Thank you Albert, it took some time but at last you got it right, this post
from you (see full version below) has been concentrated on your beliefs & this
is a good thing, for you and those who will read & accept this, I also accept
you post on this forum to pass on your faith for all Goanetters to read, but
this time without adding the misery & the blame on "this societies ills or the
21st century"...... may your God be with you always!
I never thought I would ever have had the opportunity to be so positive
towards Albert, after all the emails from me in response to his "baiting" me in
the past couple of months......
Welcome back Albert, you can post as much of your faith as you wish, as can
ALL Hindus, Muslims etc. But remember please that ALL faiths have the right to
say and make an opinion on this forum as is THEIR belief, and describe in
detail the FAITH they hold dear to their hearts (& souls).
We cannot denigrade anyone (nor their religion) who speak their truth on this
forum, be it about a bridge spaning from here........ to Lanka (there is a good
reason for this bridge, its position, not only for the physical or financial
stance taken of late - too detailed to go into here), nor choosing a pre-teen
male as the reincartion of the previous leader of a religion, and so on........
May your God (& Goddesses) be with you, always.
John Monteiro
Berkshire, England
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Christianity is based on love and not pomp. God chose simple people to convey
his message. We have Moses, Abraham, Jeremias, and others chosen by God. He did
not choose the Pharises and the scribes. Because their head were pointed to the
sky. God finally decided to come down into this world as a human being. The
word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us. Being God He could have selected a
castle, a palace or something greater than that. He chose a stable and was born
with animals. he died on the cross like a thief and died with the thieves. The
worse form of death the son of man could have.had. Let us reflect the birth of
Jesus. God has shown us by the birth of Jesus that we should be born as low as
possible.You should be a simple down to earth person without pomp and glory. We
should not seek Glory ourselves. If we do seek glory ourselves it is worldly
glorly and like all earthly things it will decompose. We have the three kings
or three wise men who brought things which is
given to the king only. They accepted Jesus as the Lord. With this God is
trying to tell us that even if you are born in a stable if God wants He will
raise you .God raised Jesus from the stable and made him the king of the
universe. God glorified Jesus. We know that when Jesus was born the angels were
singing Glory to God in the Highest. God with this,- glorified Jesus, Today God
with His glory will glorify us according to His plans. Jesus was given a
cross.He took the cross and kissed it. By kissing the cross Jesus accepted the
sufferings that came from above. He did not run away from the cross. When Jesus
was about to suffer he went and prayed. Many times we forget to pray and groan
in misseries. The cross becomes very heavy and tend to fall because we have
forgotten one thing to pray to God. He is Our beloved Father who loves us but
He will never force His will on us but has given freedom and free will. He will
help us only when we ask Him to help us. Sometimes we
drift without reaching the shores because we want to hold the oars even if we
do not know to row and find that the waters are too deep, and rough and we then
shout out "We are sinking, save us " If you feel ashamed to shout out to the
Lord, it is your dooms day. Sometimes the earthly riches, false wisdom, and
pride makes us think we have the power to row our boat in the rough weather and
due to thisthoughts our boat hits the rock and is broken into several pieces
and we are in the midst of a rough see and no land to see on either side. Amen
Praise the Lord
albert
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