THIS IS UR DAY OF MIRACLES

Here is a small miracle that happened on 11^th Dec 2010. The day which I awaited the most was 11^th Dec 2010. It was a day when our church was celebrating the most awaited Christmas program which I was partially coordinating the entire stuff.

We planned to have it on the open ground in front of the church. The stage was all set up the previous evening. The sound system, the colourful disco lights and everything was ready when it started pouring heavily. It was the highest rainfall that had ever hit Bangalore this year. Oh my gosh! Me and my sister were so disappointed. The guys had to bring the stage down, move the sound equipments, the lights and what not. It was at 2 am in the night, the rain was still pouring.

Myself and my sister were so anxious about the next day and wondering if it was gonna be the same. We quickly went and checked the weather forecast on the internet. And to our disappointment it said Saturday the 11^th of Dec 2010 would have “Thundershowers” (which means very heavy rains). The only prayer I had was, “God in the Bible, Joshua stopped the sun and if you are the same God I want you to stop the rain tomorrow”. I think I nearly prayed that the entire day same prayer over 50 times.

God is a God of miracles. And next day there was not a single drop of rain! God is a God who can change the weather forecast on the internet. He is the same God. Come before him boldly and asking Him for your miracle. Today is your day of your miracle.

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WHEN UPON LIFE'S BILLOWS

This blog writting is by hannah, my dearst friend who is a guest editor of my blog. I reeely loved this one, my eyes were filled with tears and there was a smile on my face when I read this. Thank you so much. Love you, Hannah.

Grace and I went to same college, which was far away from our homes. We stayed in same hostel faced same problems. Right from homesickness to culture shock. We met people who lived lives that were 10 yrs ancient. Life went on we have joy and tears. One thing that we dint realize until late was that when upon life's billows tossed us, we still had something to laugh about, we had something to smile about.

Grace's dad who treated me like a family member was suddenly diagnosed with cancer in the urinary bladder. All of us were upset. We could not believe that a man who lived a much-disciplined life-style could be affected with any health issues. Thankfully, the good Lord opened all the ways and best doctors treated uncle and operated the lump. While uncle was still in bed, many people visited him. Aunty was a very sweet person very nervous and anxious just like any other wife and mother would be. The environment in the hospital was quiet and people came with lot of empathy and there was a lot of seriousness in the air. Aunty was so nervous and told one friend "yes, they removed this lump from his uterus (exists only in women)." Uncle who was in bed could not laugh as it was his urinary bladder that was operated indeed and it would hurt if he added pressure on it by laughing. When uncle was fine enough to talk, he said in a funny tone, "some people have created rumors that I have a uterus."

When grace was conversing about this funny event that occurred in the hospital, I realized that when upon life's billows you are tempest tossed God still sheds a ray of hope and gives you a reason to laugh and smile.

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DON'T FORGET TO SMILE :)

a ѕмιℓє ¢σѕтѕ ησтнιηg вυт gινєѕ мυ¢н. ιт єηяι¢нєѕ тнσѕє ωнσ яє¢єινє ωιтнσυт мαкιηg ρσσяєя тнσѕє ωнσ gινє. ιт тαкєѕ вυт α мσмєηт, вυт тнє мємσяу σƒ ιт ѕσмєтιмєѕ ℓαѕтѕ ƒσяєνєя. ησηє ιѕ ѕσ яι¢н σя мιgнту тнαт нє ¢αηησт gєт αℓσηg ωιтнσυт ιт αη∂ ησηє ιѕ ѕσ ρσσя тнαт нє ¢αηησт вє мα∂є яι¢н ву ιт. уєт α ѕмιℓє ¢αηησт вє вσυgнт, вєggє∂, вσяяσωє∂, σя ѕтσℓєη, ƒσя ιт ιѕ ѕσмєтнιηg тнαт ιѕ σƒ ησ ναℓυє тσ αηуσηє υηтιℓ ιт ιѕ gινєη αωαу. ѕσмє ρєσρℓє αяє тσσ тιяє∂ тσ gινє уσυ α ѕмιℓє. gινє тнєм σηє σƒ уσυяѕ, αѕ ησηє ηєє∂ѕ α ѕмιℓє ѕσ мυ¢н αѕ нє ωнσ нαѕ ησ мσяє тσ gινє....

Few reasons to SMILE.... :)

The world is often a reflection of Yourself. If we smile, the world smiles.

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.

A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks.

Always remember to be happy because you never know who's falling in love with your smile.

If you don't have a smile, I'll give you one of mine.

Smiling is infectious, You can catch it like the flu. Someone smiled at me today, And I started smiling too.

It takes seventeen muscles to smile and forty-three to frown.

“If you see a friend without a smile; give him/her one of yours.”

Few quotes on SMILE :)

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SUPERSIZE YOUR PRAYERS

Just read this story from Joel Osteen's book about a lil girl called Shari who was three years old when something sharp fell on her hand and she lost the tips of two of her fingers. They rushed her to the emergency room and after they stopped the bleeding, a plastic surgeon examined Shari’s fingers.
“I’m sorry”, he told the lil girl’s father. She’ll never have her nails n they’ll always be lil shorter. The lil gurl’s dad tol the doctor,” I believe God can restore my lil gurls finger’s and make them normal again.

The surgeon said, “They will never be the ryt length & for sure she won’t have fingernails.” The lil gurl’s dad did not argue but stuck to his beliefs.

Six weeks later when the doctor took off the bandage his first words were, “Oh my God.” “The fingernails grew back”, the surgeon said.

To this day Shari’s finger looks perfectly normal. Her story reminds me that we should never be afraid to ask God for uncommon blessings. I respect medical reports. But there is another expert who breathed life into us all. God made you. He holds the world in His hands. Dare to ask God for bigger things!!! Super-size your prayers!!!

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MY FAVOURITE PIC

This is my all time fav pic... I love it...

Anywhere you are, its never too far away, there's freedom from your scars, the mistakes that you've made, FORGIVEN, memories erased, that HIS LOVE for you.

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CONFESSION OF A PRECHER'S KID

Being a Preacher's kid is not very easy. Must say! Well... me and my sis, Glory have come up with some advantages and disadvantages of being a Preacher/ Pastor's Kids. I bet you that those of us who are Pastor's kid will agree with us on few of these things mentioned below. This blog article is dedicated to DAD, with love Grace & Glory

PS: No offense to anyone. This is purely for fun!!!

ADVANTAGES OF BEING THE PRECHER'S KID

1. Sneaking into the Church when no one’s around and cranking up the sound system, using the church instruments and pretending to be rock stars!

2. Getting to hang out with other Preacher's Kids and realizing we weren’t as messed up as we thought we were!

3. Having a command of King James English (Ex: Thou, Thee etc) will come in handy if we ever decide to become Shakespearean actors.

4. Building massive muscles by lifting Dad's set of Bible Commentaries, Concordance and Dakes Bible at home. (Obviously coz its has infinite number of pages)

5. Being made the captain of the Church cricket team even if you are the worst player in the team.

6. Getting introduced personally to the special guest speaker who visits our church :D

7. The entire congregation is super nice and kind to you in church (it's not the same at your work place, isn't it)

DISADVANTAGES OF BEING THE PRECHER'S KID

1. Having every stupid thing we ever said and did used as a sermon illustration.

2. Always being called on to answer the tough Bible questions during quiz.

3. Always being in the lime light and mom asking us to behave ourselves in the Church.

4. Your prayer will be evaluated for its volume, content, dramatic presentation and length. Ex: Like how many "ums" used in the prayer.

5. Always being the topic of discussion for church members for every small thing said and done (Ex: oh, Pastor's kid!!!)

6. The entire church wanting to know how much percentage we scored in our board exams.

Kindly add in if i have forgotten someting :P

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CROSS ROADS!!!

Many of us, at one time or the other in life, we reach the cross roads of life. I realized that every single day have to make many choices. Sometimes you make the right choice and sometimes you end up making the wrong choice, which myt hurt you. But what happens when you donno what to choose and you are not able to decide what is the best for you. This is a poem I wrote in such a state of confusion, when stuck in the cross roads of my life!

I'm standing here on a cross road,

Feeling so lost in the dense crowd

Confused and distressed my head I bow

"Which way to go?",is the question right now!

Dreams that I have are beyond and above,

None can imagine the things that I love

Too many questions running on my mind,

Is that fake care that is making me blind?

Struggling to let go off what I like

Within myself, my heart is on a strike

Lord help me choose the right way,

That leads me to you every single day

Hope you liked my poem. I think the best way to make the right choice is to ask God :)

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YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING

A couple of weeks ago I heard this story of this young guy who graduated from school. When he wanted to step into college, his dad told him to begin to praying for his future. So the young guy prayed for three things that he always wanted to have in life.
Namely, For:
1. A bag full of money
2. A big vehicle to travel
3. Lot of girls around him
He then graduated and he got a job as a conductor in a girls bus, where he had a bag full of money, in a bus with lota girls around him. Be careful about what you pray, coz God answers your prayers!!! :) :D ;)

Some of our prayers are kinda silly. So I guess we need to be a lil carefull while we pray. For some of my prayers I bet God would say, “You've gotta be kidding”!!! :) lol :D

Btw God must be smiling when He reads some of these prayers below:

lol, kids are so cute and innocent. Aren’t they?? =) Hope it made u smile too as it made me smile =)

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WHEN GOD MADE YOU

Right now, at the moment this is the song I'm so crazy about. I'm lyk humming it all day long :) I so wano sing it for that spl one, my prince charming :P :D. I dono where he is and wen I'm gonna meet him . But I believe God will bring him in HIS time. Till then I will be waiting and praticing to sing it fa him :) This song is dedicated to the love of my life!!!(whom I'm yet to meet) :) <3




It's always been a mystery to me
How two hearts can come together
And love can last forever
But now that I have found you, I believe
That a miracle has come
When God sends the perfect one

Now gone are all my questions about why
And I've never been so sure of anything in my life

I wonder what God was thinking
When He created you
I wonder if He knew everything I would need
Because He made all my dreams come true
When God made you
He must have been thinking about me <3

I promise that wherever you may go
Wherever life may lead you
With all my heart I'll be there too
From this moment on I want you to know
I'll let nothing come between us
I'll love what ever you love

He made the sun He made the moon
to harmonise in perfect tune
One can't move without the other
They just have to be together
And that is why I know it's true
You're for me and I'm for you
Cause my world just can't be right
Without you in my life

:) :P :D

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NOT G-TALK BUT G-LAUGH

Wanno share one of my gtalk chats wid u... This is d typical Chat between Hannah and me... its purely fa fun nthn else... Dedicated to hannah... i think me n u have the best chat on this earth... our code words rock!!! luv chattin wid u hannah... wud continue more of it!!! :)))

hannah: grace hi
me: hi hannah hw u
hannah: hw r u?
me gud
hannah: im fyn too grace
:)
me: u kno wat? did u c dis pic on fb?
www.facebook.com/xxx/album/xxxx.jpg
hannah: no grace will see now
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
is thissssssssssssssssssssssss
me: i knoooooooooo
hannahthetribe: :)majorrrrrrrrrrrest
me: I CNT BELEIVE IT
hannahthetribe: but hw come grace like this?? is a bit tricky
me: its a BYTE hannah
hannah:bytest grace
me: :)u kno wat hannah
hannah: teme grace
me: blah blah
hannah: suddenly i feel...blah blah... larger than life..
me: hahahahahaha
hannah: seriously grace
me: pleasesttttttttttttttttt
hannah: blah blah
me: blah......
hannah: :))))))))))))
me: :)))))))))))))
hannah: im not able to control lafing :)))
me: me tooooooooooo:)))))
hannah: :))))))) gosh
me: goshest :))))))

(after 286 lines of funny things....n laughter)

me:i gues its gettin late hannah
hannah: ya grace will leave now
me: tc hannah
hannah: u2 grace
me: c ya hugs <3
hannah: c ya grace byee
me: byee

I'm sure you did not understand a bit!  I know no one will :P

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I FORGIVE U

Forgiveness isn’t easy. It doesn’t take away the pain, and it doesn’t mean it’s deserved. Some will say to forgive because it helps you move forward yourself. While there is truth in that, it’s not true forgiveness. Forgiveness is a gift, a selfless act of love that is given, not something that is done to receive. The only place I have found truth in forgiveness is through a deeper revelation of how God loves us: unconditionally and undeserved. When I understood this I saw how God wants freedom in forgiveness for everyone; even those who have caused us pain. That’s why we forgive; because we were first forgiven. How? Not in our own strength, but by seeing those who’ve hurt us through God’s eyes: with His unconditional and abundant love.

Sometimes you will make mistakes; consciously or unconsciously. Either way, admit to them and their consequences. Learn from them. Commit to never doing them again. While God always forgives, He ultimately only wants the best for us. He loves us too much to leave us the way we are, and when we make mistakes, it’s a clear indication something needs to change.

I forgive coz I am forgiven by God even though I don't deserve it!

Here are few other lessons I have learnt through pain:
http://grace-lyn-3.blogspot.in/2014/01/lessons-i-have-learnt-through-pain.html

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STORY OF A PENCIL :)

I heard my mom say a story of a Pencil, which I reely loved and it goes like this...

The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box. "There are 5 things you need to know," he told the pencil, "Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be."

"One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in Someone's hand."
"Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you'll need it to become a better pencil."
"Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make."
"Four: The most important part of you will always be what's inside."
"And Five: On every surface you are used on, you must leave your mark. No matter what the condition, you must continue to write."

The pencil understood and promised to remember, and went into the box with purpose in its heart.

Now replacing the place of the pencil with you. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best person you can be.

One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in God's hand.
Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, by going through various problems in life, but you'll need it to become a stronger person.
Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make.
Four: The most important part of you will always be what's on the inside.
And Five: On every surface you walk through, you must leave your mark. No matter what the situation, you must not give up.

Allow this story on the pencil to encourage you to know that you are a special person and only you can fulfill the purpose to which you were born to accomplish. Never allow yourself to get discouraged and loose hope. Become everything God created you to become!

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FAITH OF A LIL GIRL

I read a story of a little child whose father and mother had died, and who was taken into another family. The first night she asked whether she could pray as she used to do. They said: "Oh yes! So she knelt down and prayed as her mother had taught her; and when that was ended, she added a little prayer of her own: "O God, make these people as kind to me as father and mother were." Then she paused and looked up, as if expecting the answer, and then added: "Of course you will." How sweetly simple was that little one's faith! She expected God to answer and "do" and "of course" she got her request, and that is the spirit in which God invites us to approach Him. Is there something that you have been praying for? Can we just step up to that level of faith and trust God?

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BROKEN PIECES INTO BEAUTIFUL PATTERN

I heard something this morning. And I tot it was super cool. So here's wat I heard. Well...Have you ever played with a Kaleidoscope? ... Well, if ya thinking that you have heard that word somewhere, just to brush up your memory, a kaleidoscope is a tube of mirrors containing loose, colored objects such as broken glass-bangle pieces, beads and pebbles. The viewer looks in one end and light enters the other end, reflecting off the mirrors. As the tube is rotated, the tumbling of the colored objects presents the viewer with varying colors and beautiful patterns.

Any broken object in the tube shows up as a beautiful design pattern. In the same way, we are like the broken pieces in the kaleidoscope. Some of us are broken and hurt right now. But God takes the broken pieces and puts it together, changes the pattern and we begin to look beautiful just like the design pattern in the kaleidoscope. As light, who is God enters in our life, that’s when we become beautiful and reflect His glory. Isn’t that awesome? :)

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YOU ARE GOD’S DREAM

Just a small tot that I wanna share with you. Have you ever dreamt? Do you get dreams? Well, I do dream a lot. Sometimes I day-dream and sometimes when I’m sleeping. For example, I dream about the day I would get married and the dress I would be wearing and about how my sis will be my bridesmaid or rather maid of honour and stuff :). We all have dreams... Don’t we? But something that touched me last week was that God also has dreams and YOU ARE GOD’S DREAM! Every dream God has had, has come true. God has a dream for you. He has great plans for each of us.

He says in Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans that I have for you, plans of welfare and not of calamity, to give you a future and a hope”. Can we claim this promise today and say “Lord, I believe that you have great plans and dreams for me. I choose to trust You. In Lord Jesus’ name I pray. Amen!”

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YOU'RE A SPECIAL ANGEL

This song is dedicated to my best friend Bency, who is soooooo spl to me. I thank God for puttin her in ma lyf and makin ma lyf beautiful. I cherish all the memories i spent with her. I love her and I wano tell her how special she is to me thru this song. This one's for you Bency <3

Friends are quiet angels

Who lift us to our feet

When our wings have trouble remembering how to fly

They stand by us and give us

the strength to try

Friends are quiet angels

Who somehow make you see

The light that's in the darkness

before the dawn

All at once the journey’s not so long

But it's the laughter and the fun

Sometimes the feeling that we're one

All the tears we cry together you and I

That will keep us heart to heart

as time goes by

Friends are quiet angels

Who fill your life with grace

Thrilled to share your joy

when a dream comes true

And on this special day

I'm blessed 'cause I can say

I've found a quiet angel

You're a special angel

I found a quiet angel in you

Happy Birthday Bency and I love you <3

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FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD

This is a small poem I wrote. Hope you like it :)

To talk to God, No breath is lost
To walk with God, No strength is lost
To cry out to God, No tear is lost
To run to God, No race is lost
To fight for God, No battle is lost
To shine for God, No light is lost
To sing for God, No voice is lost
To wait for God, No time is lost
To live for God, No life is lost
Believe in God, you wont be lost

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My FiRsT bLoG Eva... :)

Well...i always wanted to blog but donno y it tuk so long...may be it jus skipped outta ma mind evry tym i got on d net bt finally hea i am wid ma very 1st blog...hmmmn...wat do i type... btw 2day i'm kinda happy bt dono y...actually derz no specific reason at al...bt i believe dat its coz of d joy dat God has given me deep inside ma hrt :) n wonderin' how i got it...its nly by havin friendship wid God... d gud news is dat u can have dat too :)

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