At times, we feel we are just hanging in the air, with no grip or a strong hold, with no support from anyone. Every person, enter our life, use us, stay a while and throw us away. We are left only with abuses and hurts.

We feel that we have everyone AROUND us, yet NO ONE for us, very ironical. The world may look empty and nothing much left to love or live. Without hope, our lives will just wither away.

The Lord is My Rock

Are you really so alone and lonely? Hear the Word of God say:

The LORD is My rock, My fortress and My deliverer;
My God is My rock, in whom I take refuge,
My shield and the horn of My salvation, My stronghold
In whom I will Trust.
[PSALM 18:2]

Every word of God in the Bible is 100% true. Heaven and earth will pass away but my words shall not pass away. [Matthew 24:35]

The Rock and The Lever

“Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world.” said Archimedes. JESUS is that FIRM ROCK and your TRUST IN HIM is that LEVER.

Everyone needs a firm ground to stand still when the storms are raging. Jesus will be your rock which gives you this firm ground. HE will be your fortress when enemies war against you. Our Lord is the deliverer who delivers us from sin, evil, death and judgment.

Hold on to HIM. You are the Conqueror. Amen.

– – – written by Cecilia Francis

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but up to seventy times seven.” [Matthew 18:21-22]

Really? Seventy times seven??? Let us see how that’s possible.

Explanation of seventy times seven

Think that a murder is committed and the concerned relation has forgiven the criminal. Then how to forgive 70×7 times? Can the same person be killed that many times to be forgiven seventy times seven? No way.

Digging deeply, we realise that though forgiveness is granted, whenever the concerned relation recalls the incident his feelings will subdue him and give life to that crime as long as he lives and thus hatred can seep in. If he fails to forgive every time his mind recalls the crime, his forgiveness is still incomplete.

Forgive till you forget

We must keep forgiveness like a blank cheque and deliver it instantly every time our mind recalls the bad past of others’ wrongdoings. Never recall the bad past, bury them in the deepest sea and forget. “You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.” [Micah 7:19]

Nowhere in the Bible it is said FORGIVE and FORGET but seventy times seven means FORGIVE till you FORGET, like a child. Unless you forget, forgiveness is incomplete.

Hate, Hater and Hated

HATE hates the HATER than the HATED. Hatred is like keeping a burning coal in your hand. You are the victim. It prevents all the graces from God reaching you, just like an umbrella prevents the rain drops from touching your body.

Bring before you, all the people you hate, one by one. For a moment, become their mother, immaterial of their gender and age. It becomes very easy to understand and forgive them this way. JUST FORGIVE NOW. Practice this exercise and see how perfectly peace sets in.

May God bless all of you to forgive others seventy times seven. Amen.

– – – written by Cecilia Francis

“who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.” [Psalm 103:5] — Eagles become stronger, bolder, their eyes sharper, younger and soar higher as they grow older. So feel young and strong as days go by. We have a good life for scores +10.

“With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.” [Psalm 18:29] — When mighty winds blow Eagle uses its power to scale greater heights. Use the tribulations to soar higher and see God.

“So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives..But when you are directed by the Spirit, you are not under obligation” [Galatians 5:16-18] — Eagles never attack their enemy (snake) or prey on the land, rather they take off to the sky and tear them to pieces. Fight your war in the SPIRITUAL REALM…the battle belongs to the LORD.

“but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” [Isaiah 40:31] — In all these put all your Hope in the Lord and Lord alone. In Christ alone my Hope is found; he is my light, my strength, my song.

Listen to the Don Moen song Lead Me Through The Night

– – – written by Cecilia Francis