You and I are called to be channels of blessing to someone every day. Sadly, many times, I have heard brilliant people saying different excuses for not being a blessing to others.

Jesus was often moved with compassion and met the needs of people. He never found any reason to excuse himself from helping them. As seen in Matthew 14:13-21, Jesus wanted to feed those who came to Him to listen to His teaching. But His disciples asked Him to send the people away. They said, “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish!” They found an excuse but Jesus was looking for an opportunity to help people.

He, then, asked them to bring what they have. And he multiplied it! I believe that is what He is telling us too – to bring Him everything that we have!

God is not demanding anything other than our willingness. Allow the Lord to flow through you. I believe everyone can be a blessing to someone around them. And it is God’s will. Be a channel of encouragement. Be a giver of love.

Here’s a question for self-evaluation:

Are you a person who finds opportunities to bless lives or are you someone who always finds excuses?

- – - written by Ancy Joe

1. Prayer is not a “spare wheel” that you pull out when in trouble; it is a “steering wheel” that directs us in the right path throughout life.

2. Do you know why a car’s WINDSHIELD is so large & the rear view mirror is so small? Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE. So, look ahead and move on.

3. Friendship is like a BOOK. It takes few seconds to burn, but it takes years to write.

4. All things in life are temporary. If going well enjoy it, they will not last forever. If going wrong don’t worry, they can’t last long either.

5. Old friends are like Gold! New friends are Diamonds! If you get a Diamond, don’t forget the Gold! Because to hold a Diamond, you always need a base of Gold!

6. Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from above and says, “Relax, sweetheart, it’s just a bend, not the end!

7. When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in HIS abilities; when GOD doesn’t solve your problems HE has faith in your abilities.

8. A blind person asked St. Anthony: “Can there be anything worse than losing eye sight?” He replied: “Yes, losing your vision.”

9. When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them; and sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed for you.

10. WORRYING does not take away tomorrow’s TROUBLES; it takes away today’s PEACE.

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Someone has written the above beautiful words. One must read and try to understand the deep meanings in them. They are like the Ten Commandments to follow in life all the time. God Bless You All.

A young boy had a beautiful dream. Behold! God comes to him smiling. As He approached the boy, He asked, “Dear son, whatever you like, you may ask. I will give it to you now.”

What will I ask? The boy was in a dilemma. Suddenly he picked up from his mind one of his great desires that he had been cherishing in his heart. With joy he raised his voice, “Oh, my God, I know that you are omnipotent. You could do whatever you wish. I have a desire. Can you take away ‘nights’ from our life?”

God wondered. He asked, ‘Why should I take away night from earth?’

Boy opened his heart, “as the day ends, my mother forces me to stop playing. If there is no night, I could play for a long time. Not only that, I am afraid of going out at night. Devils and thieves attack us at night. Therefore nights are unnecessary. Let there be always day.”

“Yes, let it happen as you wish”, God said. Suddenly the reality of night disappeared. Everywhere, full of light! But as time passed, it became troublesome.

As nights disappeared, there were no days. As days disappeared, there were no holidays. Boy had to study all the time. Since there were no days, his birthday was not celebrated. Always day and full of light… He was fed up with this unending day… He could play and play… but will get tired at the end. Yet again time is left. The joy of sunrise and sunset were just good old memories. Plants and human beings got exhausted at incessant sunshine.

Boy cried aloud thinking of his comfortable sleep under the blanket in cold mornings. Peaceful sleep and attractive dreams were just bygone memories. He called up the Lord and cried out, “Oh, my God, give me nights. Return to me my beautiful nights.” Suddenly the young boy woke up from the dream.

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Nights give rise to days, months and years. If there are no nights, days would not be as beautiful as we have them today.

It is the same with regard to the darkness that abounds in our life due to pain, sorrows and troubles. Continuous pleasure sought through the senses will irritate us. A life devoid of problems and tensions will lack strength and courage. As day takes birth from the womb of night, so joy takes birth from the womb of sorrows.

Let these thoughts guide us in the New Year. Do not try to avoid the nights that God allows in our life. Convert them as the powerful steps for our joy and growth. An optimistic mind concentrates not on the thought that everything is fine, but on the fact that God will turn everything to good. We have a living God who is able to turn everything to better in our life. That’s our hope. I pray that every reader of Turn Back To God be filled with this hope.

Prayer: Lord, shower your graces upon us so that we may accept the ‘nights’ that God allows in our life happily and hopefully wait for the beautiful dawn that renews everything. Amen.

- – - written by Benny Punnathara