Three things you didn't know about Glenda Grace

Three things you didn't know about Glenda Grace

Situations..

Nothin did I had to write. Not because nothing were going inside ma mind, but because, things are moving at a pace that I cant just concentrate on anything. I started this year with all hopes and plans. Later on, situations proved me to be wrong. One side I'm so happy. Otherside, I'm failing. Life is not a bed of roses, but, its more a bed of thorns. Where our mission is to pluck out every thorn and move ahead. There are times when I ask myself, How long will I be able to strive. Each time, I hear my Lord's voice, God is in charge. Just wait for His time. My faith in Jesus is the sole thing of ma soul that is making me stand the vivid situations that are coming across.

I just remember one verse from the Bible which had strengthened me last week and is still helping me. "It is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose". Philippians 2:13
For us, mere individuals, some issues in life will bring us down. Then is the moment we need to think and act in faith and complete surrender to God. We think and plan many things, but everyone are not so lucky that their desires come true. But, in life situations sometimes prove us that, God was in charge, good that what had happened. How long we can put onto this faith always counts.

For me I can say, this year til this very moment showed me realities I never had thought would happen. Certain issues came as unpredicted that handling was out of reach for me. Neither did I wanted to inform my acquaintances for a moral support. Hence, still holding onto my stronghold, my Lord Jesus. To show me a sign for good and help me come out of the situation. There are times when I think, what would have happened, if I had not this faith. Just thanking every moment. For every day that God is providing me, for ever blessings I have ever received also thanking for some situations I came across. For I believe, some things we suffer is for a greater blessing that are kept on our way.

I suppose I can write something good again after 2 months. I have to pass some milestones in these days.

My Jesus

My ROCK of refuge is in JESUS
My SOUL rest with JESUS
My BLESSINGS flow from JESUS
JESUS my CHRIST, who DIED for me.

HE came to the world,
  To FULFILL the prophetic words.
HE lived HIS life,
  To the GLORY of GOD.
HE died on the CROSS,
  To take away my sins.
HE resurrected and went to the HEAVENS,
  To prepare a place for me.
HE is coming back soon,
  To take me with HIM.

My Rock is the STRONGHOLD.
My Soul is in PEACE.
My Blessings are SECURE.
My LORD, CHRIST JESUS lives in me.

My day..13 April

As written on April 13...yesterday

Today,...the 13th of April 2010..is one of ma special dates. It is the day my mother gave birth to me. These 24 long years I was on the face of earth; enjoyed every blessings ma Lord gave me, closed ma eyes from those unwelcoming  thoughts and people, and happily received some advices and criticisms, and also rejected some.
Unlike my old birthdays...I had nothing much gr8 to say about today. Just read a Psalm as I got up, made a small prayer, got some wish cals and messages, got gift from mom..dats it.. I think the greatest part that I missed was ma mommy's prayer. Down the line, if I look mommy used to come to ma room and give a thanksgiving prayer, I used to enjoy that and ya...maybe that had become token of blessing for me. This year I missed that, and ya I really feel very much sad..She was busy with her work in kitchen..ya she also had to go to office, even I didnt find it wise to ask for a prayer..I should've I feel now. But, ya this was also the 1st time i had recieved so many scraps in ma orkut.
This day if someone ask me, whom am I grateful to the most-all I can say is-My mom. Its her love and support that has made me what I am today. And someone whose lessons on 'living a life' I always think upon is of ma father's, whom though being away has taught me. I do not mean to say that I am not grateful to anyone else. Every individual who has met me have taught me valuable lessons, to almost everyone I feel I am grateful to; who are beside me now, have passed by me, all have contributed to make me myself..today.  All have taught me some or the other kinds of lessons on love, friendship, kindness, care, unselfishness, forgiveness, hope, to have a dream about future and the like. though many I love and care from heart are not near me, but still all I can say is I remember them...I pray for them...
And this day I pray to Lord, that I may be able to maintain my character the same till the end of ma life. 2010 from the beginning I didnt receive anything good, now I hope, from my day I get to see something good. Apart from sitting idle and I wish to be more productive and be active all the way, as i am used to be. And yes, to get a pleasant job as soon as possible. Bless me Jesus..

Memories...

22/03/09 9-10pm

Memories


Memories are always good to cherish upon
For everyone who has had a past
Past...one’s earlier experiences with life
Me-mories……or me with worries


Memories are always good to cherish upon
If only those can bring a smile on your face
Otherwise for what cause need you look at past
Me-mories……or me with worries


Memories are always good to cherish upon
Sometimes happening otherwise too
That’s what my life has taught
Me-mories……or me with worries


Memories are always good to cherish upon
For me it brings a chill inside
Without even knowing the reason behind
Me-mories……or me with worries


Memories are always good to cherish upon
Still, sometimes it brings me tears
My old days were the sweetest than my present
Me-mories……or me with worries


Memories are always good to cherish upon
My old days…yes…I always had felt my life content
Unfortunately it didn’t last long
Me-mories……or me with worries


Memories are always good to cherish upon
But these days I pray not to cherish about my past
Because it can only add to pain and misery
Yes, Me-mories: me with worries

Coined from my LIFE

This separation had I never thought,
You would invite between us.
Those moments never made me feel.
That one day things would move on like this.
That you would walk away,
With no reason...without any intimation.

Had I not told,
That I found myself lucky as you stepped into my Life?
Yes..I was like..altogether in another world...
Another world Of Friendship.
Everything so bright and colorful.
Oh! Those buds and blossoming flowers I had seen.
I still remember those old days,
Those old days, which is all lost now.

Late was I,
To understand myself wrong.
That. That, I was loosing my Friend.
The pain of missing someone...Now I know.

...my MIND...

When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I remember things too easily forgotten:
The purity of early love,
The maturity of unselfish love that asks --
desires -- nothing but another's good,
The idealism that has persisted through all the tempest of life.

When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I can find a quiet assurance, an inner peace, in the core of my being.
It can face the doubt, the loneliness, the anxiety,
Can accept these harsh realities and can even grow
Because of these challenges to my essential being.


When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I can sense my basic humanity,
And then I know that all men and women are my brothers and sisters.
Nothing but my own fear and distrust can separate me from the love of friends.
If I can trust others, accept them, enjoy them,
Then my life shall surely be richer and more full.
If I can accept others, this will help them to be more truly themselves,
And they will be more able to accept me.
When my mind is still and alone with the beating of my heart,
I know how much life has given me:
The history of the race, friends and family,
The opportunity to work, the chance to build myself.
Then wells within me the urge to live more abundantly,
With greater trust and joy,
With more profound seriousness and earnest service,
And yet more calmly at the heart of life.

A song of Praise

what i'm gonna write below is a poem I wrote in 2005. Except for that poem, i concentrated my writings on the world and its pleasures or other topics that a teenager or a girl would write upon. But, slowly i started understanding the plan of the Holy one on my life. What all I have to leave to receive heavenly blessings. Some months before i destroyed all my other writings, especially my poems. Yes, it was indeed very difficult for me to throw away what i'd written with outmost intimacy; but, then i got this verse, "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." " no one can serve two masters; for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to one and despite the other. You cannot serve God and mommon." Matthew 6:21,24. This words gave me some light. I understood why i couldn't write more poems on my Christ or write on somethings on related manner. And i thought on my life itself, where i was heading towards, where my heart really was!.  All my works were preserved until that very moment; but sooner i destroyed them all because i realized i cant keep with me what is not doctrine, it brings no upliftment to the soul, coz, my life is now surrendered under Christ my Jesus. Yes, His work has truly started on my life.

This is what i could write some years back (but submitting for this year's YPE Pampady district supliment).

Sunny days are here again.

Blossoming buds everywhere,
To laugh and cheer up at;
His beautiful day,
Which our LORD hath created.


Mourning days are all lost,
Tears which flowed have dried up.
Whistling of trees is here again,
Humming birds everywhere.
Singing with joy to their LORD GOD,
Who hath set them free to fly again.


Elegy poems, all gone,
Happiest songs are here again,
Hurricanes which came have stepped back;
For, the LORD overpowers everything.



Yes, His truth hath set me free!
So will I, sing praises to the most high;
To the most high who alone is worthy to be praised.

The Known or the Unknown

Several generations ago, during one of the most turbulent of the desert wars in the Middle East, a spy was captured and sentenced to death by a general of the Persian army. The general, a man of intelligence and compassion, had adopted a strange and unusual custom in such cases. He permitted the condemned person to make a choice. The prisoner could either face a firing squad or pass through the Black Door.


As the moment of the execution drew near, the general ordered the spy to be brought before him for a short, final interview, the primary purpose of which was to receive the answer of the doomed man to the query: "What shall it be-the firing squad or the Black Door?"

This was not an easy decision, and the prisoner hesitated, but soon made it known that he much preferred the firing squad to the unknown horrors that might await him behind the ominous and mysterious door. Not long thereafter, a volley of shots in the courtyard announced that the grim sentence had been fulfilled.

The general, staring at his boots, turned to his aide and said, "You see how it is with men; they will always prefer the known to the unknown. It is characteristic of people to be afraid of the undefined. Yet I gave him his choice."

"What lies beyond the Black Door?" asked the aide.

"Freedom," replied the general, "and I've known only a few brave enough to take it."

The story illustrates the situation many people face each day-a choice between the known and the unknown. Few have the courage to come alive, to stop being engulfed in a sea of mediocrity-humbled and dulled by failure to recognize their own potential. They lack the fortitude to stop living their lives in a mentally-chloroformed condition in that ignoble mass of humanity... the uncommitted. The choice is yours Phi-4:13



"By grace ye are saved through faith" Eph-4:28. "It's what we trust in but don't yet see that keeps us going." (2 Corinthians 5:7)

Transition

Everyone of us go through the phase of some or the other kind of transition in our lives. Dont we? Anyways I do have gone through, not just one but many a time, yes with God's grace. From kindergarden to primary school  then school life to college, graduation life to specialisation programme, from a joint family to a nuclear one, riding bycycle then a sudden shift to driving a brand new car, childishness to maturity, books and journals to internet, landphones to cellphones......and the list goes on.... In our daily lives we feel or find nothing but do take some time out of your busy lives and listen to your inner self, it has lots of stories to tell you, how circumstances changed you from the earlier person you were to the present individual you are.

 I would like to quote a statement once said by Billi Joel, an American musician and songwriter, "Out of respect for things that i was never destined to do, I have learned that my strenghs are a result of my weaknesses, my success is due to my failutres and my style is directly related to my limitations". I felt it and understood how aptly he made it out. So, our lives circumstance, like failures, weakness, positives, limitations, styles all those forms part of this so said 'transition'. They are the building stones to our very success and yes, everything obviously depends on the way how you see it, how you want to make it happen. And me from my lifes experience do feel that this transition part had a chief part in molding each individuals life.

Recently, i'd experienced another transition part. The need to be more spiritual or How to be a wise human being! As my specialisation programme got an end, i came back home, got more and more time to read The Holy Bible and took time in understanding its deapth and meaning. I sat with praying, that i get the understanding of what i'm reading and in what context the Holy Spirit is trying to convey. This new light bought in me a total difference, from life's discipline to understanding God's word. If you can bring Christ in you, His teachings in your life surely your life will change. I thank God for all those who have known Him, and yes in giving me the understanding and insight to study The Holy Bible.   

Getting IN

"But the land which you cross over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of Heaven, a land for which the Lord your God cares; the eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year."    Deuteronomy 11:11,12


Today, dear friends we stand upon the verge of the unknown. There lies before us the new year and we are going forth to possess it. Who can tell what we shall find? What new experiences, what changes shall come, what new needs shall arise? But, here is the cheering, comforting, gladdening mesage from our Heavenly Father, " The Lord thy God careth for it". " His eyes are upon it away to the ending of the year."


To quote W.E.B. DuBois, 'And yet not a dream, but a mighty reality- a glimpse of the higher life, the broader possibilities of humanity, which is granted to the man who, amid the rush and roar of living, pauses four short years to learn what living means.' Have you got a clear understanding of the quote? Go thrugh again, you'll get it for sure. :)


All our supply is to come from the Lord. The land is a land of hills and valleys. It is not all smooth nor all down hill. It is the hill difficulty that drives us to the throne of grace and brings down the shower of blessings. We cannot tell what loss and sorrow and trail are doing. TRUST only. The Father comes near to take our hand and lead us on our way today. It shall be a good, blessed new year!


Well, with God's grace I could welcome ma new year 2010 with praise and worship that we had in Church(what most Christians call the wholenight prayer). During the occassion, the Pentecostal Churches and most Born-Again and Baptists Churches provide each members present in the meeting with a promise verse for the welcoming year. So, the verse which I've got is from the books of Isaish 43 verse 2; "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you".


I praise the Lord for the verse provided to me. It is the promise which i can keep the whole year and hence it has comforted me about my coming days. I wish al a very blessed year 2010. he he...enjoy...

the wonder years

On ma clock the time is past 6..and date 31 december....which means dis the last eve of the year 2009 as per the Roman Gregorian Calender Year. If i look back on the past 364 days, i can very well say, I have had a blessed year2009. I got to know God's plans on my life, Jesus helped me to remove the things which I had considered precious but unworthy and silly in the LORD's sight. 2009 bought in me fiery-trials especially during ma last semester at Hostel while undergoing ma MBA programme, but all was well as in God's sight. All those trials made me realize - 'what I am' , 'how I have to be', and ofcourse God's love and care as I sought Him earnestly.  For Jesus said, "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you". Amen.

Considering the blessings I've received the trials I've faced are very little. First, it was really hard for me to leave apart those...but slowly through His words I understood that...to receive greater blessings some things need to be forgone, left apart and forgotten. This moment I feel blessed not because of the earthly treasures I have, but for the eternal life I've reaceived through Christ Jesus; for the understanding I've received through His word and for the life He has given me. My LORD has freely blessed me with everything I needed, or probably with more I was worthy to receive. His love is so wonderful, more precious than fine gold for all who has written His words in the tablet of their heart, mind n soul.

And for the year 2010, I am with whole new resolutions. Not just mere decisions but with sorted out Vision and Mission. For He has given me understanding, and I need to respect it. Each day is a day that God has given us, and each moment of that day is in His hands"

So my dear Friend, its New Year that is in fornt of us all. What have u decided? To just be merry and enjoy every moment? But have u not thought that we do have our part before our creator? LORD  has given us a life, poured out blessings upon blessings..so is it not our part to thank Him? Give Praise and Worship Him? Have you read your Bible today? This is the last day in the year 2009 that you have..just hours left.., for u are alive now only by the grace of God Almighty. So my dear friend, do thank God for all the blessings that u've received. For ROMAN 12 : 2 says, "And Do not be confromed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God".

God Bless You.