Hearing From Heaven - Jesus With Love

Am a Hindu by birth and this blog highlights my spiritual journey and love for Jesus Christ,Our Saviour.You will find thoughts of a born again Indian Mom on Jesus,Faith,Witnessing,Children,Work with underpriviledged kids,Deaf& Dumb,Marriage,Life,Food.....and above all LOVE!

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Where troubles can't touch you
Submariners tell us that no storms ever reach very deep into the ocean.The water is perfectly calm a hundred feet down, no matter how high the breakers may rise on the surface.There is quiet in the depths that no surface storms can disturb.This is possible, too , in human lives;there can be serenity and peace within,undisturbed by the storms of the world.Jesus is our peace(Ephesians 2:14)

Having problems?Talk to God on the spot.Try to nip small problems in the bud.Don't wait until it's time to go to bed to try and pray.

Every night before bed,think of at least one thing you're grateful for that came out of your day.

Monday, August 29, 2005

Tips for Stress Reduction
Pray.Make quiet time with Jesus a daily habit.
Go to bed on time and get enough sleep.
Get up on time so you can start the day unrushed.
Delegate tasks to others who are capable.
Simplify and declutter your life.
Allow extra time to do things and to get to places.
Pace yourself.Spread out big changes and difficult projects over time,when possible;dont lump the hard things all together.
Take one day at a time.
Concentrate on things you have direct control over-yourself and your habits-rather than on things that you have little or no control over.

Saturday, August 27, 2005

One secret to victory is the Never twins-Nevergiveup and Nevergivein

Tuesday, August 23, 2005


The Judgement
A woman once enumerated her husband's faults to a divorce court judge.She simply couldnt live with "that man" one day more, she said.On and on she went.
Finally she paused to catch her breath, and the judge asked,"Well,why did you marry him in the first place?You must have liked something about him then.What was it?"
"Well," the wife said,"he was a good man,a hard worker, and a faithful provider.He was also kind to children and he was loyal."
"Isn't he still all those things?"asked the judge.
"Well, yes,"the wife replied in a huff,"but ..." And she started to repeat her grievances."He's terrible!He throws his clothes on the floor.He never puts anything away.He's always late for dinner.He's hard to get up in the morning.He fusses if I burn the toast....."All were relatively insignificant offenses.
"Very well, then,"said the judge."Here's my preliminary ruling:Go home and think about those good qualities for which you first loved him, and try not to think about the things he does that peeve you.If after 30 days you still want the divorce, come back."
The judge never saw the woman again.




Marriage is being there for the other in bad times as well as the good.Married love stands through thick and thin,no matter how hot the trial or how hard the test.Married love never loses hope.It's always there,always dependable,always ready with outstretched hands and open arms to take the other in-to love,to comfort,to hold and to cherish.Marriage is learning to let the little things pass.
Marriage is communicating honestly and openly.It's being willing to humbly share your heart and deepest thoughts.Marriage is talking,praying,discussing,and agreeing together.Marriage does not let things build up between you by ignoring the other,but rather finds a way;it creates solutions.Marriage is joining hand in hand,heart to heart.
Marriage is discovery.It's discovering each other,learning about each other and all the funny things you do and say.Marriage is a good sense of humor.It's relaxing together,enjoying each other.
Marriage is respect.Marriage is having faith in each other.Marriage is accepting another for what they are.Marriage is coming to the realization that you are not complete without the other half.
Marriage can be the most satisfying and strengthening experience you will ever have.
GOD BLESS YOU!

Adapted from Activated!

Marriage is coming to the realization that you are not complete without your other half.

What is marriage?
Its a union,first of all.It's a uniting,two hearts becoming one.Marriage is companionship and friendship.It's being together,acting together,doing things together,and not wanting it any other way.Marriage is understanding.Its being blind to faults of the other.It's being considerate in every way-considerate of the other's time,feelings and desires.
Marriage is caring.It's being concerned.It's going out of your way to make sure the other person is well cared for.
Marriage is kindness.It's saying kind words and putting words into action.
Marriage is support.It's supporting your mate in their endeavours,in their projects,in good times and bad.It's giving them moral support,physical support,prayer support,all-round support.It's cheering them on and encouraging them when they feel down.Marriage is stooping to lift the other.It's being strong when the other is weak.
Marriage is protecting your mate from harm,physical and emotional.
Marriage is provision.It's doing your part to make sure the other has their needs met.It's pulling your share of the load.Marriage is hard work day after day.It's going out of your way to meet the needs of your mate in whatever way you can,even if you dont feel like it.Marriage is lending a helping hand.
Marriage is sacrifice.It's giving of yourself for the one you love.It's being ready to give up your own ideas or desires to make your mate happy.It's giving and giving and giving again.Marriage is yeilding,bending,melting together.Marriage is going an extra mile.Marriage is compassion.It's preferring the happiness of another to your own.
Marriage is give and take.Marriage is taking turns;it's not one sided.Marriage is submission.It's giving the other person a chance.Marriage is living and loving and helping one another.Marriage is learning from one another.Marriage is humbling.
Marriage is being open minded.Marriage is walking a mile in another's shoes.Marriage is listening and understanding.



Tuesday, August 02, 2005



In Her Own Words!
On poverty

"I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper's wounds, I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Is it not a beautiful experience?" -- 1974 interview.

"When I see waste here, I feel angry on the inside. I don't approve of myself getting angry. But it's something you can't help after seeing Ethiopia." -- Washington 1984.

On war
"I have never been in a war before, but I have seen famine and death. I was asking (myself), 'What do they feel when they do this?' I don't understand it. They are all children of God. Why do they do it? I don't understand." -- Beirut 1982, during fighting between the Israeli army and Palestinian guerrillas.

"Please choose the way of peace. ... In the short term there may be winners and losers in this war that we all dread. But that never can, nor never will justify the suffering, pain and loss of life your weapons will cause." -- Letter to U.S. President George Bush and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, January 1991.

On the Nobel Peace Prize

"I choose the poverty of our poor people. But I am grateful to receive (the Nobel) in the name of the hungry, the naked, the homeless, of the crippled, of the blind, of the lepers, of all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared-for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone." -- Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979.

-Mother Teresa









Mother Teresa- The Epitome of Love!

One person who has greatly made an impact on my mind and continues to influence
me with her faith and love for the poor is Mother Teresa - The Voice of the Poor.

Anyway..
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

— Mother Teresa, A Simple Path

I love this article written by Robert Fulghum

I Believe In Mother Teresa

There is a person who has profoundly disturbed my
peace of mind for a long time. She doesn't even know me,
but she continually goes around minding my business.
We have very little in common. She is an old woman,
an Albanian who grew up in Yugoslavia; she is a Roman
Catholic nun who lives in poverty in India. I disagree with
her on fundamental issues of population control and the place
of women in the world and in the church, and I am turned
off by her naive statements about "what God wants."
She stands at the center of great contradictory notions and
strong forces that shape human destiny.She drives me crazy.
I get upset every time I hear her name or read her words
or see her face. I don't even want to talk about her.

In the studio where I work, there is a wash basin. Above the
wash basin is a mirror. I stop at this place several times each
day to tidy up and look at myself in the mirror. Alongside the
mirror is a photograph of the troublesome woman. Each time
I look in the mirror at myself, I also look at her face. In it I have
seen more than I can tell; and from what I see,
I understand more than I can say.

The photograph was taken in Oslo, Norway, on the tenth of
December, in 1980. This is what happened there:

A small, stooped woman in a faded blue sari and worn sandals
received an award. From the hand of a king. An award funded
from the will of the inventor of dynamite. In a great glittering
hall of velvet and gold and crystal. Surrounded by the noble
and the famous in formal black and elegant gowns. The rich,
the powerful, the brilliant, the talented of the world About
the author: Robert Fulghum is a Unitarian minister who
resides in Seattle. His first book, All I Really Need to Know
I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common
Things, is on the New York Times Best Seller list. in attendance.
And there at the center of it all-a little old lady in sari and
sandals. Mother Teresa, of India. Servant of the poor and sick
and dying. To her, the Nobel Peace Prize.

No shah or president or king or general or scientist or pope;
no banker or merchant or cartel or oil company or ayatollah
holds the key to as much power as she has. None is as rich.
For hers is the invincible weapon against the evils of this
earth: the caring heart. And hers are the everlasting riches of
this life: the wealth of the compassionate spirit.

To cut through the smog of helpless cynicism; to take only
the tool of uncompromising love; to make manifest the capacity
for healing humanity's wounds; to make the story of the
Good Samaritan a living reality; and to live so true a life as
to shine out from the back streets of Calcutta takes courage
and faith we cannot admit in ourselves and cannot be without.

I do not speak her language. Yet the eloquence of her life
speaks to me. And I am chastised and blessed at the same time.
I do not believe one person can do much in this world. Yet there
she stood, in Oslo, affecting the world around. I do not believe in
her version of God. But the power of her faith shames me.
And I believe in Mother Teresa.

December in Oslo. The message for the world at Christmastide
is one of peace. Not the peace of a child asleep in the manger of
long ago. Nor the peace of a full dinner and a nap by the fire on
December 25. But a tough, vibrant, vital peace that comes from
the extraordinary gesture one simple woman in a faded sari and
worn sandals makes this night. A peace of mind that comes from
a piece of work.

Some years later, at a grand conference of quantum physicists
and religious mystics at the Oberoi Towers Hotel in Bombay,
I saw that face again. Standing by the door at the rear of the
hall, I sensed a presence beside me. And there she was.
Alone. Come to speak to the conference as its guest.
She looked at me and smiled. I see her face still.

She strode to the rostrum and changed the agenda of
the conference from intellectual inquiry to moral activism.
She said, in a firm voice to the awed assembly:
"We can do no great things; only small things with great love. "

The contradictions of her life and faith are nothing compared
to my own. And while I wrestle with frustration about the
impotence of the individual, she goes right on changing the world.
While I wish for more power and resources, she uses her
power and resources to do what she can do at the moment.

She upsets me, disturbs me, shames me. What does she have
that I do not?

If ever there is truly peace on earth, goodwill to men,
it will be because of women like Mother Teresa. Peace is not
something you wish for; it's something you make,something
you do, something you are, and something you give away!


By Robert Fulghum - Saturday Evening Post,
COPYRIGHT 1989 Saturday Evening Post Society