Nutritional Facts

Nutritional facts..for some people it is as scary as "the Exorcist (most famous horror movie lelli mesh 3aref)"..reading those calories counts and fats makes you think is it worth the VALUE it brings to me! Is it nutrious for my kids? What vitamins are there? All this salt, no 3andi el daght 3aly! 500 calories, ya3ni nos sa3a running fel track..balash a7san! What VALUE is it bringing?Makes me think if we are examining our hearts, our actions, our words to check their "nutritional facts" for people around us? What value are you bringing to your kids, wife/husband, colleagues, church, and your country? Let me tell you that the more Christ we get, the more we move from "wanting to be valued" to wanting to "add value"! Service and thinking outside of self unlocks the Christ in you.

لَكِنَّهُ أَخْلَى نَفْسَهُ، آخِذًا صُورَةَ عَبْدٍ، صَائِرًا فِي شِبْهِ ٱلنَّاسِ. وَإِذْ وُجِدَ فِي ٱلْهَيْئَةِ كَإِنْسَانٍ، وَضَعَ نَفْسَهُ، وَأَطَاعَ حَتَّى ٱلْمَوْتَ، مَوْتَ ٱلصَّلِيبِ. لِذَلِكَ رَفَّعَهُ ٱللهُ أَيْضًا، وَأَعْطَاهُ ٱسْمًا فَوْقَ كُلِّ ٱسْمٍ، (فِيلِبِّي 2:7-9 )

Finally my friends, check your hearts, and Add value if you want to be valuable.

Your value is in what you bring, not what others bring you as value!

Back to School

Suddenly my timeline on facebook is flooded with proud fathers and mothers posting the pictures of their children's first day of school or even nursery..it is all over, the same picture probably, the kid standing there with a back pack half their size looking so cute with a big smile on the face, some times with mami or daddy huggin them so strong! If my mother had facebook, sure i would have seen my same pic posted the'like of fan page of "Dallas (7areem el sultan of that time)" and the latest hit from the super star Dalida!

I just fell in love in all that pride i have seen, i am sure that we all parents, wish the best for our kids at school, but i know that no matter their performance, we will still love them, no matter their failures, they are still running to our shoulders and cry.(i do remeber this day after one of the Chemistry exam in Thanaweya 3amma..my dad's shoulder was soaking wet), cause they know where is their comfort, they know that we are always Proud of them..we are always there to Raise them and lift them up! I really do wish that I am up to that pride and I can keep my Father always always proud of me..as I walk down the path of life seeking worthy to be called His son and He Himself my Father!

God bless your Rentree-first week of school or nursery! 

Once a Week

Sundays..the source of energy to go on...
Talking about efficiency and effectiveness, imagine this conversation:
Someone asking me: "So, what do you do to improve your aspects of life?"
me answering "Easy...i do it all..here it goes:
For studies, i study once, Monday afternoon
Muscles, i go to the gym once, Tuesday afternoon
Guitar, i play once, Wednesday afternoon
Diet, yes, sure i take care of my weight, i m on diet once Thursday afternoon
Kids and wife, i spend time with them, dedicate an afternoon on Friday
Parents, i give sometime once on Saturday
Prayer and my soul and God, no worries, i give Him An hour once on Sunday!!!"

What would i be getting outof that? I guess nothing at all...an hour a week doesnt take you far! It might give you a reason to tick the box and give yourself peace of mind! For impact to show in your life, you need to dedicate and commit to hard work. I have read a very interesting passage in a book written by Robin Sharma..he talk about hard work "i believe that good things happen to thoses willing to in the effort, exercise discipline and make the sacrifices that personal and professional greatness requires. Hard work opens the doors and shows the world that you are serious about being one of those rand and special human beings that uses the fullness of their talents for the highest and very best".

Are you content with your Sunday hour?! I guess we will be missing a lot if we only stop there.

A One Way Relationship?

Terrerren terrerren...(phone ringing...i know it is no longer the phone ring tone..i wonder in the world of this technology, how would one write the sound of phone ringing).

"Yaaah ya Aline..bossy meen bikalemni..men zaman awy...allo akhabarak..wenta kaman waheshny..feinak men zaman...i hope edert asa3dak akher marra? ...hayel, la shokr 3ala wageb mon beih..kwayes..aywa lessa bashtaghal henak...(then lots of talk from the other side)...7ader hashouf momeken asa3dak ezzay..Ya mousahel..khalas ma tshelsh hamm..mashy..tab 3awzeen net2abel..mashghoul awy!..tayeb mesh lazem net2abel..neb2a netkalem ba2a law 3andak wa2t..bye"

call ended!!!

Surely you have all been through such a call...and surely you wonder at the end of it..how can some people be so obviously CALLING YOU only in times of needs..only to ask for something, and never to see you in person..seek to know you closer..hear your news and wonder is they lift you up in a way or another..i hate to be judgmental, but these people we call in our society "masla7geya...مصلحجية.beta3 masla7to we bas" and what a bad title it is!

Imagine yourself getting this title one day..yes I deserve this title 3an gadara! How many times, i just knocked on His doors just to ask, do you remember the early rise up to pray a special prayer before the exam..or to go to the early oddas, or just to pass by church to light up a candle before the operation..how many times, i said "ok, i have done everything possible..all i have now is to pray (as if it s your last resort and not a daily relation)". How many time we promised to change at times of need..and just drop it when we get what we want!

If you give masla7a a bad name..Don't be one..REFUSE being one...and start to be a friend..as He wants to be your friend..in fact he called you His friend..imagine a friend as powerful as Jesus.."You are my friends if you do what I tell you to do. I no longer call you servants, because servants don’t know what their master is doing. But now I call you friends, because I have told you everything that my Father told me". (John 15:14, 15 ERV)

Do you want this friendship..or just content with being مصلحجي beta3 masla7a? You choose!