What is Confidence, Trust & Hope ?

CONFIDENCE:
Once all village people
decided to pray for rain. On
the day of prayer all people
gathered and only one boy came
with an umbrella...... that's
Confidence...

TRUST: 
Trust should be like the
feeling of a one year old baby
when you throw him in the air;
he laughs.....because he knows
you will catch him........ That's Trust............

HOPE: 
Every night we go to bed, we
have no assurance to get up
alive in the next morning but
still we have plans for the
coming day..........that's Hope..........

KEEP CONFIDENCE!
TRUST OTHERS!
NEVER LOSE HOPE!
Keep Smiling....

Never Let Go Of Hope

One day you will see that it all has finally come together.

What you have always wished for has finally come to be.

You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself,

"How did I get through all of that?"

Just never let go of hope.

Just never quit dreaming.

And never let love depart from your life.

- Jancarl Campi

Never Let Go Of Hope

One day you will see that it all has finally come together.

What you have always wished for has finally come to be.

You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself,

"How did I get through all of that?"

Just never let go of hope.

Just never quit dreaming.

And never let love depart from your life.

~ Jancarl Campi ~ 

God Gave Us Each A Talent

God made us all unique,
Born in a world of talents,
Giving us one each,
Helping us all to balance.

But sometimes these are used wrong,
Sometimes we forget to thank God,
When in his arms we should belong,
Singing and chanting "I love you God."

So let those who haven't found theirs yet,
Tackle their way through life,
Give them the joy of knowing they can't regret,
In using for wrong and right.

Even when we're feeling low,
Or think there's no way out,
We think we have no way to go,
Not knowing what you're about.

Finally we pull through,
Because you're our only hope,
we know it's you we'll never loose,
You give us the strength to cope.

So as you made us all unique,
Giving us different talents,
Help us to find one each,
So we can truly balance!

- Unknown

Don't be Afraid of Pressure

An old legend says that God first created birds without wings. Sometime later, God made wings and said to the birds, "Come, take up these burdens and bear them."

The birds hesitated at first, but soon obeyed. They tried picking up the wings in their beaks, but found them too heavy. Then they tried picking them up with their claws, but found them too large. Finally one of the birds managed to get the wings hoisted onto its shoulders where it was possible to carry them. To the amazement of the birds, before long the wings began to grow and they soon had attached themselves to the bodies of the birds.

One of the birds began to flap his wings and others followed his example. Shortly afterwards, one of the birds took off and began to soar in the air above. What had once been a heavy burden now became the very thing that enabled the birds to go where they could never go before...and at the same time, truly fulfill the destiny of their creation.

The duties and responsibilities you count as burdens today may be part of God's destiny for your life, the means by which your soul is lifted up and prepared for eternity.

Don't be afraid of pressure. Remember that pressure is what turns a lump of coal into a diamond.

You know the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:3,4 (NIV)

Source : "God's Little Devotional Book for Everyone"
Shared by : "Lucy"

Disappointment In God

Talk to many people and you will learn about their disappointment in God. Perhaps they suffered a tragedy or lost someone close to them. Maybe they prayed a prayer that wasn't answered or hoped for a miracle that didn't happen.

But why do some people allow a disappointment to drive them away from God while others take that same disappointment and cling to God all the more?

There is a true story about a woman who was disappointed in how her life turned out. After many childless years, Elisha, God's prophet, prayed for her and she birthed a son. But as a youth, this child suddenly died. The woman found Elisha and said, "Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn't I tell you, 'don't raise my hopes'?" 2 Kings 4:28 NIV

She might have gone into mourning, secluded herself in her home, and never trusted in God again. I can understand those actions. But instead, she searched for Elisha and asked him why he had allowed her to raise her hopes. She wasn't ready to give up until she understood. A miracle happened. Elisha prayed for her son, he came back from the dead. (v36).

Maybe that is the difference. Some people experience disappointment and give up. But it is those who cling to God all the more and keep asking for an explanation, knowing there is one, who see their disappointment change to something positive in their lives.

Please heed the lesson of this Shunammite woman and give your disappointment to God. Don't let anything rob you of a life filled with the joy of knowing Jesus Christ. A miracle awaits you just around the next corner.

Hopes & Wishes Are Diluted Forms of Aspiration

Hope is vitally important but it rarely is of such sufficiency that we are elevated by it. It is a saving grace rather than an elevating one.

Hopes and wishes are diluted forms of aspiration. THEY REPRESENT WILL WITHOUT DETERMINATION.

Don't permit your thinking to be passive or fanciful. Evaluate each hope and wish and decide whether or not such are the objects of your heart'desire. DO YOU REALLY WANT THESE THINGS WITH A SUFFICIENT DETERMINATION THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE FOR THE ATTAINMENT?

WISHING WILL NEVER MAKE IT SO. If we really want something we must decide positively, once and for all. DOES OUR WILLINGNESS TO PAY THE PRICE SATISFY THE AMBITION?

HOPES AND WISHES HAVE A BAD HABIT OF LIVING IN THE FUTURE AND DYING IN THE PRESENT.Their tomorrow will never be real,genuine and meaningful for us unless and until WE COMMENCE ACTING ON THEM TODAY.