Spices of life: July 2007

Let me share with you my meditation on the 19th of April 2007.
Hope it can bless you. JOY

SIN veiled paradise- a place created by God where there is harmony, peace, joy, sharing, freedom. Above all, love and communion with God and fellowmen. A place intended by God for man to live for eternity. A beautiful place where there is no suffering.
SIN veiled the heart of man, the image of God in man. It destroyed the relationship
of man to God and to his fellowmen. It destroyed the unity and harmony of man with others, with God, with creation and with himself.
SIN veiled the spiritual eyes of man. He can not see anymore the glory of God. It became focused on the things below (physical, temporary). He lost his heavenly vision.
SIN numbed the heart of man that it ceased to hear the voice of God. That it ceased to see others as part of him- a sister/ brother.
MAN became a beast, devouring everything including himself. He is hopeless, no one can help him….

But God is mindful of His creation, of His masterpiece who abused and misused his God given freewill. God needed to intervene so that man will not forever perish!!
And GOD once again unveiled Paradise for man through His Son Jesus Christ who, in His obedience opened the heaven to those who believe.
Now the paradise is opened but we need to journey towards that place. And the road is not easy- a narrow path. Yet if we persevere we will see paradise!! Its real!! And this is the real world.

Indeed we are in a journey. Our stay in this world is but temporary. Let us then fix our eyes, our dreams and visions to our final destination. This place is not our home. Our home is where we truly belong…IN HEAVEN!! A place of love and perfect union. A place of harmony with God , others and all creation.

JESUS is the way, the Truth and the Life. He will guide us to our eternal home where everything is bliss and joy. Let us then focus our vision to Him so we won’t lost the way. He made it possible for us, to once again live in paradise.

Being a mom is very challenging physically, emotionally and psychologically….does it sounds that I’m regretting my being a mom? Definitely not!! Though honestly its difficult because I have to give up many things like study ( I was planning to study Theology before I got pregnant, I also wanted to enroll in a musical play course as I feel to have passion for it. Then I have to stop going to ministries for a year then slowly involving myself but not as active as before… and now I am home bound to take care of my twin daughters- very exhausting)

But there are treasures that I’ve found in being a mom. First, I have two precious daughters who are reflection of God’s beautiful creating power. When I look and observe them, I am always in awe how intelligent they are, and how naturally life develops in them ….I can see how God sustains His creation. Secondly, I believe that I am a better person now in terms of loving, in terms of sacrifice. I came to know personally that True love involves sacrifice and I can define sacrifice with deeper conviction that it is a willing and peacefully giving up of something that I really desire for the good of the others.

I was asking myself before if I really have a genuine love for others and I found myself doubting, but now, at least I can say, “I have grown in loving genuinely”

Motherhood is indeed a gift, a way to perfection, an instrument for having sweet and joyous revelation and reflection. It makes one holier and more prayerful( I learned to pray many times for protection and love for God for our children)

If you are a mother, pause for a while and reflect…may you find your self thanking the Lord for His gift of Motherhood to you. Rejoice!!! YOU ARE BLESSED!!

Our Call

Each one of us is called for a mission….in different fields. Some in the medical field, in education, science, etc, and some to the field of evangelization - to spread the Good News of salvation through Christ. We see that our world today is in its spiritual crisis. Men are seeking happiness in the wrong places and worshipping different gods, turning their back to the One True God who can truly bring them to life.

"The sense of sin is lost because we have lost the sense of God".

For this, we who believe are all called to prepare the way of the Lord for His second coming in the way that God has called us. To help others find the meaning of their life in God.

FOLLOWING A CALL

I’m Joy Cea from Philippines. I've heard my call for mission since I was young.Though I graduated as a physical therapist, I decided to follow my heart’s desire to do mission work. In year 2000, I attended a three months School of Mission run by ICPE, a lay missionary community. Since then, I have served in the mission until May 15,2009.

Being in a missionary community for nine years, I've grown a lot in my relationship with the Lord, in knowing Him,others and my self. I thank God for the gift of faith and the gift of Himself to all humanity.

My deepest desire is to proclaim the Gospel of the Kingdom in the ways that the Lord will call me and my family. One way I pray and hope is to sing songs for the Lord.May God be glorified in my life and in my family.

FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

I’m Raymond Tedjaindra from Indonesia. I am an ex drug addict for five years and I have experienced how to be in the state of “dead life”. Life for me before was meaningless and no direction. My emotions were numb, I can’t feel sadness nor happiness. Everything is flat. I even did not know how to receive love from my family.

All I wanted is drugs….drugs…it was the only thing that was important to me. My relationships were in a mess, my life was in a mess…I attempted suicide for few times but the Lord has saved me. I thought I can never escape from this state until I came to experience the loving touch of the Lord in year 2001.Since then I decided to seek more of Him although with a lots of hesitations and struggles. I went for the school of evangelization in India and there I received a lot of God’s healing in my life.

I managed to stop taking drugs (with a lot of struggle) and continued to be in ICPE Mission till May 15,2009. I’m still in the process of healing and growing in my relationship with the Lord and I would like to share to others this healing and love that I have experienced and most of all the meaningful life that I’ve found in Jesus.

PREGNANCY, A WAY TO HOLINESS

I (Joy Tedjaindra) think I understand a bit why many women in our modern world does not want to get pregnant. It is because it needs sacrifice and sacrifice is not much welcomed in our generation today. Since I came to know that I’m pregnant I have to give up some food that I like, some activities that I used to do.

My husband has to stretch his patience because my emotion easily goes up and he has to do more household chores that I used to do myself. My body starts changing, stretch marks became evident as my tummy starts growing. My sleeping routine changed and as the month proceeds, even breathing becomes difficult.

For the meantime, I have to slow down in my public ministry which I enjoy so much and have to postpone some plans and dreams if not to be totally given up knowing that the coming of our babies means giving them most of my time as they become now my first ministry.

I say that it is a way to holiness because I experienced more the dying to my self so that these two precious lives may live. Something that is not easy but by God’s grace, my heart was able to understand that pregnancy is an opportunity to become more like Jesus. Aside of course from the fact that I am cooperating with the creating power of God for these two lives that He entrusted to us.

Spices of life

SIN

A Mother's Reflection

About Us

Our Call

FOLLOWING A CALL

FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

PREGNANCY, A WAY TO HOLINESS

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