GracePerfected

           We were hiking near a waterfall as a family and my 5 year old daughter tightly held my hand. As I showed her ways she could rest her one foot on the firm rock before she took her next step, I was reminded of how we can stand on Christ as our solid rock.  I stood there looking at the solid rocks and the water fell on it so heavily. The force of the water was able to throw anything off its surface. But these rushing waters became still streams in the valleys. And I realized if you were standing on muddy ground, this soil beneath your feet would give way easily and carry you with its tide.                       This is a perfect analogy to our Christian lives. The storms, waves and the turmoils of this world can throw away any person. No one is immune to the fiery trials of this world. During these moments of distress, what differentiates a t...

     Life is crazy! We go through ups and downs. We get lost in the busyness of school, work, weekends at church, weekends away, and everything else that fills up our everyday lives. In the midst of all the madness we go through in life, we may also have to face some seasons of waiting, some messy situations, or some pauses in our lives when absolutely nothing is happening. During these times there may be moments when we are drowned in the misery of loneliness. And it's usually when we need someone the most that our closest friends or family seem nowhere to be found. This is not the best place in life to be, and yet it's probably a period of time we all go through at some point. How do we go through such difficult times? How do we face moments like this?       I'm not an expert, nor do I have a list of how to deal with loneliness, or how to get through tough times. But something that always helped me was the reminder that even in my loneliest...

Since I have come back from India, it has been a tough journey for me. To stay with your spouse for two and half months and then to come back alone to a cold reality was very rough for me. It’s been a roller coaster ride since then. We were expecting to be with each other soon, but our journey took some unexpected turns which could have taken him longer to get here. I was very upset and frustrated with everything that was happening. Since we didn't expect this to happen we had already booked the ticket for him to come here. All these things made me more upset and honestly speaking, I tried everything else but talking to God. Finally, at the end of the day like a defeated soldier I came to God’s presence, literally having no words to speak. I was just crying and pouring out my heart in His presence. Then, God inspired me to read about the story of Gideon (Judges 6&7). The moment I started reading the story of Gideon the Spirit of God started ministering to me. The story of Gi...

     As I’ve been going through Scripture this week, this phrase has come up over and over again. Be it God asking kings or prophets what they needed from Him, over and over again, God keeps asking this question. But why?       This past month has been such a trying month. Never in my life have I questioned my calling more or dealt with as many personal issues, be it my health, or whatever else. With everything I looked at, I felt like everything around me was falling apart. I questioned that I was where God wanted me to be in my serving Him. I doubted whatever future plans He has set for me. My health took a pretty scary roll downwards, and it began to feel like the relationships I had with the people around me were all falling to shambles. In the midst of these questions, His voice rang out loud and clear, continually asking me,  What do you want?      My God isn’t a god like others who sit quietly and choose not to respo...

Genesis 19: 17  "And as they brought them out, one said "Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away" Genesis 19: 26 "But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt."       As I was struggling to figure out what to write on the blog these last couple of days, I unexpectedly came across a certain picture. The picture was of a stone near the Dead Sea, which locals claim is Lot's wife (the tallest stone in the picture below).       The fact that people claim this stone as Lot's wife made me think about the story in Genesis of God destroying Sodom, and how the angels warned Lot that neither he nor his family were to look back or stop anywhere. If you read through the story on your own time, you might also agree with me on the fact that God had A LOT of patience with Lot. I mean, even angelic beings came to him to warn him to flee for HIS L...

     Two of my favorite fast-food items are Krispy-Kreme doughnuts and French fries; they are just the tastiest things I can easily get a hold of and they make me want to have more of it every time I get it. However, it’s been a while since I’ve had either of these.      A Krispy Kreme Original Glazed doughnut is made from at least 50 ingredients – mostly artificial food additives that increase your risk of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, allergies, and digestive disorders. A medium order of French Fries has 365 calories along with 17 grams of fat, 26% of your daily value. Sodium clocks in at 246 mg, or 10% of the upper limit you should eat in a day. If you eat junk food all the time, your body is going to show it sooner or later. If you eat healthy food, you will have better results. Some of us are very careful in eating the right thing. We see more people are beginning to give value for nutrition rather than just taste. We here in Ameri...

     Discouragement can result from many reasons, Satan will do anything he can to destroy us and keep our focus on negative things instead of on God. This is a trap of the devil. Discouragement is a weapon against God’s children . When discouragement takes over your life, it brings all kinds of doubts about yourself and tells all lies about yourself, friends and family. Then we start replaying all our mistakes and sins we have done in our lives. So in that case it’s important to kneel down and pray and meditate the word of God.      There is a story about a conference in hell. When Jesus Christ died on the cross all the demons were shaken. "Now that Jesus has died on the cross, all the people in the world are going to get saved and go to heaven. Nobody is going to come to hell. What shall we do?" The theme of the conference was, ‘How to bring people to hell.’ Many demons came up with various suggestions but none of them were practical. One demon said, "...