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Chatting with God

Imagine my amazement this morning when GOD Started Chatting With Me:

God: Hello. Did you call me?

Me: Call you? No, who is this?
God: This is GOD. I heard your prayers. So I thought I would chat.

Me: I am actually busy now. I am in the midst of something.
God: What are you busy at?

Me: Don't know. But I can't find free time even to pray anymore. Life has
become hectic. It's rush hour all the time.
God: Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results.
Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it.

Me: I understand. But I still can't figure out. By the way, I was not
expecting YOU to buzz me on instant messaging chat.
God: Well I wanted to resolve your fight for time, by giving you some
clarity. In this net era, I wanted to reach you through the medium you are
comfortable with.

Me: Tell me, why has life become complicated now?
God: Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it
complicated.

Me: Why are we then constantly unhappy?
God: Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday. You are
worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your habit. That's
why you are not happy.

Me: But how can we not worry when there is so much uncertainty?
God: Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.

Me: But then, there is so much pain due to uncertainty.
God: Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.

Me: If suffering is optional, why do good people always suffer?
God: Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified
without fire. Good people go through trials, but don't suffer. With that
experience their life becomes better not bitter.

Me: You mean to say such experience is useful?
God: Yes. In every term, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test
first and the lessons afterwards.

Me: But still, why should we go through such tests? Why can't we be free
from problems?
God: PROBLEMS are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering Beneficial Lessons to
Enhance Mental Strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance,
not when you are free from problems.

Me: Frankly in the midst of so many problems, we don't know where we are
heading.
God: If you look outside you will not know where you are heading. Look
inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes provide
sight. Heart provides insight.

Me: Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt more than moving in the
right direction. What should I do?
God: Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a measure as
decided by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying than knowing you
rode ahead. You work with the compass. Let others work with the clock.

Me: In tough times, how do I stay motivated?
God: Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to
go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.

Me: What surprises you about people?
God: When they suffer they ask, "why me?" When they prosper, they never ask
"Why me". Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, but few want to be on
the side of the truth.

Me: Sometimes I ask, who am I, why am I here. I can't get the answer.
God: Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who you want to be. Stop
looking for a purpose as to why you are here. Create it. Life is not a
process of discovery but a process of creation.

Me: How can I get the best out of life?
God: Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence.
Prepare for the future without fear.

Me: One last question. Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered.
God: There are no unanswered prayers. At times the answer is NO.

Me: Thank you for this wonderful chat. I am so happy to start the day with a
new sense of inspiration.
God: Well, Keep the faith and drop the fear. Don't believe your doubts and
doubt your beliefs.
Life is a mystery to solve, not a problem to resolve. Trust me.
Life is wonderful if you know how to live.

 
By  CSF



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WORRY ABOUT LIFE
by Michael Edward on 18th Jun, 2010
"No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat (or drink), or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?...

O you of little faith?... Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom (of God) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides. Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil (Mt 6:24-34)

Look at the birds of the air and lilies of the fields, says Jesus. I am sure Jesus spent time in admiring and enjoying the feel of the birds and the natural things. He would have spent hours looking at them and that is why he is able to reflect on them. All these made him reflect on the goodness of the Father. His spirituality is so much earthly (reflecting on earthly things because they are creations of God and not running away from earthly things) and his teaching are from his own experience (not from ideas and principles).

Jesus seemed to have lived the present moment; he was not anxious about the next moment. He was celebrating the goodness of God here and now. He wanted his followers to do the same. He wanted them to make God their priority. Jesus is talking about God the creature. He is talking about a God who is invisibly present in his creatures.

When Jesus tells us not to worry about what to eat or drink or wear, he does not mean these things do not matter. Jesus himself liked a party as much as anyone else. He took his disciples with him whenever he was invited. What he says is that we should not put the world first. Rather, put God first and the world will come in. That is, we need to think about God's kingdom and righteousness (covenant behaviour). These are signs of God's people.
 
thankyou
by jhansi on 20th Feb, 2011
very nice chat
 
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