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Is it night where you are?

If where you are is filled with darkness, dark times and dark moments, read on. If it seems all gloom and doom and you can’t find your way, and it doesn’t seem to make any sense, read on. Quite often when faced with a storm we would rather go around it or wait for it to pass and your response usually meets it with a cycle of complaints, hitting back at everyone and everything that attacks you or stand in your way, while becoming bitter, angry, disheartened, depressed or discouraged in the process. The dark times sap your energy and you feel as though you are coming under too much pressure for one person. Remember this, ‘stars always shine.’ Stars always shine but especially at nights, when the time is dark, when there is gloom and the environment produce fear and uncertainty, it is at that point that the stars are most brilliant . It is during these difficult moments that stars must shine, they must light the path of those who need them. If you are a star, don’t be discouraged by the

Love does not keep record...

If true love keeps no record of wrongs as outlined in 1 Cor. 13 v 5, then we are far from having true love. I know I have fallen short at times. The real question therefore is, 'What do we have then?' If we do not keep score, how will we know the areas which require improvement? How will we protect ourselves from those who desire to willfully harm us? "Love does not keep records of wrong" - 1 Cor. 13 v5 It seems we were never created to hold on to the bad and unpleasant experiences we face in life. Our life seems to be at its best when we learn to quickly let go, while not missing each lesson. When we learn to move on and start a fresh we experience so much more joys. Forgiveness must form a part of the daily spiritual diet. If I keep records of the wrong done to me and build a wall of defense against everything then by the time I am 50 or 45, I would have imprisoned myself against experiences I do not want to encounter ever again. It all sounds so crazy, but what if