Moving Forward

Christmas Eve is a great time to get together with families, friends and loved ones. It’s a good time to catch up with each other and share happiness, since almost throughout the year we are all being busy with our work and other important things that we need for our lives.

However the greatest thing about Christmas is its true meaning, when salvation is born into the world. As the scripture says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave is only begotten son, that whosoever believed in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

If we have to stop and think about the true reason we are giving gifts to our children, it is because we loved them. ‘LOVE’ is the greatest gift of all. When there is ‘love’ there is ‘peace’, and when there is ‘peace’ there is ‘hope’ and when there is ‘hope’, there is ‘forgiveness’ and when there is ‘forgiveness’, there is ‘happiness’.

If you are reading this blog and you know that you have a problem with your parents or your wife or your husband, or your children, this is what I want you to do, swallow your pride and go to your family and say sorry.

I can assure you that reconciliation will change your life today. Shouldering the burden of the past will not help you to become a better person, but will take you nowhere, that is why Apostle Paul in the Bible said “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13,14

The keyword I want to share with us here today is where Apostle Paul said: “But this is one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before”.

Simply Apostle Paul is telling us today to forget those things that we have done in the past and let us move forward, because there is nothing we can do to change the past. I like what the former President of South Africa Mr. Nelson Mandela would like to say about forgiveness and their past.

He said: “Forgiveness liberates the soul, and it removes fear, and that is why it is such a powerful weapon”. If I am correct, I am sure this is what he also said “What is rebate is rebate, the past is the past, and we look to the future now”.

My dear friend let us not allow the sun to go down on us before we can say sorry, but let us have the courage to say sorry and be reunited with our families, friends and loved ones.

GOD bless you and have a wonderful festive season.

Our Five Fingers Reminds us!

Parental factors: -

We human being are very grateful to have 5 fingers. Yes! I said 5 fingers, why?  Because it helped us too understand the philosophy of life. Ok, take a look at this question and if you’re a parent ask yourself why do you always want to buy the best gift for your children.

Have you any idea why?

Simply because you loved them and not because they always listen to you etc. if I can say it plainly, maybe if we are to compare the true factors about how much we loved our children against they listening to us, it would be love denying the fact of 70 – 90% chance for our children not listening to us every day.

However, we still loved them and still want the best for them.  

Ok, let me take you back to the 5 fingers and its significant teaching in our lives and having said that, I will start from each fingers and their representation in our lives.

1.    Thumb             -           Gift for our children

2.    Pointer             -           Children always complaining

3.    Tallman           -           Our children’s ignorance

4.    Ringman         -           Our Love for our children

5.    Littleman         -           Our children

Ok, now that you know their significant role in the story, let me help you put it altogether, so you can see the clear picture of their representation and meaning in this story.

During Christmas and New Year, we always provide presents (gifts) for our children, but remember gift is not something that one deserve to have just because of his obedience or whatever. But in fact, it is something freely given to show appreciation. So did we the parents, we provide gift for our children freely, because we appreciate them as they are.

Most of our problem parents are from our children’s complaints. Sometimes with just simple things such as clothes, where we select clothes for our children and they just simply don’t want to wear it, because they like to wear something else. At the end of the day, the only easiest way out that problem is to compromise.

However, this is another problem, whenever we tell our children to do this and that we will find ourselves that often times nothing has been done, since our children in most cases ignored what we said and decides to go about their own business. At the end of the day we end up angry and frustrated.

We will call our children and start screaming at them, but because of love, it doesn’t matter how mad you are and how angry you think you are at that time, but once you see tears falling from your child’s eye, it will break your heart.

In other words, it will melt you, because the child is your whole world, and losing him/her is something that nothing in the entire universe can replace forever.

Our children will never understand that, until they grow older and then they will be in our shoes, and they will understand our situation.

Until then, let us not give up in doing ‘good’ to our children as they deserve our love.

Introduction of this new blog

Merry Christmas to you all, I hope you will all enjoy the blogs that I am about to share to you as it will help you to continue in love with your loved ones. The name of this blog is also named after the theme of this page. May God bless you and your family, Enjoy!