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Miracle and magic working gurus always get our attention.

Today, the word ‘miracle’ is commonly used in many different ways. Newspaper headlines, for example, called it a miracle when a baby born inside the toilet of a running train survived the fall on the tracks and was found alive. Movies have been made with the title Miracle. Our cricket team has had several miraculous & unexpected victories.

Incidents, which evoke a sense of wonder in us, are normally termed miracles. There are then another sort of miracles, performed by religious gurus. Ours is a country enraptured with religious beings, where stories of miracles seem almost ordinary. Miracles, that many gurus and spiritual masters perform. Bringing out ash, golden eggs, walking on fire, staying without food and water, bringing things out from no where.
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With all the progress we have made in science and technology, creation still continues to be best show stopper and awes everyone of us. The handiwork of a creator God runs quite deep and cannot be wiped out by any atheist’s brush of ignorance.

The other day I was cleaning up the aquarium at home. The fishes gloriously gold in their color and splendid in their movements continue to awe me and capture my attention every day. They continue to throw light on the stark reality of life - Only some basic things are essential for life. We need not be desperate and chase everything in life to find that we have finally lost life itself.

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“Socrates taught for 40 years, Plato for 50, Aristotle for 40, and Jesus for only 3. Yet the influence of Christ’s 3-year ministry infinitely transcends the impact left by the combined 130 years of teaching from these men who were among the greatest philosophers of all antiquity.”

Jesus painted no pictures; yet, some of the finest paintings of Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardda Vinci received their inspiration from Him.”

“Jesus wrote no poetry; but Dante, Milton, and scores of the world’s greatest poets were inspired by Him.”

“Jesus composed no music; still Haydn, Handel, Beethoven, Bach, and Mendelssohn reached their highest perfection of melody in the hymns, symphonies, and oratories they composed in His praise. Every sphere of human greatness has been enriched by this humble Carpenter of Nazareth.
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For centuries people believed Aristotle to be right when he said that the heavier an object, the faster it would fall to earth. Aristotle was regarded as the greatest thinker of all time and so there was no need to doubt. 

Anyone, of course, could have taken two objects, one heavy and one light, and dropped them from a great height to see whether or not the heavier object landed first. But no one did until nearly 2,000 years after Aristotle’s death. Legend has it that in 1589 Galileo summoned learned professors to the base of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. He then went to the top and pushed off a ten-pound and a one-pound weight. Both landed at the same instant. The power of belief was so strong, however, that the professors denied their eyesight. They continued to say Aristotle was right.

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She comes every morning, weathering the chill, her eyes constantly searching for the best, for the one who is at full bloom.

Yesterday, she didnt pick me up. Cos I was not yet. I thanked God, my creator, He doesnt choose us so. Take a look around, isnt everyone still waiting to be complete, even miles to become perfect. But thank God, who loves us, sends the dew and the sun inspite of our lack.

I was afraid not only to be picked out forever, but also to face the one before whom she will place me. Am I ready yet ?
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“This is about a modern man, one of us, he was not a scrooge, he was a kind, decent, mostly good man, generous to his family, upright in his dealings with others. But he did not believe in all that incarnation stuff at Christmas time. It just didn’t make sense to him and he was too honest to pretend otherwise. He just could not swallow the Jesus story about God coming to earth as man. I’m truly sorry to distress you, he told his wife, but I’m not going with you to church this Christmas Eve. He said he’d feel like a hypocrite. That he would much rather stay home, but that he would wait up for them. He stayed, they went. Read the rest of this entry »

As we approach Christmas, let’s not forget the reason for the season: not the angels, not the shepherds, not the wise men, not Mary and Joseph, not even the infant in the manger, but the reason why the story in Bethlehem ever happened at all:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

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