Kind Words

      Kind words towards someone can make a difference in their life. How long have we gone without a compliment? Some of us work all day without no one really noticing us. Sometimes we start to feel like we are invisible to the people, who are around us. Then someone out of no where says something kind to us. They may say, how good we look or how well we are doing in our job. Their compliment, their kind words boost our self-esteem. They make us feel actually good about ourselves. Their kind words have made a difference in our day.
     Here is what the Bible says about using kind words. Proverbs16:24 "Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body." Proverbs 12:25 "Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad." Proverbs 25:11 "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver." In 1 Thessalonians 5:11 tells us to encourage one another and build one another up. We can use our kind words so to encourage each other and with our words we can strengthen each other so that we do not have to feel that we are alone in this world.
     I have met a person to whom that I had said a few kind words to them during their hard times. They said to me that my words met a lot to them however I could barely remember what I said. I have realized that you may think that your kind words had little effect on someone but maybe it means a great deal to them. We should not underestimate the power of a kind word it can help people to heal their soul.
     A kind word, who does not want to hear it? I believe we all do. It is like a refreshing drink in a long drought of silence, it can energize your soul and make you feel a little bit better about yourself. A compliment can make us feel that we are seen and that we do matter. Kind words can change the way we see ourselves from the negative to the positive. Kinds words is what Proverbs 16:24 says, they are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. Kind words can make a difference in our life.
     
     

In Our Times of Distress

     In our times of distress, we feel like we need to reach out to someone. We need someone to come and help us. We need someone to see us and to hear us, someone who really cares for our well being. When we are at at our lowest, we feel that we are all alone. Sometimes in our times of distress all we have is ourselves and God.
     In my times of distress I pray to God for his help. I know that he can hear me and that he cares for me. The Bible says in 1 Peter 5:7 "Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you." Psalm 55:22 "Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved." He hears our prayers. Psalm 18:6 "In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears." Psalm 120:1 "In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me." In our times of distress we can count on God to hear our prayers and to answer us, because he cares in how we feel.
     In our times of distress, we are not alone. Joshua 1:9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go." Psalm 34:18 "The LORD is near the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit." It is comforting to know that God is with us in our times of need.
     In our times of distress God can deliver us out of our troubles. Psalm 107:6 "Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress." Psalm 34:17 "When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles." In our times of trouble the LORD is truly what Psalm 46 verse one says "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."
     In my times of distress I thank God for all the help he had given me. I am comforted knowing that I am not alone. He hears my prayers and answers me by delivering me from my troubles. When no one else is around I can count on him to be there for me. The LORD is my savior and my refuge. He is our hope in our times of distress.

Shared Experiences

      I was wondering to myself, how can we help each other and make a difference in other people's lives? It occurred to me, we could share our own experiences so to help another person not to feel alone in their troubles. We could open up our hearts to them and to share our own story so to give them the courage to carry on. We could as Christians tell them how God has help us to cope with our own hardships. We could provide words of comfort and hope so to make their day a little bit brighter. If we did experience the same thing, we can said to them, "I know what you are going through."
     Those who are dealing with a major illness or even dealing with a loss of a loved one needs our support. They need to know that somebody cares. In dealing with life's challenges it puts a heavy weight upon our shoulders and sometimes we can barely stand up without falling down. Those who are hurting need help to live on. They need to know, how to cope with their problems and that is where we can come in and have a heart to heart conversation with them. We can share our similar experience and said to them, "I know how you feel. I have been there."
     We maybe shy or lack the courage to speak up but it is important that we do. You may think, what you have to say won't matter but it could make a difference in somebody's life. We cannot just do nothing and let them suffer, as a Christian we must lend a hand. We have to say something to take away their tears. If we did go through the same thing that they are going through, we have to speak up and help them to find the hope and the strength to endure. Even if we do not know what to say we can encourage them with Bible scriptures. Isaiah 41:10 "fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
     Yes, we can help people by sharing our shared experiences. They do not have to feel that they are alone in their suffering. They must know that their are others, who have gone through same experience. We have to tell them our story. Proverbs 3:27 "Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it." We cannot stay silent when our brothers and sisters are hurting. It is within our power to do something that will make a difference. Through our shared experiences, we can connect and understand each other and grow more closer to each other. Our experiences can provide hope and inspiration for those are suffering inside.
       

Melancholy Thoughts

If you made your life into a living hell and you thought you reached the sky, was it really the sky that you reached?

If the whole world was burning and you decided to just party, would the party laughter stop, when the flames start to burn your backyard?

If I put all my hopes and dreams into a leaky boat, would I still be surprised, when it all sunk into the sea?

There is a saying, "If a tree falls in a forest and no one was around to hear it, does it make a sound?" If  I were to die and no one was around to notice, will I still be remembered?

What will happen when the world gets older and all new things turn to dust? I will have lived and I will have died and the Earth will continue on.

The Trapped Heart

     In a dream I had I was with some friends walking around a town square not unlike the one in my home town. There were small groups of people gathered around the square. We were listening to what they had to say. Each group had their own opinion how life was and how we should live it.
     There were groups talking against the different kinds of races. There were groups from different occult religions talking about their worship of the spirits. Each group had a darkness about it. They were about the spreading of fear and hate. They were about attaining a control over other people lives. My friends wanted to fit in rather than to stand out from the crowd so they listened and became interested in what those groups had to say. I for my part were repulsed by those groups I could by no means join them.
     My friends continued to talk with them so I left them and went over to stand by some nearby trees so to wait for them when they were done. As usual, being a introverted type of guy I tried to stay in the background. However these groups were intolerant of anyone being separate from them. Even though I stood away at a distance they still took it as a offense against them. They were not satisfied with the ones that they had, they wanted me as well.
     I tried to remain silent and wait quietly until everything was over. However those groups started to jeer at me. They were saying out loud that I thought I was better than them. They were forcing me to make a stand. The goodness from within me could not be held back by my fear. My heart felt trapped by fear but it was opening up and my mouth was speaking boldly about the words of God. I directed my words to the ones who I felted whose heart was also just like mine. The words that I spoke was about God's love and salvation. The words of God were diminishing their fear and opening up their hearts. By me standing up for what I believed in, a new group started to form on that square. It was a group for God. A group who openly spoke about his love and the words of Jesus Christ.
     There upon that square were many groups of hate and darkness however there was another group, another choice. A choice to stand with God and his righteousness. It was a group that I was very much happy to belong to so to able to speak freely about God's love without fear. In this dream I learned that one man, one vessel of God can pour out God's light into the world and thereby freeing many from the bondage of a trapped heart.

Luke 12:11-12 "And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."    

What Matters?

     What matters? You do. Your every thought, your every word, your dreams and your hopes. Your laughter matters, your tears, your joy and your love. All that you are, matters.
     Are you happy? Is your heart free? These things are important and they do matter. Oh! How we suffer because we are not valued by our world. Our life maybe nothing to them but to me our life is a precious gift from God. Our life does matter even if no one else thinks so. The Lord die for me and you so he does believe that we matter.
     The hard hearted ones there is an absence of love but the soft hearted ones continues to care. Life does matter to those who can still love. Life is not nothing in their eyes. They cherish it just as the Lord does. The hate we carry within our heart can destroy our lives but the forgiveness and the love of God can save us. What is within your heart does matter.
     We look around us and try to make sense of it. We want to find our place upon this world. I asked this question, "Why do we even exist if it does not really matter?" We exist for a reason and I believe it was not just to die. There is something here to be learned and to be found and I will try my best to learn it and to find it.
      I found these things to be true in my life. The words of God gives me comfort and his promises gives me hope. People who unselfishly reach out and help others raises my spirit. People who believe and practices the will of God lightens my soul. A man and a woman who loves each other and their children and their children loving them back makes me happy. A friend who can understand me and cares bring me much joy. A good meal, good health, a good summers day, a place to sleep at night, a place to call my home and being around my family and friends are things that matters to me.
     The things of the heart and the things of the soul really matters to me and I believe it matters to you as well. I am not an island unto myself and separated from the world. I still wish to be apart of it in someway. I want to feel that I belong and will be respected by others. Our relationship to each other does matter. How we are treated and how we treat others matters greatly.
     Our life matters and all life around us. All things that we do or do not do effects our life and it matters. What really matters is our continuing of our life's journey from the beginning and to the end so to find all the things that truly matters to us.     
         

My Last Words to Satan

     Satan has caused much suffering in our world since the time of Adam and Eve. However there will be a time when an angel from heaven will put him in a pit and chain him for a thousand years according to Revelation 20:1-3. I was thinking to myself what if I was standing at the edge of that pit and looking down at Satan, what would I say. This is the reason why I wrote this post called My Last Words to Satan.

                                                 My Last Words to Satan

     Where have you gone Satan? Down into the the abyss with your demons. Where is your power now? It has been taken away from you by Jesus Christ. Son of darkness, how long have we had to put up with you. Giver of death and destruction may you live forever in darkness waiting for your death. No tear will be shed, no voice will protest your removal, for a better day is at hand without you. May your suffering be as much as you have given to us. Demon of darkness may your memory fade away forever.
     Where is your victory Satan? In prison bound with chains of your own making. The chains you put upon us is now upon you. Enjoy yourself it is your most deserve reward. Manslayer and child killer, you walked about destroying everyone around you without conscience or remorse. You tormented people to their deaths. They asked you for mercy and you gave them none. No mercy will be given to you. May our God in heaven quickly take away the number of your days.
     You held our planet captive. You blinded men's eyes. They became your servant, killing and destroying others whom they should have loved. Into the dust they all went and into the dust you shall go with them. God's fire will bring you down and his power will restore what you have destroyed. Glory be to God for we are delivered out of your hands.
     Why did you torment us so Satan? For the fun of it? Did you enjoy our tears? Did you enjoy seeing our blood spilt upon the ground? Did you enjoy seeing us beg and plead for help? May God not show you any of his mercy and may he bring down his flaming sword of judgement upon you. May our Father cleanse the stain of your presence from this Earth.
     A little while longer and you will have destroyed for the very last time. Look up into heaven and see the power of Jesus Christ coming down upon you. Tremble out of fear for your time has ended. A new era is beginning, a new day is here. Christ is our king and savior, we belong to him. Begone Satan there is no one left who wants you. There is only the children of God upon this Earth. Your children are no more.
     The God of money and the God of pride, men worshiped you everyday. You hide yourself well throughout your land of darkness. Those people bowed down to you without ever knowing they were serving you. A master of deception you were. How many times did God warned them about you? How many times did he cry out to them? They did not listen. They only listened to your voice, Satan. You had them trained well. Where are they now? No where to be found upon this Holy Land. You gave them a few coins of gold and a few moments of pleasure and they laid down their lives for you. They handed over their children to you. You took their gifts and threw them upon the ashes of destruction. Horrid beast, monster, you did not care for anyone but only for yourself.
     Time is slipping by you. It is not I who is in the abyss of darkness. I am standing in the light of God. I who you tormented and tried to silence. My voice was not silenced for God was with me. He carried me through the hard times. He kept me alive and helped me when I was down. You Satan wanted to walk upon my grave and plant your victory flag. I stood my ground and did not give up my faith in the Lord. I knew that my victory was close at hand. The Day of Christ was soon to come and now I am with my brothers and sisters within the tent of God. We are all celebrating our day of deliverance and our glorious day of salvation.
     Goodbye Satan, no longer will you be with us. No longer will men fear and no longer will men die. For thou are no longer. Your trade marks of cruelty, injustice, pain and suffering are all gone from this world of ours. Men no longer treat each other without respect but as equals and as brothers. How different things will be when you are gone forever. Goodness and love will flourish like grains in the field. The days of darkness will be forgotten and the days of light will be forever in our minds and hearts.
     How great you thought you were, Satan and yet you will be forgotten, for all evil will have vanished from the face of the Earth. Jesus Christ our king will be with us until the end of time. Goodwill, joy, happiness, peace and love will be in every heart, mind and soul. Evil will be no more. God's righteousness will be with us now and forever. So goodbye Satan, goodbye forever.