Dear Buddies in Jesus, Just a few days ago, I'd written about tweety, our newfound family member. Well, I now write to let u all know that tweety died over the weekend. I was not at home during the weekend. I was at St. Anthony's, hauz khas where the Disciple ship training program was going on. Yesterday I returned home late in the night. I was greeted by my younger brother Johnny at the gate. He told me "ure parrot is no more" it was shivering for sometime during the weekend, and then it died.. I was feeling very bad. I had big dreams about my tweety. I wanted to make it a charismatic parrot, that would learn to say Praise The lord, thank you Jesus praise u Jesus, Jesus loves u etc.
It died on Friday Afternoon. Johny Dug a hole infront of our gate, and akku plucked a few flowers. And holding the parrot above the hole johny said "in the name of the father and son and in the hole it goes.." With that he dropped the mortal remains of my tweety into the hole. He covered it with mud and cut a stem of the rose plant and planted it at the site. He then wrote over a brick that he placed over the grave. R. I. P. meaning.. Rise if possible! Well that's about that. Today I am happy and sad both. I am happy because Evander Holyfield (Heavy weight boxing champion) Thrashed Hasim Rahman in a bout on 01.06.2002. I'm not that much of a boxing fan, but it is said that Evander Holyfield is a person who has given his life to Jesus. I was touched when I read about how he forgave Tyson for gnawing at his ear a few years back! I was sad because I heard of Hansie Cronje's accidental death. I regard him as a brave person, who when he realized his wrong doing admitted it and confessed "in a moment of darkness, I allowed the evil one to have the upper hand in my life." He is also another person who it seems had given his life to Jesus. I know for sure one day I'll kick the bucket! I don't know when that day is. There are times I live my life as though I'm the one who created me. I pray that I am prepared to say on that day with St. Paul " I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith..." Well friends, I listen to a lot of the Late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's music. I just love to hear his voice impeccable. He's one of those legends in a class of his own. I just love to hear him. Especially numbers like 'Dum mast qualandar, afreen afreen, dhadkan, etc.. One thought just struck me recently. "with all the glory and fame and fans and wealth that Nusrat reveled in, can he take a breath today?" How blest I am to be alive! So many people are sleeping, never to awake even now as u read this! And yet here I am, taking so many of the Mercies of God for granted, complaining and blaming God for all the miseries that I have attracted to myself due to my poor habits and choices! Lord give me a grateful heart, Teach me how to thank you for everything that you are doing in my life. Even though I don't deserve your loving kindness. God bless, Josun Jose/New Delhi/India **************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to this mailing list, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************************************
