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INSPIRATION BEHIND THE NAME OF THE BLOG


When an artist decides to make a painting, he "conceives" a picture. He then takes out the canvas, brushes and paint. After getting out all he may need, the artist starts picking out the colours and brushes he wants to use...then; he begins! Now, somewhere during the process of this painting he comes to the point where he decides to use a very fine brush to put in the some detail on the painting, but for some reason that brush just does not want to work...and having to finish the painting, the artist chooses another brush which even though it is not as fine (able) as the previous brush becomes a skilful wand in the hands of the artist, not due to the capabilities of the brush...no, due to the willingness!

Mat 22:14 for many are called, but few are chosen...

I believe this scripture does not refer to God having favourites and therefore does not want to choose some, but rather because some are consistently refusing God's grace and love to shape and mold their hearts.

Do you realize just how much God loves you...? He created the universe with words, yet He took the time to mold, shape and create you...this has to make you wonder; who is this God that thought of me before the foundation of the earth and if He thought of me, that must mean that I am worth so much in His hands...?


RIGHTEOUS IN GOD OR IN SELF, GUARD YOUR HEART!!




Jeremiah 9:24New International Version (NIV)


24 but let the one who boasts boast about this:
    that they have the understanding to know me,
that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness,
    justice and righteousness on earth,
    for in these I delight,”
declares the Lord.
 


If you ever thought your pain and sorrows were or are worse than someone else's you need to shift your focus to the cross because Jesus went through the worst pain anyone could NEVER even imagine but still he never, ever belittles what we go through by thinking we are crying over "nothing" because He went through worse and got through it. Instead he relates (not dominates), which cause compassion to brew in His heart and that places Him in a position where He can reach out and pull us out of our situation into Him (who is victorious, because He has overcome the world). So yes the truth may be that your pain may have been worse than someone else's according to you, but then that is only because God knew how much you could handle (1 Kor 10:13 ...God is faithful; He will not let us be tempted beyond what we can bear) but the fact that you got through it was not so that you could belittle others but rather that you would relate and have compassion so that God can use you to help other people to also stand victorious in Him as you do. No person is better than another you may just experience, make use of and be aware of God's grace upon and in your life more than the person next to you but let that not "go to your head" and drive your heart further away from God's by boasting in yourself rather than in God and therefore becoming self-righteous. Instead, let us guard our hearts, humble ourselves and be willing to reach out to one another by helping and guiding rather than boasting. God may we be moved in You to be compassionate to one another!

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’
13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

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