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Karma

Posted on: June 10, 2009

Most people have heard of Karma but have little understanding of what that means.
So what does it mean?
As I am sure a lot of you know Karma means ‘action’.
That is the literal translation of the word. For every action there is another action.

This is the Law of Cause and Effect that Karma is all about, and is what we mean when we say the word karma most of the time.

Karma is pretty much the Law of Cause and Effect.
Every action or thought we do or have has an effect.
This is inescapable.
The Law of Cause and Effect is Absolute and is working in just about everything we do.

In fact everything that we have happen to us is a result of our Karma.
We either have Good karma or bad karma.
What would you rather happen to you?
Good or bad.

All sane people only want Good to happen to them.
We live in an intelligent Creation.
God’s Law is Absolute.
He knows just exactly what you are doing and why.
So you can’t cheat.

In case you’re wondering karma is also in the Bible.
It states “As you sow, so must you reap.”
This is stating the Law of Karma.
If you do bad things they will come back to haunt you, but there is a way of nullifying or avoiding the ‘negative’ effects of karma.
This is through Love.

Karma also explains why bad things happen to ‘good’ people.
They are not really good at all and are just reaping what they have sowed in this or previous lifetimes.


One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers he said, “Okay, time for a quiz?”, and he pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouth Mason jar and set it on the table in front of him.

He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, “Is this jar full?”.

Everyone in the class yelled, Yes! The time management expert replied, “Really?”. He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks.

He then asked the group once more, “Is the jar full?” By this time the class was on to him. “Probably not”, one of them answered. Good! he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel.

Once more he asked the question, “Is this jar full?” “No!” the class shouted. Once again he said, Good! Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim.

He looked at the class and asked, “What is the point of this illustration?” One eager student raised his hand and said, “The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!”.

“No”, the speaker replied, that’s not the point. “The truth is, this illustration teaches us that if you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in at all.”

“What are the ‘big rocks’ in your life, time with your loved ones, your faith, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, teaching or mentoring others. Remember to put these ‘big rocks’ in first or you’ll never get them in at all.”

So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question – What are the ‘big rocks’ in my life Then, put those in your jar first.


The Difference Between a “Gate” and a “Door”

God has been ministering to my heart about the “Gate”.
A gate is not the same thing as a “Door”. You can kick down a door easily, even if it is locked up securely, you can find a way to knock it down. But a “Gate” is much stronger.

When I think of a gate I think of more security and more authority. Think about the gates of the fortresses in days of old, they were not just “doorways” they were “Gated” with strength and then you had to walk through a huge bricked tunnel to get into the city through another “Gate”. So, I hear the Spirit of the Lord saying that we can open doors on our own, but he is the one who opens the “Gates” and in this year he has opened the “Gates” that have beenbarricaded.

And now is the time. He has had a people on the back side of the mountain with him. He has been preparing them and holding them back for such a time as this. An obscure people, people that no one thought would amount to anything. The little,” no ones”. For he know that these will walk through the “Gates” humbly. I can see him with a huge key, a key of “Destiny” a Master key that fits all locks and he has opened ever gate that has been shut. Gates that we thought we would never or could never walk through.

But we are rising up and hearing the voice of our Father saying “Rise Up, Come Up Hither and Walk Through Your Gates today

Have A Bless Day


I refuse to be discouraged,
To be sad, or to cry;
I refuse to be downhearted,
and here’s the reason why:

I have a God who’s mighty,
Who’s sovereign and supreme;
I have a God who loves me,
and I am on His team.

He is all-wise and powerful.
Jesus is His name;
Though everything is changeable,
My God remains the same.

My God knows all that’s happening;
Beginning to the end;
His presence is my comfort;
He is my dearest Friend.

When sickness comes to weaken me,
To bring my head down low,
I call upon my mighty God;
Into His arms I go.

When circumstances threaten
to rob me of my peace;
He draws me close unto His breast,
Where all my strivings cease.

When my heart melts within me,
and weakness takes control;
He gathers me into His arms,
He soothes my heart and soul.

The great “I AM” is with me.
My life is in His hand;
The “Son of the Lord” is my hope,
It’s in His strength I stand.

I refuse to be defeated,
My eyes are on my God;
He has promised to be with me,
as through this life I trod.

I’m looking past all my circumstances,
To Heaven’s throne above;
My prayers have reached the heart of God
I’m resting in His love.

I give God thanks in everything.
My eyes are on His face;
The battle’s His, the victory mine;
He’ll help me win the race.


One of the greatest secrets of life is,
having Patience and Wisdom…


MISTAKES

Don’t judge others too harshly for their mistakes.

It really isn’t kind, and they already know they make plenty of mistakes.

Remember that you make mistakes, too.

Yours are different.

They are your mistakes, not someone else’s.

Only you can judge them.

And only others can judge their own mistakes.

I also make mistakes, and I can’t judge your mistakes by any measure of my own.

So be kind and don’t judge my mistakes…or anyone else’s.

In Sight of the Day…

“Don’t be distracted by criticism.

Remember the only taste of success some people have

is when they take a bite out of you.”


Zig Ziglar
Author and Speaker

Come In Time

Here now ages
stand each turn
giving us each
chance to learn.
Ages changes
from before
stand awaiting
tomorrows door.
Words of wisdoms
setting sun
speaks the essence
of what’s done.
Here now changes
center stage
come from moments
different age.
So if ages
worry you,
just remember
what is true.
Ages turnstiles
come in time
for tomorrows
fine design.

©By Bill Pearce

MASTER YOUR FEARS
I’ve heard it said that we’re born with only a few fears
like the fear of falling and the fear of loud noises.
All other fears We learn along the way.
Like the fear of failure, the fear of rejection
– even a fear of success.
I believe our greatest Enemy in life is fear,
because fear keeps us from doing many of
those things we would like to do that would
make Our life more complete and
more enjoyable.
Doubt is the first cousin of fear and precedes it.
We weren’t born with doubt.
Our habit of doubt has grown throughout our Life.
If we dwell on a doubt and give in to it,
it then grows into fear.
The Apostle James reminds us that doubt makes us Ineffective, “a sea that is tossed and driven by the wind;
and every decision you then make will be uncertain,
as you turn First this way, and then that.
If most of our fears and all of our doubts are learned along the way, then we can “unlearn” them
by becoming masters of our thoughts.

I’ve heard Zig Ziglar quote Mark Twain when
he said, “True courage is not the absence of fear,
it’s the Mastery of fear.”
The people who live the life of their dreams
have just as many fears as those who live
miserable, Unfulfilled lives – they just learned
to master their fears instead of allowing
their fears to master them.
Norman Vincent Peale, writing in
“You Can If You Think You Can”,
provides us with a prescription for
mastering fear and Doubt.
“You can cancel out fear with faith.
For there is no force in this world
more powerful than faith.

Ambrose Redmoon said that,
“courage is not the absence of fear,
but rather the judgment that something else
is more Important than fear.”

Everyone is afraid at some time of another.
Those who succeed in conquering fear have
put their focus on what’s more Important
to them rather than on the fear.

If your young child darted into the street
in front of traffic, you’d easily overcome The fear of any physical danger that
retrieving the child would pose.

The child’s life is more important to you
than the fear.
So focus on what’s beyond the fear
what’s on the other side
– when you overcome the fear.
Brian Tracy has a great way to fight doubt.

He says, “Don’t’ wonder whether something is

possible Over and over if you Have to, but
ask how can you do it, not whether you can.”
And that’s worth thinking about.
~Vic Johnson~

Individuality

Individuality

Don’t be afraid to be different.