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Guilty as charged. Been years since I read a book. 

And been years since I walked into office! So when I went to office  in November, I so happened to go near the library. 

I kept. saying, Beulah you don't have time for this, you already have enough books at home. If you really want to read you can read them first! I said. Let me just look around, see the books.  I remember very few books I've picked in infy library and tcs, and even client offices. But all those I took stood out and were excellent.  Just maybe... 

That's when I spotted one and against my selfwill got it home. It slept for a month, I kept renewing it online since I didn't go to office. On the day I went, I decided to return it. Felt so guilty. See I shouldn't have. ! But that day in the bus I just thought I'll skim through to see what the book was about. I had forgotten why I picked either. Something stood! Out when I skimmed of course. It was interesting.. 

And. Life changing. I then realized God actually put that book in my hand, though it was not a Christian book, to help me!  I remember years back, when I was in trouble, my brother kept saying you need to learn 'conflict management'. You don't choke someone or step on someone's toe all the time.  Quite practical and down to earth . And we are in God's hand as his own child + we come underunder his sovereignty +we have the wonderful Counselor+and the power the Holy Spirit. 

Ready to see your choices? 

lilybel

Guilty haven't had time to pen anything about our darling Lily. 

She's been exceptional. Pampered. Has a pep in her walk. I remember the way she dance walks to her school. She loves her dollies. Earlier it was a pink teddy. Which ahe carried everywhere. Ot had been on trains, buses, sawyerpuram, over the years. Now it's Aviva the doll that her praveen mama got. We have to wash aviva twice a week. Coz she gets dirty all over. 

She speaks fluent like a ten year old. Thanks to amy for all the videos they watch. Earlier it was 'Peter rabbit', then Lassi, martha speaks, then Spirit. Cocomelon, peppa pig, pj masks are outdated. 

My girls are precious in God's sight. They love me to the core and I adore them. All the silly stuffs they make and the constant fights and giggles , remind me of how precious and needy they are of God's love and rescue. Praying we teach them about the power, and love of God. Oh of only they catch hold of the precious treasure of Jesus. 

Michael part. 2

professor who had gone to Nigeria with his wife, story it was again. My bad memory, made me listen to dad with eagerness.  When he went to the mountains, it was so thick with bramble bushes, that  his clothes , pants were all torn and he was in rags. That’s when the localite surrounded him. They put him on a flat rock, with fire underneath. And as he prayed, he was surrounded by angels?

 

His son got a call, and they told him, his father was dead. This stopped him in tracks.His tongue came out in the shock and he couldn’t recover. He was in CMC for a long time.and that’s all dad remembers.

James anna, Kodaikarai

was sitting with great authority. He went near her and said in the name of Jesus , leave her! She fell down, and was delivered that instant. She later said, that she always felt as if a big rock is on her head, and when he said the name of Jesus, she felt that the stone fell down from her head.

Praise be to God.

 

James anna told this to Dad, and he wasn’t sure he can tell it to anyone in his college. Dad took him to kodaikarai. He loved the people so much, that he said, he wont return to bethel to study, but will be with the kodaikarai people to teach them about Christ.  He refused to come.  He stayed there all his life, till his last breath. Now his wife, Jemima akka is continuing the ministry from where he left.

 

I remember James anna telling about how the young girls, so naïve, get allured by trinklets that the merchants who come to the hills to sell. They give their goat, cow, to buy one small earring which would probably cost Rs 10.  They were then taken to Bangaluru, to brothels and sold there. James anna searched and searched, but could not rescue her.

I remember his big smile, the beaming face and the moustache he has.  I also remember Hyssop they used to make and screen printing at our agaram road home. Prem used to go sell it to make funds for anna. Jemima akka was mom's neighbor in Nazareth. Mom, dad did the match making. They got married in kodaikarai. I think they rode on a horse. An adventurer for Christ.  To marry an adventurer for Christ, well that's another blog to be written about! 

 

Burmese

It was Myanmar for today. Each day one country as per the prayer calendar. It said, how 3000 Christian villages were wiped out. And Christian workers were mde to leave the country. 

That's when dad sid, he knew of a professor who went to burma for teaching. Those days many people go there. He married  Burmese lady nd had two sons. During the difficult time they left the country as such and escaped by boat. Not ships, mind you. Boats for several months, with such difficulty he arrived india nd them travelled with so much difficulty to reach Nazareth, his home town. This professor was  rich person,he had a big house there, but had left all of it to work in burma. Now he was back. His 13 year old son, suddenly had a headache one day and died. Soon the professor also died. 

Mom, dad lived next door to them. The burmese lady had Bible study every day. And mom used to attend that regularly. She learnt the truth and grew closer to God during that time. 

The burmese lady gave generously to all the lay preachers who came to her for help. She used to ask one question to them. Are you tongues preacher or Jesus Christ preacher. If they answered the former she told her testimony and walked them to the knowing knowledge of truth. Her testimony is in another blog. 

When she died she wrote in her will an amount to the missionary organised that her neighbor navaneethar worked for! 

Warm hugs!

I lost my chithi, mom's sister early this week. And there goes a chance of getting such a warm, comforting, loving embrace. The 3 sisters, left quite a vaccum in the family. The centrifugal magnetic force of the family, all gone now. With the family tree getting bulkier as it grows, it naturally detaches slowly. Can't help it! 

But it was such an amazing time during prayer meeting when all the cousins rooted around the world, connect to share the learnings, nuggets, and memories of the sisters and their impact on each of our lives. 

As we bounce back to our daily schedule, I can't help but think of how hard it is for the immediate family. To return to the empty room. To see her old saree, or chair she sits. Well, its a choice I know, to sulk-leading to sorrow- isolation and depression. Or to run to Father God, under his wings to get the embrace and the awesome assurance of eternal life, and also the security it brings of the immediate future. 

Imagine being a chick and running as fast as you can to momma hen to get under her wings for safety! Oh what a privilege! Am on the run, you wanna race me? 

He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge. Psalms 91:4

Hide me in the shadow of Your wings Psalms 17:8

The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.Deuteronomy 33:27

Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.Hebrews 13:7

Seed

1Train a child in a way he should go, and will not depart from it. Prov 22:6

2 .“And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children” (Isaiah 54:13).

3. “…The seed of the righteous shall be delivered” (Proverbs 11:21).

4. “…Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed” (Psalm 112:1-2).

5.“…I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children” (Isaiah 49:25).

6.“The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works” (Psalm 145:9).

7. “…I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring” (Isaiah 44:3).

8. “As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and forever” (Isaiah 59:21).

9. Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.
(Psalm 127:3-5).

10. And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:1-3).

11. But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God” (Luke 18:16).

12. “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.” (Mark 9:37)

13. See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven (Matthew 18:10).

14. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4)

My prayer

I pray that my children will

Trust you. 

Obey you. 

Respect you

Lean on you. 

That they will taste and see you. 

They hunger and thirst on your word. 

That they will grow in 

God's fear

God's favor

God's grace

They will seek you with all their heart. 

That they will draw closer to you. 

They will grow in your likeness. 

They will love you with all their hearts,strength,mind, soul. 

They will be transformed ny the renewing of their mind. 

That they will be saved at an young age and live for you. 

That you change their hearts of stone/rebellious to heart of flesh. 

They will have love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control. 

They will have a heart of forgiveness. 

They will have heart of gratitude.

They will have a heart of giving. 

That they will share with others

They will be humble. 

They will be brave. 

That they will be quick to Listen, Slow to speak, slow to get angry. 

That God blesses them with Wisdom, Knowledge, understanding, sharp mind, memory power and discernment. 

That they will be salt and light in the world. 

Precious

I am God's child. 

I am God's little princess. 

I am special. 

I am unique. 

I belong to Jesus. 

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. 

My girls say this before bed. 

For a thousand generation!

but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Exodus 20:6 NIV

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.

Deuteronomy 7:9 NIV

He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations,

Psalms 105:8 NIV

What a promise!