Are you causing grief to you by thinking hard on the global problems? Hey, be cool!

Global problems to be concerned about are many. But we should not waste our time and peace of mind, by thinking about or fearing about them uselessly. I know many who just end up in any of these problems whenever they start a conversation. You should be aware of the problems that grapple our world today and if we can, we should do our bit to alleviate them as much as we can. But still there is no point in just simply worrying abut them all the time.

If you are such a person, think as the man in the above comic thinks at last, ” Bah! I’ll be dead before any of this matters anyway.”

Have you ever looked deep into your prayers? What are they? Are they just asking for this and that to your heavenly Father or are they a real conversation with Him? If you haven’t considered about this , give it a thought.

We must ask Him for our real needs. (Not the needs as given in the above comic) Really important needs. But when you develop a personal relationship with God, some even ask for very simple things in life. That’s also OK. But what You need to keep in mind is that Praying is not all about asking for your needs.

You also need to thank God for all the good things He had done to You. Thank Him for…..

*** You being fully healthy when you were born, without any physical impairments. Because you very well know there are many disabled right from birth.
*** Your Mom and Dad, who lives for you. Because there are many orphans out there and you could have been just one of them.
*** Your wonderful house you live in. Because you know about the many homeless nowadays, right?
*** The food and clothes you are provided with or that you have, by his mercy. Dont forget the millions who are deprived of these.
*** Your present age, for He has protected You all these years. No fatal accident happened, which is really something to be thankful for.
*** Today, for this great day, because many who went to sleep yesterday like you did, didn’t wake up to see this new day.
*** Your friends, your true friends, who know every bit of you and without whom your life would have been miserable and lonely.
*** Anything and everything that You got, when you just look around because not all the people on this Earth have all these that you enjoy

Why? Why God didn’t make all of them like you? Why many are deprived of the above mentioned things? God doesn’t like them? No! He made them like that so that when You see them, You thank God for your blessings and proceed to help them as much as you can.

How is the comic above? Hey, Its just a joke! What are your views on heaven and hell?

Well, I don’t believe that all those who are not Christians will go to hell and I don’t also  believe that all Christians go to heaven. A person is guided by his conscience, on what is right or wrong. Since we are Christians, we have a greater knowledge about God’s plans for us and how he wants us to live. (Thanks to Sunday classes). So even if we commit a small sin from our part, it will be dealt with more seriousness.

Consider others, who are not Christians. Take Hindus, for eg. They are not taught all the morals as we were taught (they don’t have Sunday classes). So the same sin committed by one Hindu will be seen with less severeness. But even as Hindus, they also have their holy book, The BHAGAVAD-GITA and laws to obey. So breaking those laws while already knowing that they are sins, will be very harmful for their souls too.

In short, knowing more about sins, makes one’s struggle to get into heaven more difficult. But we can’t sit here doing all these sins, saying “From now on, I won’t read any law or Holy Book so that Something I do won’t become a sin, in my knowledge”.

Your conscience knows, man, it really pricks you when you sin or when you are about to. Hear its voice!