Everything you say or do as a leader will be colored and coded by who you are. The context of your words will be the content of your life and the consequence of your being, rather than the cosmetic or costume of your appearance.
BEING THE LEAD DOG
Author: spicedmullings
MANAGING THE OVERFLOW
Most often, when we are given a bonus, a raise or are fortunate to have surplus in our hands, we tend to spend it on what we have already desired to have. Surfing online shopping sites or window shopping or scanning magazines for deals has become a favorite pastime and entertainment for us. In doing so, we automatically build up a repertoire of wants and desires which we try to fulfil in the seasons we have excess or surplus. Nothing wrong in doing so when you have a planned budget to catch deals during, say a festival season; but doing it as an obsessive impulse is quite detrimental to our financial well being.
IT’S SUMMER TIME
Summer vacation was special for us as kids. Ten days with maternal grandparents. They lived in a city. Exhibition, movies and shopping occupied us. Ten days were spent with paternal grandparents. They lived in a small rural town. Hunting, fishing and picnicking were the draw. My kids usually spent part of their summer holidays with … Continue reading IT’S SUMMER TIME
WOMAN ARISE
Arise, O Woman, don't give up now,
Yes the battle is strong and the sharp winds do blow!
HITHERTO
Hitherto has the Lord led us through a spar
Safe and secure inspite of many a scar
A shield in battle when the enemy rages from near or far
A tower of defense when we tire in despair
He is the banner under which I fight life's war.
WHEN LIFE SEEMS UNFAIR – the farsightedness of God and the nearsightedness of man
We often don't understand or accept our lot in life, because we don't see our lives in the context of God's plan for all of humanity. We don't comprehend the background of the stage in which the drama of our life is being played out. We don't see the arena in which we live our lives nor do we realize the chain of things in which our lives play their part.
TREES
Hands raised in tender supplication, You reach out to the clear heavens, Drawing down the droplets of dew and rain, You soak the dryness out of the ground Feet rooted in firm foundation, You stretch out to the dark depths, Sucking up the moisture flowing down below, You stand as sentinel between earth and sky … Continue reading TREES
NOT & BUT
Not objects of wrath But targets of mercy Not orphans abandoned But heirs salvaged Not hated even a moment But loved forever eternally Not sinners rejected summarily But saints accepted unconditionally Not branded as accursed But sealed as truly blessed Not people destined for hell But inheritors waiting for total redemption! Sabina Tagore Immanuel *Photo … Continue reading NOT & BUT
Walking the Balance Beam
Balance is the word in vogue today - no matter who you are, what you do, where you live, which culture you are in, when you work, whether you are a man or woman, single or married, studying or working, etc. We live in a world of multiple responsibilities, tasks, opportunities and options. We want … Continue reading Walking the Balance Beam
TRIM ME O LORD!
Circumcise my heart, O Lord And retrieve me with Your love, Peel back the layers of hardness, Vulcanized in the process of the ages of my years. Expose to the light the overshadowing of its darkness, Cause it to throb afresh with the flow of abundant life. Scrape off the scabs of a toil that’s … Continue reading TRIM ME O LORD!
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