My Everyday Thoughts.

 Today's reflection                                                                  I am Just a Human. I am just a human, with no class or race tags.  Please spare my life; please let me breathe and let me live my life.  I am just a human, with a duty to love other humans.  I don't want my life to be complicated, but live to make others live.  No gossips and no dramas.  No, I don't need them in my life.  I choose to love, forgive and give, because we all hurt and we all need love.  Because we're all just humans.                                                                              ...

                                                                                                                                            Money or God The bible teaches us, that you can either serve money or God, but not both. I understand it as you either keep God first and then money follows you, or compromise alla your Godly values  to earn money. The former is a process of pain and hard work, but makes you strong and disciplined giving you a peaceful life. The latter is a free ride with easy life, but living in constant fear and no peace of mind. I believe, keeping integrity before money is more sustainable and gives us a corrupt f...

 Today's reflection                                                                     Patience Patience is one word, that I keep hearing very often these days. Life might seem unfair and testing, but in every waiting I have learnt that there is always a purpose. As the bible verse says, that everything happens for good for those who trust in the Lord. I believe in this waiting, there is something good. Waiting without compromising your values always bears spiritual fruit of patience. Waiting as a result of your own indiscipline, teaches your more discipline.  Whatever be the reason of the waiting, as a Christian our purpose in life is more spiritual, than earthly. Righteousness, peace and joy in the holy spirit, these are the things we focus on and strive towards. Everything else come and go, but remaining f...

                                           Today's reflection                                                                                      The Three Important Institutions in My Life. God, family and education, are the three important institutions in my life. Among these three, God stand's first, because the other two institutions are incomplete and vague without His definition of them. Family, according to the bible is to help each other and is a support in time of emotional, physical, spiritual and financial needs. God said it is not good for a man to be alone and therefore he made Eve for Adam, so that she can help complete the purpose God had given to him...

 Today's reflection                                                             Wiser and Stronger  Every path you travel has always something to teach you.  Learning new lessons to shape the new you.  So, don't worry or be disheartened, when an arrow wounds you. Take the arrow that has pierced you and use it as a pen to ink down your lessons. In prefect time, the wounds will heal.  So, just congratulate yourself, because you have learnt to say no and You just got wiser and stronger than before.                                                                                           ...

 Today's reflection                                                                      What is Love ? I believe in Love, love that gives you a sense of calmness and keeps you at peace.  I believe in Love, that cares and shares.  I believe in Love, that is present in time of need; in presence or by word.  I believe in Love, that speaks the truth without you feeling a pinch.  I believe in Love, that tolerates your low days and brings healing to your hurting soul.  I believe in Love, that listens to you even when you speak non-sense, and give sense to your non- sensical conversations.  I believe in Love, that holds you up when your drowning. I believe in Love, that makes you a better you.  Love, Love, Love it is so hard to define you, because you are so versatile.  You ma...

 Today’s reflection                                                             A Fruitful Life . What makes life fruitful?  Is it life filled with comparison and competition, or is it complimenting and encouraging each other? I vote for the later, because life is peaceful without  blemish.  This is because, in the rage of competition we forget  our mannerism and winning is all that matters.  We might win the price, at the cost of the peace of both  ours and others.  While, complimenting and encouraging might come  hard, it leaves behind the fruits of peace and joy. Knitting human hearts togather.                                          - Shilpa Catherine Jayakumar

 Today's reflection                                                                    BEING BRAVE. As I was reading about King David in the bible, I asked God to help me understand why is my work not being blessed? In David's case, he achieved the task and the bible tells us that God was with him. Then this is what the Holy Spirit reminded me.                                                                                NOT BRAVE ENOUGH.                                               Don't ...

 Today's reflection,                                                                          WORRY " Matthew 13:22:   "The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful". -Bible. In this blog, I focus on the topic worrying. Worry can be our greatest hinder from growing spiritually. Moreover, spiritual understanding and growth are important to live a peaceful life on this earth. Therefore I wish to journal my thoughts on the topic of worry. " Life is not bed of roses " this metaphor simply means, life is not always comfortable. However, here I want to focus on how we could make our life feel like a bed of roses: meaning comfortable. The reason behind this thinking is a simple fact ...

  Today's reflection,                                                                    Think Good Thinking good keeps our mind at peace. I completely agree to it, but the process is complex. It takes conscious effort to remind us of all the good thinks happening in our lives, because life is an amalgam of both good and bad. As the weight of the negative experiences weighs us down, we have to remind the good admits the chaos. This, I think, requires practice and conscious effort, giving us a positive end result.  Personally, i think negative thinking creates, negative emotions and makes our lives even more miserable. On the contrary, good thinking keeps our mind at peace and makes us more effective. Here comes the question, as to what is good thinking? I think most of us get stuck with this question and we tr...

Reflection for today.                                                                         PRAYER I believe in the healing power of prayer. Life brings many challenges, and some problems are hard to solve on our own. At this very junction, we need prayer. Prayer is a beautiful tool God provided us  to  get through difficult situations. I can testify many examples of the power of prayer from my personal life. However, in this blog, I would like to share just one. When my son was three years of age; he feel sick. He was suffering from extrem illness due to the change of environment. We checked with the doctor, and we gave him medicines too. Yet, he failed to recover because he was not immune to the environment. In desperation, we laid our hands on the child and prayed for him. As my son was extremel...

 Today’s reflection,  "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you shall say unto this mountain,  ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you .”  Matthew 17:20 When I was in my residential school, I remember praying for a person that I was concerned about. Years later, everything has turned good for this person, and I praise God for his life. Today, I find myself in a similar situation, and I need to exercise the same Faith that God is in Control. I need to remind myself that God is bigger than the Boogeyman. Boogeyman, here is my fear:), which is only making things worst.  At this point, the wisest thing is to hold on to "Faith as small as mustard seed"  and do things that are in my control. I need to live my life trusting God and waiting in His presence. I am at peace when I hold on to His promises. As Job did, job was contemplating unfair treatment in his life. His misery stopped the minute he confessed the all-k...

  Today's reflection,                                                                      Pray and Praise  Philippians chapter 4:6-7 The bibel teaches us " 6  Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  7   And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."  The bible teaches us not to be anxious, but some of us experience this emotion everyday.  We are anxious about our uncertain future or an uncertain situations. This could be because of fear and worry about tomorrow. Interestingly, fear and worry are the synonyms of anxiety. I n this blog, I share how do i overcome these emotions in my personal life?  I overc...

               Thought for the day.         Life is beautiful, enjoy and be faithful in all that you have and do. Thank God for all that you have and work towards all that you desire; in faith. Rest when your are tired and regain your spiritual strength in the presence of God. He will strengthen you to get back up again. Discipline and proper life balance are the key for healthy and happy living. Think good, feel good and do good. Choose doing good.  Bible verse :- Godliness with contentment is great gain (1tim:6:6) 

My reflection for today,                                                   Our Personal Relationship with God Matters.  I am a Christian and found my faith in Jesus at the age of sixteen. Sixteen years of my life before knowing Jesus, was just living. To elaborate on the phrase j ust living; I tried really hard to live by the rules of my social environment. I was never great at everything the world around me defined as best, but i tried. As a child it is easy to hide behind the phrase " Oh, she's just a child; she will learn". The older you get, those phrases disappear and so does the excuses. People expect more from an adolescens turning into a young adult. They want you to get serious, productive and effective.  Now, in my forties, I do understand that teenage years are filled with conflict and growth. An age where we seek our identity, where we emotio...

 Hi Readers,  I am Shilpa Catherine and i am in my Forties. I am from India, but live in Europe. I always considered writing as my favorite pastime as a teenager. Writing was and is therapeutic and gives me an opportunity to explore my everyday life and reflect on my past and present. Reflections reveals my mistakes and teaches me new important values that are necessary for future living. Though i have not always been consistent with my writing, but reflection is an ingrained aspect of my everyday life. Now, i am boldly, but freely choosing to write again, because i think it is fun.  To tell you a little about me; I am a spiritual, curious, creative, funny and adventures person. I love to learn, because my mind is full of questions and exploring answers for them would be my lifetime hobby. I say this because i never ran of questions so far. Thank God that I live in an era that gives me access to overflow of information, but using it with a critical lens.  This blog i...