To Think Less of Ourselves OR To Think of Ourselves Less...

C.S. Lewis once said that as Christians we are not called to think less of ourselves but to think of ourselves less. 

Christ speaks similarly in Matthew 20. When we prioritize other people above ourselves it can help us to get out of the quicksand of our own self pity and help us to realize that we are not alone in our suffering. Also, as we try to lift up others by applying God’s promises to their lives, we often find ourselves being sustained. 

Therefore, when we purposefully serve, we talk about it being a greater ministry to us than to those that we served.

Lifetime Companion

You surely know this feeling when you are deep down burdened, worried and in pain, you sit on that couch next to your friend...in total silence, and you realize how they feel the storm within you without you having said one single word!

So is our life time companion "The Holy Spirit", He knows even the toughest feelings too deep for words and takes them up to God.
I love this encouraging and comforting verse:

“Also, the Spirit helps us. We are very weak, but the Spirit helps us with our weakness. We don’t know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit himself speaks to God for us. He begs God for us, speaking to him with feelings too deep for words.”
Romans 8:26 ERV
“وكذلكَ الرّوحُ أيضًا يُعينُ ضَعَفاتِنا، لأنَّنا لَسنا نَعلَمُ ما نُصَلّي لأجلِهِ كما يَنبَغي. ولكن الرّوحَ نَفسَهُ يَشفَعُ فينا بأنّاتٍ لا يُنطَقُ بها.”
روميَةَ 8:26 AVDDV

Even your toughest weakness, He will handle in prayer for you! Wow!

Keep shining my Friends!

A Detour Taxi!

Do you know this feeling of worry that starts crawling into your heart when the taxi driver takes a different route than the one you know and used to? Obviously you dont know this stranger…You probably don´t trust him…Are you taken on a longer route to pay a little bit more or just taken Away? You look closer to the driver, hammering him with questions in a firm voice..then start ordering him the way to go; even though he might know a better and faster way! In other words you prefer to have it your way than his way…It s more comfortable at least!

I wonder how many times did we treat God as an “Unknown Taxi Driver” pondering Him with “why this way? It is not this road I had in mind!” to realise at the end that He is lovingly always right…even when He takes a Detour!

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.” Isaiah 55:8 NIV
“«لأنَّ أفكاري لَيسَتْ أفكارَكُمْ، ولا طُرُقُكُمْ طُرُقي، يقولُ الرَّبُّ.” إشَعياءَ 55:8

Keep shining my friends!

You Get What You Go For!‬

Ask all who lost weight if they have done it getting a “Diet Coke" with their BigMac Large Combo meal! I guess not, coz simply ‪#‎You_get_what_you_Go_for‬

Same with our souls, staying in the grey area, living a Mix believing it is taking us somewhere…it is NOT!

Let´s be tough, let´s be serious, The reward is worth it…Here and for ever!

“رَجُلٌ ذو رأيَينِ هو مُتَقَلقِلٌ في جميعِ طُرُقِهِ.”
يعقوبَ 1:8
“[For being as he is] a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), [he is] unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything [he thinks, feels, decides].”
James 1:8 AMP

Keep shining my Friends!