The flame

Psalms 144:1

1 Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle .

The flames that is raging in my heart....

I am imperfect my god, I cannot love completely with my own heart, please come into my shortcoming, please let me, please help me love with your true love, unconditional love. 

Save me, O! LORD from the consequences of my imperfections-anxiety, fear, disappointment, anger. Fill my shortcomings with your perfection My LORD, liberate me O! Jesus, from the bondage of these emotions.

Love

John 15:12
"This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you."

Oh! My God, Thank you for teaching me how to love, forgive me for the times I have hurt, I have let down those who have trusted my love. 

Help me Lord! Please help me, to forgive who deliberately booted my trust and enjoyed it like children playing in the mud. 
 

Guardian Angel

Oh! my guardian angel, comfort me, console me.. I am broken and lost. 

Psalms 55: 13-15

13If it were a rival insulting me, I could bear with him; if it were a foe in pursuit of me, I could hide from him.
 14But it is you, an equal of mine, my bosom friend, my companion 15whose fellowship I enjoyed as we walked together in the house of God. 

Emotional Trials

2Samuel 14 :14
"Even God does not bring the dead back to life, but the King can at least find a way to bring a man back from exile".

Feeling lost and lonely...

A drop of sadness

I remember my mother fondly during the convention days, when she was around, she used to make it a point that we attend such retreats. She said and did anything and everything to ensure we go there!

I pray for all those families, specially for someone I know personally, who could not think for themselves or there was no one in their family who is concerned about their spiritual well being (especially when they are so remorse struck) to make them go and attend such a spiritual feast.

I am sorry my friend, you missed a chance of self-help, may our good LORD continue to protect you and guard you and may you have the wisdom to give your everything to Him to refresh your life the best way.

Vallarpadam Bible convention 2012

 For us, a bible convention at Vallarpadam at the Lady of Ransom church is a dream come true. We all have been waiting for something like this for a long time. This is the place, this is the church (first church in Asia to be dedicated to the Holy Spirit) where the words of living water should flow.

 On the 125th anniversary of the diocese of Verapoly, the authorities decided to celebrate it with a convention. Fr. Xavier Khan Vattayil and his team members lead the convention.

 It was a spiritual feast for everyone around the place. The spirit, the crowd, the wonderful opportunity to praise our LORD along with thousands of others.

 The convention started on 12th of September Wednesday, from the day one the ground was full, amazing the times we are living is making us live on the edge and the comfort spirituality is offering.

 A day was lost, on Saturday, the haarthal in protest of certain govt. policies made it difficult for peoples from far to come, but those who were blessed with a vehicle got an easy ride as the traffic was less. But the ground was full on that day too.

 It was a rainy week all the way, the sun when it comes out during our monsoon is impossibly hot. But for us it did not make a difference, the cool breeze from the Arabian sea, did had an air conditioning effect.

 The usual visitors to Vallarpadam, they come from all over India, were surprised with the crowd and the loud worship. I wish they too understood the language and the message. We don't know when we get the message we need to change our life, in Fr. Panckal's (Divine, Muringoor)  words, the POWERFUL WORD OF GOD, that can bring the change we need in our life.

 A lot of volunteers put in their effort, to see through the five days of the convention. Everything went well, in rain and the sun. After all, its not the physical comfort that matters, when one is longing for the spiritual well being.

 For me, once again it were days of joy. I like worshipping OUR LORD along with like minded people. The convention brought a lot of people from different levels of life, all of them came for the LORD and the spirit was unbelievably Jesus like. I kind of drank it all. I was so happy.

All the pictures were taken a week earlier, when they were setting up the venue. I wish I had a small camera, I could have carried it on the convention days.

School Re-union

An school re-union after 27 years. Wow! what a feeling.

School days hold the most beautiful memories of my otherwise unhappy childhood. Though I was just an average student who was promptly corrected for the shortcomings often (those days it was a humiliation, indeed), it was at school I met my friends, the friends I made in my innocent years. The self-conscious and shy child as I was, I have not even talked to all my classmates then, but when I grew up, my school days became the most cherished memory of my life. When ever I passed through, that road where my school is,  at Thripunithura, something pulled at my heart, made my heart beat faster. 

Of all the 25 students, except for the three everybody came at re-union. I was one among the three. I did not go. Just held back for an emotional reason, for a friend whose emotional worries I am sharing these days, did not wanted to indulge in a joy alone. Was it a fair decision, the other friends were equally eager for the re-union? Smiles.

"We became friends in our innocence,
No matter how far and how long, 
Life take you all, I will remember,
Each of you, till the day I die!"
 

Hope

Zechariah 9:16

When the day comes, the LORD will
save his people,
as a shepherd saves his flock from
danger.

9:17

How good and beautiful the land will
be!
The young people will grow strong
on its corn and wine.