Exploring Life

We have many identities. People at workplace, friends, family all of them. But what is our true identity ? We hear many lifestyle gurus tell us that we need to be ourselves. So what is this identity we need to know? 2 Kings 5 mentions a time in Israel where they were invaded by the Aram. They probably killed all the males fit for fighting and all the married women, it is mentioned that they took prisoners young girls and boys to work in the houses of the Aram elite. So this is a girl who ends up at the house of the very house of the commander of the forces who turned her world upside down. A twist of destiny, she discovers that Naaman suffers from Leprosy – how will we react to such a situation – maybe do a small dance rejoicing in the fact that our enemy has some divine wrath and say that finally someone received that he/she deserves. What about this girl ? Naaman's wife gave her a new identity – 'a servant girl' from being 'papa's loved pet' – it would have be...

On the 18th, Sunday I heard a set of 3 sermons delivered by Dr. J. N. Manokaran . The Older son in The Parable of the Lost Son Many times we have heard sermons on how the lost son comes back home after quiting his home after he demands the division of his fathers property. But what was going on with the Oldest Son...??? It seems that he was lost in his own home. If we see the previous parables we see that the Lost coin did not know he was lost and the Lost Sheep knew it was lost but did not know the way. so every time there was some body to search them out - a women and then the shepherd. Why didn't the older son then ask his father if he could go and look around for his brother. He had lost the sense of UNDERSTANDING his father. He never understood how his father would have felt when his son goes out after fighting with him.Like him we also sometime fail to see what our Heavenly Father actually wants from us we are busy in our righteous activities focused on ourselves that we forg...

I thank God for Rick Warren's Book- the purpose Driven Life - is a real eye opener Everyone looking for questions like - what is the purpose behind my life ? should have a go at this book for sure. I am also reading another of his books. Do read if you have an opportunity.