The Pinnacle of Creation

 

A simple act, out of love or just pure passion and pleasure, two half cells come together, what a treasure. Life is born and God through it gives love beyond measure. Have you ever taken the time to consider life, to consider what is and what it gives? Ever considered who forms life and where it goes? Ever thought of the beauty of newly formed life? The joy that life brings, that small cute smile, those small penetrating eyes, those tiny hands…that small yet extremely magnificent creation…capable of much more than the mind can think…if in the hands of the Creator it is in….

A young brilliant mind often with great feats of energy, much like a young gazelle, truly one of a kind. Sometimes even struggling to keep still, everything is done with a great zeal. The zeal that is much greater than that of Simon Peter the great Apostle, seeing people for what is within and not how they look and what they have, the definition of sharing is caring is mostly seen here if these are taught well. The potential within is unrivaled by no other thing, a mind mostly capable of profound existential awareness, all needing the proper harness, only one the Almighty can bring you to access. Beautiful mind, great strength and will power…unrivaled in its nature…mind of the young child.

One of my favourite writers asks this when she speaks of young people “Dear youth, what is the aim and purpose of your life?” These are at a stage of discovering their purpose in life, young strong but not too young and brilliant if truly applied. The thought of a career, the thought of the right partner and marriage, the thought of having children and raising them…all these thoughts flood these minds. The thought of being successful and making a difference…success in finances, raising children and perhaps academics…but what is most important would be the success in the things of God, the ministry of the Almighty…this is only attainable in the hand of the Almighty, for the gift of life they have comes from Him…this great gift of life.

 

With but less than an ounce of innocence, yet a great wealth of experience and a good degree of wisdom is presented the late adult life. To most has already been given the honour of witnessing the creation of life, to hold and cherish this great gift, raise it to adulthood and sometimes with this luck comes the ugly face of losing this gift immaturely. These have appreciated the gift of life; some have considered it, have considered what it is and where it comes from…they understand what it is to live. They know that to live as a great creation, the pinnacle of all creation is to know the giver of life…. Now I ask you, what is life, where does it come from and who gives life? And what is this pinnacle of creation that is awarded this life if they accept it? ….The pinnacle of creation…..

 

DON’T GET MARRIED IF….

So I was going through Facebook with a friend of mine and she stumbled across a post by one of my friends that had the link to the post below, I enjoyed it so much that I thought of reblogging it on my page and share it…this was originally written by PASTOR JUDY KARANJA and it’s really thought provoking…hope you enjoy it.

“DON’T GET MARRIED IF….

1. If you’re not ready to delay gratification when your are angry. To hold your tongue, lower your voice and sometimes wait till the appropriate time, day or even month before you can deal with an issue thoroughly…. don’t get married. Immaturity is the inability to delay gratification. Marriage is for the mature.

2. If you’re not ready to leave center stage and allow someone else to become your focus, your study, your muse… don’t get married. Selfish people make very bad spouses. In marriage you don’t lose yourself but your heart has to be big enough to gain someone else. And soon, with God’s blessing: little, crying, diaper soiling, demanding little ones are coming!

3. If you are not ready, to stand up and calmly deal with meddling in laws as a united front: The opinionated sister, the insensitive uncle, the domineering father, the manner less brother, the nosy aunt….. don’t get married. Boundaries do not exist automatically, they must be created. A good spouse is committed to respectfully stand up for and protect their marriage from meddling relatives. Don’t abandon your spouse to your relatives. It’s betrayal.

4. If you are not ready to pay bills…. don’t get married. Love does not pay bills. Kenya power will not give a waiver because your love is O so strong and your gazes at each other, O so romantic.

5. If you are not ready to let go of your opposite sex “best friends” and invest that into your spouse. To like, to laugh, to play, to be silly and to enjoy life with them, above anyone else… don’t get married. Affairs happen because people did not marry their best friends. Someone else holds their heart. Someone else gets them better. Someone else inspires them more. Marry your best friend and cultivate your friendship so that you remain best friends.

6. If you are not ready to stop competing with the Joneses…. don’t get married. Let the Joneses buy their yacht when you are still walking, and enjoy the walk. Your journeys are different. They may have to cross the oceans but you may be going through the road route. A boat might not do you any good on your journey. You must be ready to pace yourselves: stop competing, stop spending your future before you get there, stop the debt, stop trying to impress people. You must be able to be content. To enjoy your journey without deciding your happiness simply by measuring your progress against other people.

7. If you are not ready to be an open book. To tell the whole story of your past, deal with the memories, expose the failures and risk rejection…. don’t get married. It is fraud to have someone sign off their life to you without the full details. The past is a touchy and demanding friend. It always shows up in the marriage. It doesn’t enjoy being ignored and the more you snob, the bolder it becomes and the more tantrums it throws. It will mess up the “neat” and “all together lovely” image that you are struggling to maintain.

8. If you are not ready to let go of your philandering and wild oats farming…. don’t get married. Don’t take somebody’s son or daughter and subject them to your germs, your indiscretions and your chips fungaz. It never ends well. It’s romanticized in the movies, it’s being fronted as the only “realistic” way to stay married and keep the fire burning. But truth be told, the only thing that the fire will burn will be you, your spouse and your children. That family will burn for generations in bitterness, disease, fear, failure, hatred, broken hearts, broken dreams and conniving.

9. Finally, if you are not ready to let go of the adrenalin rush of a risque life and to settle down…. don’t get married. The great Colombus [who we were told “discovered” America, Have you ever wondered if the Native Indians who were in it, knew that it existed ] had a diary that was long sought for. People wanted to read about the wild journeys, the sea tempest, the reckless pirates they fought, the death and the danger they must have encountered. When it was found, there was great disappointment. Majority of the pages simply had 5 words: “This day, we sailed on.”.

Marriage, like life in general, has many “we sail on” days. You have to learn to find the thrill in the normal everydayness of it. If you depend on wild romance, all night sex [ha], romantic cruises, wild parties, compulsive moves across continents, tempestuous fights and make up sessions to be happy, you may be disappointed. You have to learn to thrill in gentle smiles, loving hugs, knowing looks, cozy moments, shared chores, cute babies, everyday work, dreaming together, praying together and simply living together. If these things are not thrilling, exciting and satisfying, you will look for a way out. The “boom twaff” moments are still there, but they are normally punctuations to the usualness of living. They cannot be your reason for getting married. They are unsustainable on an every day basis. The one you choose must be thrilling to you even in the most mundane of moments.

I pray this helps someone. Remember singles, YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF CHOICE. Never let anyone pressure you into marriage. You are either ready or you’re not: You decide!. But please don’t marry somebody and then punish them to live with your childish ways for the rest of their lives . A childish baby is cute but a childish adult is extremely frustrating.

Marriage is for the mature and in many ways, we the married, are still being confronted with the demand to grow up day by day. If you are not ready for that demand, don’t get married!!!! PASTOR JUDY KARANJA”