Beauty of Life!

Looking from my window
at the street beneath my door
i see people happy and gay
the others i cannot say

Some seem confused with themselves
others searching to find their selves
some seem worried with their life
and others show weight in their stride

Some think of all things possible
to get what they want in plentiful
some try to think of a way
to get enough to eat for a day

While there are others who don't seem to care
whats in store for them out there
revelling in the moment of their joy
which they really seem to enjoy

And I cannot help but wonder
who will be stronger when put under
a test to endure the misery
that life stores in our destiny

Is it those that worry to find solutions
or those that worry not to come to conclusions
all that i can do is question
and maybe at times give a suggestion

And this is the beauty of life
not knowing what its gonna be like
for if we were to know before
surprises we wouldn't adore
And this is the beauty of life
not knowing what its gonna be like

Janet Lalmawipuii Ralte

2012 - another opportunity!

It's something very natural for us to welcome 2012 but its an amazing experience for my 84 year old mother-in-law. Each new year after the millenium has been a wonder for her. This morning she told me how the pastor and elders in her church used to preach that the world would end in the year 2000. And so she, her friends and many people in her church were scared of the approaching millenium.

Anyhow what i really want to emphasize is our fortune in being given another opportunity to serve the Lord in every way we can. We have been lucky to have been given another year to be thankful to the Lord and to praise Him. There is a lady from Myanmar who claims to have died when she was 13 years old. She had gone to Heaven, seen it and was also made to see Hell. And there in hell she had seen a few people she knew and one was in fact a pastor in a church in her town. It was really difficult for her to remember the pain they were suffering in hell and she has time and again told her experience but with tears in her eyes. She remembers how the people burning in hell were asking Jesus for just another minute for them to accept Him and change their ways, but it was futile.

Aren't we lucky we have been given another whole year to serve the Lord. My dear friend, if you are by any chance reading this and have still not accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you need to take time to think about your life. Jesus Christ is the only one who makes us acceptable in the eyes of the Lord. For our sins are too many that nothing we do or say can make us pure in the Lord's eyes. You may be helping the poor and doing wonderful work in your society and maybe everyone in your locality is singing your praises. However, because of the mistake of Adam and Eve we can never be worthy to enter Heaven, it is only the blood of Christ that has cleansed our sins and made us God's Children.
Praise be to God who has given us Jesus Christ His only son to die for us! And Praise Him for He has given us another year 2012 to serve Him.

Janet Lalmawipuii Ralte