The Worm

God provide the birds the worms they need, but He doesn’t place them in the nest but rather He gives the birds the prerogative to look for it.

Lesson: God will provide if we pray and do our part.

LOTUS

I aimed to get a beautiful flower in the branches of a tall tree...

But I lost my balance and consequently fell in a pond...

I was disappointed...

My eyes became heavy with tears...

But when I regained calmness, I saw many beautiful lotus floating around me.

THE SCIENTIFIC DEATH OF JESUS

At the age of 33, Jesus was condemned to death .

At that time crucifixion was the "worst" death. Only the worst criminals were condemned to be crucified. Yet it was even more dreadful for Jesus, unlike other criminals condemned to death by crucifixion Jesus was to be nailed to the cross by His hands and feet.

Each nail was 6 to 8 inches long.

The nails were driven into His wrist. Not into His palms as is commonly portrayed. There's a tendon in the wrist that extends to the shoulder. The Roman guards knew that when the nails were being hammered into the wrist that tendon would tear and break, forcing Jesus to use His back muscles to support himself so that He could breath.

Both of His feet were nailed together. Thus He was forced to support Himself on the single nail that impaled His feet to the cross. Jesus could not support himself with His legs because of the pain so He was forced to alternate between arching His back then using his legs just to continue to breath. Imagine the struggle, the pain, the suffering, the courage.

Jesus endured this reality for over 3 hours.

Yes, over 3 hours! Can you imagine this kind of suffering? A few minutes before He died, Jesus stopped bleeding. He was simply pouring water from his wounds.

From common images we see wounds to His hands and feet and even the spear wound to His side... But do we realize His wounds were actually made in his body. A hammer driving large nails through the wrist, the feet overlapped and an even large nail hammered through the arches, then a Roman guard piercing His side with a spear. But before the nails and the spear Jesus was whipped and beaten. The whipping was so severe that it tore the flesh from His body. The beating so horrific that His face was torn and his beard ripped from His face. The crown of thorns cut deeply into His scalp. Most men would not have survived this torture.

He had no more blood to bleed out, only water poured from His wounds. The human adult body contains about 3.5 liters (just less than a gallon) of blood.

Jesus poured all 3.5 liters of his blood; He had three nails hammered into him; a crown of thorns on His head and, beyond that, a Roman soldier who stabbed a spear into His chest..

All these without mentioning the humiliation He suffered after carrying His own cross for almost 2 kilometers, while the crowd spat in his face and threw stones (the cross was almost 30 kg of weight, only for its higher part, where His hands were nailed).

Jesus had to endure this experience, to open the Gates of Heaven, So that you can have free access to God.

So that your sins could be "washed" away. All of them, with no exception!

Our Parents

Often times we hate our parents for bragging us with things we didn’t want to do.

But one thing we must remember,

“We are so busy growing up, we almost forgot they’re also growing old.”

Come Here

It’s good to hear someone says:

“Come here. My Mom is not around.”

But it’s better to hear from someone says:

“Come here my Mom said.”

I CAN FEEL IT

The fish said:

I can’t see my tears because I’m in the water.

The water said:

I can feel your tears because you’re in my heart.

Lesson: There’s always someone who feels for you whenever you’re down. You may not always remember Him but He is always with you. God is always at your side.