How Marvelous

Today as I was driving to work, I heard this old hymn over the radio. The words reminded be of a timeless truth that I so easily forget. So here it goes:

I stand amazed in the presence
Of Jesus the Nazarene,
And wonder how He could love me,
A sinner, condemned, unclean.

O how marvelous! O how wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
O how marvelous! O how wonderful!
Is my Savior’s love for me!

For me it was in the garden
He prayed: “Not My will, but Thine.”
He had no tears for His own griefs,
But sweat drops of blood for mine.

O how marvelous! O how wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
O how marvelous! O how wonderful!
Is my Savior’s love for me!

In pity angels beheld Him,
And came from the world of light
To comfort Him in the sorrows
He bore for my soul that night.

O how marvelous! O how wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
O how marvelous! O how wonderful!
Is my Savior’s love for me!

He took my sins and my sorrows,
He made them His very own;
He bore the burden to Calvary,
And suffered and died alone.

O how marvelous! O how wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
O how marvelous! O how wonderful!
Is my Savior’s love for me!

When with the ransomed in glory
His face I at last shall see,
’Twill be my joy through the ages
To sing of His love for me.

O how marvelous! O how wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
O how marvelous! O how wonderful!
Is my Savior’s love for me!

- Charles H. Gab­ri­el

Peace!

The India Report!

I just can't believe it has been almost a month since we got back from India. The whole trip kinda whizzed past so fast, it just feels like a dream. A wonderful dream with a whole bunch of memories, though. My Madras, (or atleast it still was, till I lived there) has changed for the worse. More people, so more cars, so more traffic and so more pollution. All that people talk about his "land". There is a land here, there is a land there. I understand there was/is a super dooper real estate boom in India, but it sure has driven our Indian brothers to a "land" obsession, if you will! Anyways it was good meeting friends and family. But the highlight of the whole trip was my G'pa who is 91 years old and my son Jay who is 1 year old met. It was a beautiful sight to see these 2 men born in 2 different worlds and generations hang out together. I think they both had fun. On Jay's birthday my G gave him a gold medal that he won for a Bible Quiz in 1938. That was pretty awesome. Now back to work, more in the next post.

Surreal!

Wow we reached India last night! Although we talked about it and had anticipated this reunion for a while, but now that we are actually here now, it is so surreal! But it is so wonderful to be in the home I grew up and to see my "tough" Dad totally lose it and make a fool out of himself before Jay! So we are slowly trying to get out of the jet lag and the 100 million miles flight ride we were on! Jay has handled it well and we actually slept through the night! SO anyways we intend to do some shopping today and get ready for the "Great Jay Birthday Bash", which he could care less for! But hey, we will do it our way until he realizes it is lame and plans his own bash! Well that's it for now!

Peace!

DAD!

God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle's flight,
The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need,
Then God combined these qualities,
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
And so, He called it ... Dad

(Author Unknown)

Happy Father's Day Y'all!

Why Crazy things happen?

Have you ever wondered, why crazy things happen to you? Things like why did I pay the late fee on that bill, or why did I say that to him/her, or why did I break it or how could I let that happen? Well, I often do and this is what I came up with. My God given wisdom is often hindered by my unwilling attitude to use it! So here are three important things that God always provides me with and how I oh so passionately diffuse it!

Excellent Foresight - Sheer Procastination
Brilliant Insight - Short term memory Loss
Life-altering Hindsight - Stupendous Arrogance

I am working on it, not sure if I will ever master it, but neverthless I try!

Oh No!

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SOMEBODY STOP IT!!!!

Wow!

Wow! That's all I have got to say about what happened to me this morning! It was a regular Friday morning! Decided to get to work early, so I can leave early to take the family to a wedding rehearsal dinner. To get to work, I have to take 3 highways. 121, 35 and the GB Turnpike. So I was about to get on to 121, but in a split second, decided not to and kept driving on the feeder (service) lane. (saved 45¢ there). In no time I was on 35S, heading merrily towards GBT. It was early Friday morning and there was hardly any traffic and I was enjoying the smooth ride. Now by the time I was on this 2-lane ramp to GBT, I saw this guy slowing down big time and trying to jump over to the left lane. I remember calling him an idiot. No as he started moving to the left lane, the reason for his almost bizarre decision began to unravel. Right in front me was this huge cylindrical object on the middle of the road. I didn't have time to think, I had to react immediately and so I did. I swerved over to the left lane, knowing there is a car right next to me, hoping and praying I don't hit him. And for reasons known only to God and His angels, I did not. By the time, I got my breath back and glanced into my rear view mirror, I saw the driver of the car that was right behind me, lose control veering off to the right and to the left and coming to a halt by crashing hard into the concrete barricade. And thats the last thing I saw before I lost view of the car when the road turned.
I feel sorry for the person in the car and I pray that he or she is ok. But as for me, the next 20 miles to work on the GBT was a solemn, hushed drive. From shock to fear to relief to gratitude. The whole thing made me wonder, "That could have been me! Why not me?", but all I have got to say about it for now is "Wow"

Peace!