LIFE AFTER LIFE ANALOGY

LIFE AFTER LIFE ANALOGY

by Hungarian writer Útmutató a Léleknek:

In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?”

The other replied, “Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what we will be later.”

“Nonsense,” said the first. “There is no life after delivery. What kind of life would that be?”

The second said, “I don’t know, but there will be more light than here. Maybe we will walk with our legs and eat from our mouths. Maybe we will have other senses that we can’t understand now.”

The first replied, “That is absurd. Walking is impossible. And eating with our mouths? Ridiculous! The umbilical cord supplies nutrition and everything we need. But the umbilical cord is so short. Life after delivery is to be logically excluded.”

The second insisted, “Well I think there is something, and maybe it’s different than it is here. Maybe we won’t need this physical cord anymore.”

The first replied, “Nonsense. And moreover, if there is life, then why has no one has ever come back from there? Delivery is the end of life, and in the after-delivery there is nothing but darkness and silence and oblivion. It takes us nowhere.”

“Well, I don’t know,” said the second, “but certainly we will meet Mother and she will take care of us.”

The first replied, “Mother? You actually believe in Mother? That’s laughable. If Mother exists then where is She now?”

The second said, “She is all around us. We are surrounded by her. We are of Her. It is in Her that we live. Without Her this world would not and could not exist.”

Said the first: “Well I don’t see Her, so it is only logical that She doesn’t exist.”

To which the second replied, “Sometimes, when you’re in silence and you focus and you really listen, you can perceive Her presence, and you can hear Her loving voice, calling down from above.”

TRUSTING GOD #1, NOAH’S BIG BOAT ADVENTURE

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TRUSTING GOD #1, NOAH’S BIG BOAT ADVENTURE

Aloha,

“Worry is like a rocking chair; it’ll give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere.”  Unknown

All of life is full of change.  If we’re not careful, we may get caught up in challenging situations and find ourselves both worrying and very stressed!  During these trying times, we choose to TRUST God!

We don’t stick our head in the sand and pretend the storms of life aren’t raging.  What we do is TRUST in the almighty God who is with us through every storm of life! You may see crashing waves thru the lens of a camera, but the closer a person is standing to you in proximity, the waves visually recede and your focus changes.

My heart’s desire for all of you is that you to find peace with God and learn to TRUST Him completely with your whole life. As you relinquish control and let Him have the steering wheel of your life, you will find that His grace is sufficient and His strength is made perfect in your weakness.  Take courage, we serve a mighty God!

Genesis 6:  God was grieved with mankind and was sad.  Noah was different. He walked with God and was blameless.  Aren’t you glad he didn’t follow the crowd!  He chose to obey God and built an Ark with God’s specifications. He followed God’s instructions to the “T”! 

It rained and flooded the whole earth and all who escaped were Noah and his family and his children’s spouses and all the animals that were on the Ark.  When Noah stepped on dry land, he worshiped God! 

Let’s live our lives according to the Master Designer and do it His way.  

Have a great week and remember to TRUST GOD implicitly! 

Mahalo,

Cindy Bice

Cindy Black Bice, Aloha Garden Bible Study

“TIMES OF REFRESHING” Garden Bible Study in Hawaii

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#12, GOD CALLS US TO WAIT

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GOD CALLS US TO WAIT

After reading the title of the final chapter of our book, I said, “Can’t we just skip this one Lord?”  Of course the answer was, “No.”

“God often doesn’t answer us in the way or within the time frame that we would like.  This is a normal part of the spiritual journey, but we should take heart.  If we remain faithful, we will have a story of God’s goodness in our lives that we would not have any other way.”

 Patience is necessary and vital in the Christian walk.  It’s a fruit that we choose to let grow in our lives.  When you plant a seed, it takes time and care for it to grow.  I have a beautiful garden, but it didn’t get that way over night. 

We live in an “Instant,” society.  With a touch of the fingers you have foodcooked in seconds, messages can be sent world-wide, or access to unlimited information!

James 1:4 (NKJV) “But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”

As we wait on God, we are placing our HOPE and TRUST in HIM and HIS FAITHFULNESS! 

We need to remember God is faithful and His timing is perfect.  When God calls us to wait, we must wait. 

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Mahalo,

Cindy Bice

Cindy Black Bice, Aloha Garden Bible Study

“TIMES OF REFRESHING” Garden Bible Study in Hawaii

Please contact me via my Facebook for more information:

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#11, GOD CALLS US TO FAITH

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GOD CALLS US TO FAITH

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The story goes that a young man, following in his father’s footsteps as alumberjack, wanted to cut down more trees than the other men.  He set his sights and figured he could work harder each day and progressively cut down more trees each day.  The opposite occurred.  Each day he cut less trees no matter what he did or how hard he tried.  He tried holding the ax differently, chopped differently, etc.

After several weeks passed, he was frustrated and weary so he asked a burly seasoned lumberjack what he was doing wrong.  The lumberjack observed that he had calluses on his hands, muscles, and was very strong.   He figured the young greenhorn was giving it his all and then asked him when he last sharpened his ax. 

We may be following God with great passion and desire to do everything we think He wants us to do and yet find ourselves spinning our wheels and actuallyfrustrating the grace of God. Galatians 2:20, 21 We can sharpen our spiritual axes by remembering the promises of God. 

We may feel discouraged, but God’s Word is full of promises that sharpen us as we follow Jesus.  GOD IS CALLING US TO FAITH.  Get this, GOD IS CALLING US TO BELIEVE IN HIM AND ALL HE CAN DO THROUGH US!  Remember Zechariah 4:6 “Not by might, not by power, but by my spirit says the Lord.” Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”  There is an acronym F.R.O.G.  It stands for Fully Rely On God! 

We have a race to run, a good fight of faith to win, and a life to live.  The next time you find yourself frustrated and getting nowhere, stop and examine what’s missing.  Let’s Fully Rely On God and walk this Christian walk by the Faith of the Son of God who loves us more than we could ever imagine! 

If you have to miss a lesson, you can find it here on this blog.

Mahalo,

Cindy Bice

Cindy Black Bice, Aloha Garden Bible Study

“TIMES OF REFRESHING” Garden Bible Study in Hawaii

Please contact me via my Facebook for more information:

www.facebook.com/cindy.b.bice