WE ARE CHRIST'S FRAGRANCE...

The Bible says we are the aroma (fragrance) of Christ. Let's spread that fragrance around!

2 Corinthians 2:15, : For we are to God the aroma of Christ, among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.




Wednesday, March 6, 2024

✫ *How To Forgive*✫

✫ *How To Forgive*✫
~ By Fr Varghese Thampan ~
★One day, a while back, a man, his heart heavy with grief, was walking in the woods.
As he thought about his life this day, he knew many things were not right.
★ He thought about those who had lied about him back when he had a job
★His thoughts turned to those who had stolen his things and cheated him,
★He remembered family that had passed on...
★His mind turned to the illness he had that no one could cure.
★His very soul was filled with anger, resentment and frustration
★Standing there this day, searching for answers he could not find, knowing all else had failed him, he knelt at the base of an old oak tree to seek the one he knew would always be there
🦋And with tears in his eyes, he prayed:
🍁 "Lord, You have done wonderful things for me in this life,  You have told me to do many things for you, and I happily obeyed
Today, you have told me to forgive
I am sad, Lord, because I cannot
I don't know how
It's not fair Lord
I didn't deserve these wrongs that were done against me and I shouldn't have to forgive
As perfect as your way is Lord, this one thing I cannot do, for I don't know how to forgive
My anger is so deep Lord, I fear I may not hear you, but I pray that you teach me to do this one thing I cannot do - Teach me to Forgive." 🍁
🩸As he knelt there in the quiet shade of that old oak tree, he felt something fall onto his shoulder
He opened his eyes
Out of the corner of one eye, he saw something red on his shirt.
🩸He could not turn to see what it was because where the oak tree had been was a large square piece of wood in the ground.
🩸He raised his head and saw two feet held to the wood with a large spike through them.
🩸He raised his head more, and tears came to his eyes as he saw Jesus hanging on a cross.
🩸He saw spikes in His hands, a gash in His side, a torn and battered body, deep thorns sunk into His head.
🩸Finally he saw the suffering and pain on His precious face.
🩸As their eyes met, the man's tears turned to sobbing, and JESUS began to speak....
☘️ "Have you ever told a lie?" He asked.
The man answered - "yes"
☘️ "Have you ever been given too much change and kept it?"
The man answered - "yes, Lord"
And the man sobbed more and more.
 ☘️"Have you ever taken something from work that wasn't yours?" Jesus asked?
And the man answered - "yes"
☘️ "Have you ever sworn, using my Father's name in vain? "
The man, crying now, answered - "yes, Lord "
 ☘️As Jesus asked many more times, "Have you ever"? The man's crying became uncontrollable, for he could only answer - "yes, Lord"
☘️Then Jesus turned His head from one side to the other, and the man felt something fall on his other shoulder...
He looked and saw that it was the blood of Jesus.
☘️When he looked back up, his eyes met those of Jesus, and there was a look of love the man had never seen or known before....
❤️🥺Jesus said, "I didn't deserve this either, but I forgive you"❤●•٠
~ By Fr Varghese Thampan ~

Friday, February 16, 2024

You are precious 💞

You are precious and valuable in His sight.
If Jesus is your Savior, you are the child of the Most High God, you are chosen by God, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God.
⭐️‿☆ "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last." (John 15:16)
⭐️‿☆ “Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God” (John 1:12).
⭐️‿☆ "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." (1 Peter 2:9)
♥️.🍃.*❅.So...don't look down upon yourself.
It's easy to say, "I'm clumsy", "I'm so..fat", I'm useless", "I'm weak", "I'm a failure", I'm ugly" etc..
It's easy to allow the opinions of others belittle you.
♥️.🍃.*❅.But the fact is God's done a marvelous job on you when He created you in your mother's womb (Psalm 139)
♥️.🍃.*❅. You are precious and valuable in His sight.
You are His Ambassadors on Earth, so walk with confidence because you represent the Kingdom of Heaven down here.
♥️.🍃.*❅. It does not matter what people say or think about you. What really matters and counts in what God thinks of you.
So, smile and be all that God's called you to be.
Have a blessed day..
Julia
♥️.🍃.*❅.♥️.🍃.*❅.❤️