by Prasanta | Sep 16, 2012 | Hope, One Thousand Gifts
Uncertainties abound. Our world today is in turmoil. Tensions are high in the Middle East. Countries are in finanical trouble. People are without jobs. Families are struggling in numerous ways. Amidst the shakiness of shifting ideals, policies, morals, ideas, and...
by Prasanta | Aug 16, 2012 | God's love, Gratefulness, Hope, Journey, One Thousand Gifts, Thankfulness, Worship
Sometimes, you just need this reminder. That, even while cracks and fissures are opening all around, that the walls may be crumbling… that there are still… 10,000 reasons to thank Him. To worship. This song ministers to me each time I hear it… and I...
by Prasanta | Jul 20, 2012 | Five Minute Friday, God's love, Hope
What I give: Enough. What He gives? More than. When I’m fed up, I say, “I’ve had enough!” What He says? “I AM.” What I offer? Just. What He offers me? More than. It’s always this, Him giving more than, Him being more than. The...
by Prasanta | Apr 18, 2012 | grace, Hope, Promises, Time, Waiting
“God’s promises are like stars– the darker the night, the brighter they shine.” –Jan Coleman, author of After the Locusts. In the book of Joel, a devastating event occurs, something which will be retold to subsequent generations: Has...
by Prasanta | Dec 14, 2011 | Advent, Hope
I have known about this happening in parts of the world, but I didn’t know the numbers, until I saw this: India’s Deadly Secret (please watch this before reading on) For a while, I have no words, only tears. But a word finally comes. You see, I was born...
by Prasanta | Dec 7, 2011 | Hope, One Thousand Gifts
In his book How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie said that one of our deepest longings is “the need to be appreciated”. But there is another need our pastor spoke of, and that is the need we have for “justice.” We have this...
by Prasanta | Nov 7, 2011 | Faith, Hope, Spring, Waiting
They ask me for tulips. Large brown eager eyes await my answer. How can I say no? The day is not so cold, and this may be our last chance to plant. “Which colors?” I ask. “Red,” says one. “Pink,” says another, “and...
by Prasanta | Nov 3, 2011 | Faith, Home, Hope
A plane carries me hundreds of miles, flying faster than a bird, to my home. I had to fly to get there, nearly a thousand miles away. When I walk off the plane and into the airport, I hear the voices. It’s the southern accent I grew up listening to, like a sweet...
by Prasanta | Oct 13, 2011 | Hope, Jesus, Journey
“All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken,...
by Prasanta | Sep 28, 2011 | Hope
…But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? — Romans 8:24 Hope is the expectation in something that is unseen. “Who hopes for what he has?” Our hopes often lie in what we do not have. Our hopes can fall into any...
