Absolute Needs

This morning I read this meaningful daily devotional article.
I would like to share it with you:

From our first breath until our last, we have few truly essential needs. Without oxygen, we would perish in minutes. We must have food and water. Our bodies, when exhausted, require rest. And in harsh weather, we must seek shelter. So, while we are needy creatures, our basic needs are few.

When it comes to our wants, however, there seems to be no limit. Indeed, the entire advertising industry is devoted to expanding our “needs.”

... read more http://www.rbc.org/odb/odb.shtml

Time to Worship

Like a rose Trampled on the ground You took the fall And thought of me Above all

Who is Gulshan Esther?

Many of us Christians should have experiences of Jesus's healing at certain points of our life. At least I do. As I googled on this (being curious) of other Christians' testimony about His healing, I found this very inspiring story of Gulshan Esther.

Esther was born in 1952 to a wealthy and prominent family of Jhang in the Punjab, Pakistan. At the age of six months she became ill with Typhoid Fever and was thereafter paralyzed on her left side. At the age of 14, in the search for a cure for her paralysis, her father brought her to England to see a specialist, who declared her beyond healing and recommended prayer. From England Esther proceeded directly on a pilgrimage to Mecca with her father and two maids. Despite many prayers and great faith, on this Hajj Esther was disappointed not to have been healed, but her faith in Allah never wavered.

read more of her ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulshan_Esther

When you feel like giving up...

The Chinese sentences of the picture mean:

When you feel like giving up, think of her perseverance.

Bless and be Blessed.

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.
This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.
Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;
then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
~ Proverbs 3:7-10

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