becoming totally hopeless.

You take any flower bud and try to unfold it without destroying it; you will see that it is not possible to do it as it naturally happens.  Then you read the following poem:

"It is only a tiny rosebud,
A flower of God's design;
But I cannot unfold the petals
With these clumsy hands of mine.

The secret of unfolding flowers
Is not known to such as I.
GOD opens this flower so easily,
But in my hands they die.

If I cannot unfold a rosebud,
This flower of God's design,
Then how can I have the wisdom
To unfold this life of mine?

So I'll trust in God for leading
Each moment of my day.
I will look to God for guidance
In each step along the way.

The path that lies before me,
Only my Lord and Savior knows.
I'll trust God to unfold the moments,
Just as He unfolds the rose.”

You are invited to read Mtt. 6: 25-34 to know what Jesus says about the tendency of worry. God knows better than us and He is capable to unfold the future in the right time.  Depend on Him. 

DARE TO BE DIFFERENT

Human beings are created to be different from any other species of the earth. We are the only species who can think differently and act differently. When we observe other creatures, they are born, fed and grow in the same manner for any number of generations – we are undeniably the ones who have forced them to change, if at all they have changed! We know that human being have the capacity to change the pattern of life and have indeed changed from generation to generation. The secret of change is evident if we observe the ones who created history in their fields of interest – architects change the pattern of dwellings, scientists and technologists change the pattern of living, artists change the pattern of aesthetics, philosophers and religious teachers change the pattern of ethics and morality.

Any plan for accomplishing something includes four ‘D’s. - Dream, Decision, Determination and Discipline. Dreaming is the easiest part. As we dream, we think about where we would like to be.  We can dream about anything – becoming a world renowned person in any field of interest, the wealthiest of the world etc., etc. – if it ends there, there is no use.  We must start with a dream (if we do not dream, nothing can be accomplished!), but if it ends there, we are not going to achieve anything.

Once we have a dream, then we must make the decision to pursue the dream. The decision phase includes making plans about how to achieve the dream.  We must decide what steps to take to get our dream.  We must decide to start training - sign up for courses of our interest, look for hands on training etc.. Making these decisions moves us toward our dream. It is certainly harder than just dreaming, but is still not the hardest part. 

Determination to pursue the goal is the next step.  Discouraging words, sleepless nights, hurdles one after the other etc. are vital to the calling to be different. If you are not determined to overcome them, you cannot be an achiever.

Discipline is the hardest part. It follows the determination to fulfill our dream.  It is sticking with the course and finishing it.  It is the daily toil of study, practice, exercise and exertion.

There is no need to name anyone to prove the above - history is full with the names and even today the names are added to the list and in the future also the names shall be added.  Do you want your name to be in the list? Then, dare to be different. Remember that there is no short cut to create history.