MARKS OF LOVE

I asked Lord, “ Lord, do you love me more than these?”

He said, “Yes son, you know that I love you.”

I said, “ Lord, grant me the car ‘Maybach’ , 5.5-litre, V-12, twin-turbo engine with a five-speed automatic transmission, which is capable of producing 550 bhp power and has a top speed of 250 km/h..”

A second time I asked Him, “Lord, do you love me?”

He said, “Yes son, you know that I love you.”

I said, “ Lord, grant me an amazing mansion brimming with grand hallways and ballrooms, an indoor squash court, a bowling alley, helipads, a 50-seat cinema, a garage giving space for eight limousines and then a heated marble driveway to add to the splendid glamour..”

I asked him for the third time, “Lord, do you love me?”

My Lord, did not utter a word, but showed His wounded hands and pierced side.

I replied, “LORD, I NEED NOTHING BUT YOU.”

THE HILL BETWEEN TWO GARDENS

In the beginning, it was in the garden of pleasure, that death was born, when the first Adam yielded to it.

Centuries later, in the garden of sepulcher, death died and was buried, when the second Adam conquered it.

In the beginning, in the garden of pleasure, it was a woman who ushered in the death as it entered into the world.

Centuries later, in the garden of sepulcher, it was a woman who first witnessed death making its way out.

In the beginning, in the garden of pleasure, when death temporarily conquered life, the immortal came in search of the mortals, and the latter was hiding.

Centuries later, in the garden of sepulcher, when life conquered death, the immortal was sought by the mortals who could no more hide themselves.

In the beginning, the garden of pleasure turned out to be a garden of sepulcher.

Centuries later the garden of sepulcher turned out to be a garden of pleasure.

What that transformed the garden of pleasure into the garden of sepulcher was nothing but disobedience to the Father and selfish love.

What that transformed the garden of sepulcher into the garden of pleasure was nothing but obedience to the Father and selfless love.

Where there is obedience and love to the point of ‘death at the Cross’, life blossoms.

The distance from the garden of sepulcher to the garden of pleasure is just a hill away…the hill of CALVARY… the hill of obedience and selfless love.

YES, the Hill of Calvary is not a FATE or an OPTION but an OPPURTUNITY and IMPERATIVE to transform our ‘gardens of sepulchers’ into ‘gardens of pleasures’.