Called to be a Channel of Grace: a Lesson from Prophet Jonah
We are all called to be channels of grace. Our unwillingness for that might cause harm and destruction to those with whom we associate.
We are all called to be channels of grace. Our unwillingness for that might cause harm and destruction to those with whom we associate.
My Lord, my love, why not let meBe led by light? In pain, I yearn.Not that I seek for an escape,From the risks that I’ll need to take.All I ask, Lord, is just a ray,That can set my heart on a way.In past, You have tempted my soul,With that passion for You alone.But now, why…
At times we feel totally confused, without knowing what step to take next. In moments of indecisiveness one can find consolation if one surrenders his will to God and seeks what God wishes in one’s life.
There are individuals who have various modes of appearances; each mode is selectively applied based on a purpose one has in mind. Just as one carefully chooses dress codes to suit various occasions some train themselves to appear to be having a set of values, behavior patterns and at times even belief systems. These individuals…
To feel distanced from one’s own self is a tough feeling to cope up with. This is a realization that the thoughts and feelings one goes through is not part of a process that he or she is able to own up. Such a situation arises when one is forced into making oneself believe something…
At times we are like a tiny grain that falls to the ground and begins a process of dying before it can bear friut. Everything of the grain comes to a gradual end: it’s identity, security, peace, sense of completeness, and so on. It loses its companions, friends, relatives and slowly, under the force of…
We are often faced with choices that have similar appeal. We are left to opt for one at the expense of the others. Decision making, especially in the face of options that hold similar values, is a painful process as in chosing one we are compelled to give up the others. Most people have a…
Starting afresh in life is a tough task. Many prefer to be deaf to the whisper in the inner self that pleads for a change in the manner we conduct ourselves. Some do this as they are happy not getting into the struggle that is part of the beginning days of one’s interior transformation. This poem depicts the struggle of one’s inner self in accepting the need for self transformation in the form of a conversation between his soul and the Lord.
Everyone of us is looking for meaning in life. We attach meaning to those that seem to provide fulfillment in life. However, we often come to the realization that what we considered capable of fulfilling our life and expectations are, in reality, far below the longings of our inner being. Those of continue this pursuit might chance upon the realm of the Supernatural and suddenly realize that the experience of the Divine is “Beyond and Higher” than all what they had ever longed for. Such an experience puts one’s soul in complete rest. In such an experience there is no more longing but to perpetuate this experience, no more desires but to conform oneself to the demands of this transforming experience.
Where to my dear, now your sailing? You seem all weak of past failing. Somehow I grasp your soul’s feeling One that, in depth, longs for healing. On that ev’ning, when you were hurt, And you chose to open your heart, Well, that day our friendship did start. Can I say now, we both won’t…