You are here on Purpose!

How many times have we wondered why we are living the lives that we are. Why are we living in this country? Why do we have him or her as our siblings? Why do we have them as our parents? Why are we doing the jobs that we are? The moment you ask yourself those questions is the beginning you are trying to seek purpose in your life.
We are often asked the magical question "What is it the you want from life?" And our general answers would range from, happiness to money to fame to cars and even marrying someone we really love. If you notice all these are so general and leave us no different from anyone else. Then why is it that we keep telling ourselves that we are "unique".
A "Unique" person has unique qualities and talents that help him make a difference. Not only to his life but to the lives of people he comes in touch with. Jesus led this kind of a life. He never wanted fame or fortune. He was born so that he could die for us. That was his purpose in life. What ever he did and taught had a reason that stemmed out of that purpose.
How many of us have realized our "purpose" in life? A purpose that goes beyond ourselves, our careers and family. A purpose that touches the lives of others. A purpose of complete selflessness and service. IF we spend sometime and think about the purpose of our lives, it will be easier to know what we want. Think about it.

Jesus, Amazing painting

An amazing Live Jesus painting that also re-enforces whatever Jesus stands for. How many of these characteristics do you have in you as a Christian? Something to ponder over. Enjoy!

You fell? Now get up and try again!

Although the symbol of Christianity is Jesus dying on the cross, I have chosen my personal symbol as the resurrected Christ.
We have all failed sometime or the other in life. Be it at work or home. In love or friendship. In others eyes or even our own. It is only human to fail and there is definitely nothing wrong in it. But what we do after we fail defines the power within us that makes us more like Christ. Beaten, abandoned and thoroughly humiliated Jesus was hung naked on the cross for the world to see. Very few of us would manage to survive that kinda shame even metaphorically speaking. But as we seldom believe "Death is never the end". Jesus died on the cross knowing that he will rise when it is time. And he rose to embarrass those who had slain him. That is resurrection.
We are always worried about the consequences of our actions. Although that is important to a certain extent, it should never prevent us from trying something we know we might fail in. So what if we fail? There will be a handful of people who would laugh at us. Others who would claim "I told you so". What is more important is what we have learnt from our failure. How we resurrect from our defeat. Lets just dust ourselves off and try again. Lets Resurrect!

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Picture Perfect

Do you recognize your Jesus?

Unfortunately, there is no conclusive evidence of Jesus looking like the way we are told. Most of the paintings of Jesus have been artist impressions past down the ages. The first picture is said to be re-created from the impression left on the shroud,which is an argument that has a life of it's own.
I believe in all of this, we are missing a serious point. There isn't any right or wrong picture to Jesus. It really doesn't matter what Jesus looked like. What matters is how we see him or the image that we keep in our hearts. Lets close our eyes and draw our own Jesus in our minds. Sketch him out if you can. He is your own Jesus. Feel free to scan and post Your Jesus to this article.