The halfbaked Bard

Finishing is better than starting   Eccl:7:8 To start enthusiastically something is challenging. But motivational and encouraging. It involves courage and boldness. It is emulatable. But many of these enthusiasts who start well do not have the patience to finish it off. Plan well ahead to finish things off well too. Set aside all your pride and trust in the everpresent help.  Phil:1:6 He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of coming of Christ Jesus.  Yes it is said about establishing your faith in your heart. It also touches upon God's plans for you. Finding out God's plans for you is the key to starting well and finishing well. Those are the plans to prosper you and not to harm you.  Do you get bored of His good and perfect will for you? Do you stop doing the things that you have been called to do because you don't feel like doing it? Have you lost interest in the things which you were sure once, that God had as...

Eccl:7:5 It is better to heed a wise man's rebuke Than to listen to the song of the fools.  It is often hard to take correction. We often keep a distance from people who criticize.  I am not talking about people who always want to find fault. These are genuine people who wants the better of you. People who genuinely love you. Who finds something not right in you and points it out.  The moment our wrongdoing is exposed - we get restless, we justify, we defend and ultimately we resist and avoid.  But we enjoy the songs of the fools. We love the company of those who always appreciate. We say words of appreciation is our love language, in want of acknowledgement. We love their company, because they never criticize.  But genuine love wants you to correct; especially if there is God in the relation. Genuine love has the freedom to tell you that you are wrong. Genuine love has the wisdom to show you the option to rectify where as superficial love pats you o...

Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have.  Ecclesiastes 6:9  Man's nature is to complain about what he does not have. Look into the other's plate and and be envious. Lack of contentment with what we have even though it is a little.  I want to be like them. I deserve to be like them. This happens when we forget that what is best for me my Father will give me. He knows what I need, even when I do not deserve it.  It is because of mistrust. It is about lack of understanding His love. This is like your child asking someone else something, before he asks you. It is about lack of confidence.  It is your prerogative to approach the throne of grace with confidence. He is your dad. But we tend to forget that there are greater things which He wants to bless with. And are we crying for silly futile things? 

  Yet he would have had more peace than in growing up to be an unhappy man. He might live a thousand years twice over but still not find contentment. And since he must die like everyone else—well, what’s the use? Ecclesiastes 6:5‭-‬6 An unhappy man is very difficult to live with. A discontented man creates trouble  always.  If there is a grateful smile on the others face, it erases all negativity even though you live with nothing.  Face everything with a smile on your face, that's how you deal with negativism. When things are upside down all we need is to have a thankful heart, for what we have received. Because we have received more than what we deserve. An attitude of gratitude is what we need to cultivate. Always thankful, especially in times of discouragement, let us switch on to purposefully look unto the healing, delivering, providing Almighty.  For all things God works for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. Rom:8:28. A Go...

Eccl:5:18-20 Even so, I have noticed one thing, at least that is good. It is good for people to eat, drink and enjoy their work under the sun during the short life God has given them, and to accept their lot in life. And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life - this is indeed a gift from God. God keeps such people so busy enjoying life that they take no time to brood over the past.  The ability to work.  The privilege to enjoy work.  To accept your lot in life.  Not to be greedy.  Not to brood over the past.  To enjoy your life as it is given....  It is indeed a gift

India declared itself a republic about two and half years after it gained independence.  In 1947, there was freedom at midnight. All were in honeymoon period. Everyone was enjoying the freedom and the in-dependance from the monarchy that they earned. (Rather received.) There was no more bondage. There was no answerability to the queen and lords.  What was rightfully ours we can claim and use it for our own benefit now. There is an about turn in the course of an Indian's life.  But there needed to be discipline. The law and order had to be formulated. The Constitution had to be worked out. India had to work out how to run the show by themselves. Order had to be maintained. Though it was the British who was running everything, now we had to figure it out by ourselves. We have to face the heat. But own up and do it responsibility. Thus India declared itself a Republic on this very day in 1950. Christian living is also like this. From the clutches of the devil we ...

Fear God instead  Eccl:5:7 That is essence of it all. Fear of God. A God fearing attitude and God orientedness in all the walks of your life.  The innate feeling of God is watching 24*7 That God is listening to every words that you speak.  Every thought that you entertain in your mind.  If that be case, then there is healing in every aspect of your life. He is not a hard taskmaster who would want to wrench things out of you because of fear. But a loving tender hearted Father who would want the best to come out of you.  Fear of not punishment. But a fear out of love. Fear out of realizing His love for you.  Jesus lived in that fear. Nothing He needed to fear because He pleased His Father always. His Father was always in  communication with Him. That Father-Son relationship is the fear of the Lord. It is the true beginning to be wise.  Lord I want to live in that God orientedness, that fear of the Lord always. All things that i think, al...