Indeance

Every flight has a takeoff and a landing. The perfectionist knows the perfect time for departure and arrival. The crew on board need not worry for anything. I know my Captain is a perfectionist!!!

Well said, that’s the thought I just got in my mind when I found something that has yet hurt me. I know its no ones fault but I know yet again I am hurt.

Why did this come into my mind, I just start realizing the fact that yes my captain is a perfectionist. He will not take off nor will he land in a place where I am not meant for. No matter what comes I know for sure that my captain will never let me die.

I am thinking about a air flight. If you have ever traveled by a plane you will understand.

You need to take a ticket and either a visa or a visa on arrival before you board a plane. The moment you have the ticket in your hand you become nervous of the miles of height you are about to fly. The air hostess guides you through the passage and makes you seated on your seat. The initial phase is just a chaos with so may people trying to board in the flight. The air hostess tries her best to calm down the anxiety around. And suddenly we hear a voice that says “Good Morning this is flight captain, and I will be in charge of your flight. My aim is to reach you to your destination in the destined time”.

The captain makes sure that his crew ensures utmost care for the boarded passengers.

And slowly you see your bus moving and you find that the captain set the plain for take off. One after the other the engines start warming up and the voice of the wings get louder and you see the air hostess standing and giving you sets of instructions and tips. She prepares you even for the worst of the situation that may arise in the journey. And at once the captain announces “Ready for take off, passengers please ensure you have your safety belts”. The air hostess moves around and ensures all are well settled with seat belts on.

The flights starts running the runway and the it gears up the speed and you have bums and tough roads you run like a cheetah and there’s a tilting… a perfect tilting at the perfect time that positions you to an angle that takes you constantly deep into the sky. You find you are getting on the top of the world and you see the things outside you grow smaller and smaller and they disappear, in between them all you have wind hitting your flight that gives jerks to you but you know your captain knows how to handle them.

At rare times you find that the flight is too high and there is no air to breathe in…. hand on the captain says this is necessary and down comes a wired mask with gives you surplus oxygen to breathe from the center hub of oxygen stored in for times like these.

 When things go fine you have them taken away.

And look at your seats they have life saving jackets and air tubes well fitted and trust me if you have to make an emergency exit, the captain know how to get you ready for it. He throws you in deep waters to make sure you are safe.

And finally after a smooth sail with all the comfort care and love of the captains team you find your destination closer, and closer, your see it clearer and clearer and finally the captain says “Ready for landing please faster your seat belts and there you go down with a steep so speedily that you find it tough at times but at the perfect time he gets the wheels out and touches the destined ground with perfection.

That’s how life is when you anchor your life on the perfect Captain. None other the Jesus can be this Captain who know you very well and knows the destination you have to reach. He has his angels around you to comfort you and care for you. His Holy Spirit as the life saving oxygen for times you find its tough to breath and you have the God as your life saving jacket. How awesome it is to know that your captain is a perfectionist. Make sure you are in His hands for he knows the beginning and the end and is faithful to reach you to the other shore. Why do we need to worry then no matter what may come, He is there for you and he knows what the perfect for you and in that appointed perfect time He will give it to you.

 Amen!

Well, I have yet another debated topic to discuss today. Bible says everyone will be judged according to his or her own deeds.  The point of discussion is the personality or character that I have in me is it inborn or is it how I build it?

Let me take you to Genesis 25:22-27

We see here that Issac had two sons Esau and Jacob. Bible teaches that they were twins and were fighting within the womb of their mother. Bible says about them to be of two nations and the younger will be served by the older. This was predefined and as predicted when Easu and Jacob were born. One was red and tough while the other was a mama’s boy.

Again let me take you to Jeremiah 1:5

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
       before you were born I set you apart;
       I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

What I feel from the above incidents is that God has formed everyone of us unique and our personalities and characters are God given gifts.

Some of us may be the most rebellious ones while some may be the most pious ones. Some may have the character of being silent and some as jovial.

Hence I would say our personality and characters is God gifted. You may now ask me then why will I be judged because of God given character? Why should I be punished for a character that I had in me before I was born. I would say that you are judged or punished by God not for your character but how well can you control and handle your character. If you know that your character is like someone who gets angry fast then you have a greater responsibility of handling your anger so that in your anger you do not commit sin. Let’s keep our character and SIN as different. Having a character does not make you SIN. If you do not control your character you commit sin.

Being a guy, you may very well know that your character is that which can hurt your friends or even lead you both to abuse each other, fight or something worse, you need to have a control on it. Look at Cain and Abel. Cain was a angry guy and could not control his anger. In his anger he killed Abel and you know the story rest. Now look at Esau and Jacob. Esau was tricked by Jacob. Jacob had tricked to get blessings of Esau but look at him. Esau was a red tough guy but he controls it to forgive Jacob in the end. What really matter is how well you can handle your personality and character. How well you can groom it. God has never formed a man to SIN against him, his characters and personality may be different and unique but God gives the free will to one and all of how to live with his character. Either he can be a Cain or can be an Esau.

Let’s think over and not blame God for out our character and personality instead let’s nurture what we have so that it becomes a pleasing aroma to our God.

Blessings
Indeance

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Title Am I responsible for my personality / character?
Category Christian Art / Key Concept
Date 22 June 2009

Yesterday I saw a sexy cool tatoo on my friend Charles neck on the back side. It was a dragon that looked so fierce and it was tattooed such that was as if coming out from his hairs… the dragons tails were partially in side the hairs and it was tooted such that it seems as if the dragon is about to blow its fire balls on me.
At my first glance i felt it too scary but then i found it to be a very eye catching tatoo that left in me a feel that Charles is a tough hard guy.

From this moment on I have been thinking about this and now I feel that I should too do this may be on my biceps in such a way that a snake is tattooed, so that when i wear a half sleeve shirt of t-shirt it will be popping out off my biceps.
But wait a minute, morning I sat for my daily morning prayer and I prayed to god to bless my day, but all this while I was praying I was also thinking about my day that in the afternoon I will go to the tatoo shop and get this done. I said Amen and open my bible to read the daily verse, but look at this what i got…..
Leviticus 19:28, “Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the Lord.”
Man how could this be… The Bible became a rema for me… How could God thing at the initial days of creation that today my generation will be thinking of tatoo… or is that even that time tatoo was a trend…. Na i don’t think so…. if tatoo was a trend then , then by now it would have got discarded.
I realized what God wanted me to know. How much more do I expect the Bible to be clear?
Well but today’s generation such as Charles would say that Leviticus was meant for those who were involved in pagan rites and rituals, not for today else we should not even cut out hairs or beards,

But let me share this to you, with what motives are we trying to have our bodies tattooed, why tatoo a dragon, a serpent or a vulgar image? what is our intention behind this, so that people think we are studs…. or is it that you want people to think about and worship you or keep dreaming about you?
God always wanted His people to be away from those things that could separate them from God. I don’t mean here that tatoo will take you away from God, but i personally feel that getting tattooed is just one small tiny step towards moving away from God. You are keeping a door open so that SIN can come in you. Now this sin could be either you doing or other looking at you or your tatoo prompt you to do. sorry guys i am being rude here but i know what i am saying and even you will agree to this fact.
Lets try asking some questions: By getting a tatoo…
Am I seeking to glorify God or is it that i am trying to draw attention of others to myself?
Will my tattoo be a source of pain or non consensus for my loved ones?
Will getting a tattoo cause me to disobey my parents?
Will my tattoo cause someone who is weak in the faith to stumble?
Will I be luring someone into the world of lust by getting myself tattooed?
Well I asked this questions to myself and what i found was my parents will not like my idea of getting tattooed, secondly my tatoo no way will glorify God, in fact with a serpent or dragon with fire and tongue out i am giving out a wrong message. Thirdly i feel my tatoo could surely lead me into an uninvited temptation and I know I am not at all capable to handle temptations.
Well so finally i have decided not to tatoo my body…. Let me keep it as a clean holy temple of God.
Blessings
Indeance