Friday, 20 June 2014

A life never lived


Good day family,

Over the past few days, I've been challenged in the sense where I see so many people drifting along without a zest for what is so precious... LIFE.
I feel compelled to share this message with you.

Live each day as if you were to never see tomorrow. If you're not sure if someone knows you love them, tell them. If you miss someone, make that call or even go and visit that person. If you feel like no one has ever given any time to you, ask yourself if you have given any of your time to someone else.

See, we exist to make a difference and touch the lives of others so that they may know that there is a God. A God who loves them unconditionally. Others don't seem to care what you know until they know that you care. Reach out and touch someone's hand. Smile whilst greeting someone. Why is it that being polite and caring is so rare that people perceive one to have ulterior motives?

Spread the gift of love and I guarantee that in the end, you will live a full and purposeful life.
A life that will be remembered. Values that will be carried down from one generation to another.

Matthew 6:34 ESV          
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

We have all we need... and if you're reading this... you have a little extra. Would you share it and live a full life?

You have THE WORLD AT YOUR FEET.

Stay blessed,
Fabian Frank

Friday, 13 June 2014

Jesus blessed you!

Be blessed in Jesus name.

One day a while back, a man, his heart heavy with grief, was walking in the woods. As he thought about his life this day, he knew many things were not right. He thought about those who had lied about him back when he had a job.




His thoughts turned to those who had stolen his things and cheated him. He remembered family that had passed on. His mind turned to the illness he had, that no one could cure. His very soul was filled with anger, resentment, and frustration.



Standing there this day, searching for answers he could not find, knowing all else had failed him, he knelt at the base of an old oak tree to seek the one he knew would always be there. And with tears in his eyes, he prayed:


'Lord- You have done wonderful things for me in this life. You have told me to do many things for you, and I happily obeyed. Today, you have told me to forgive. I am sad, Lord, because I cannot, I don't know how. It is not fair Lord, I didn't deserve these wrongs that were done against me and I shouldn't have to forgive. As perfect as your way is Lord, this one thing I cannot do, for I don't know how to forgive. My anger is so deep Lord, I fear I may not hear you, but I pray you teach me to do the one thing I cannot do: Teach me to forgive
.'

As he knelt there in the quiet shade of that old oak tree, he felt something fall onto his shoulder. He opened his eyes. Out of the corner of one eye, he saw something red on his shirt. He could not turn to see what it was because where the oak tree had been was a large square piece of wood in the ground. He raised his head and saw two feet held to the wood with a large spike through them.


He raised his head more, and tears came to his eyes as he saw Jesus hanging on a cross. He saw spikes in His hands, a gash in His side, a torn and battered body, deep thorns sunk into His head. Finally he saw the suffering and pain on His precious face. As their eyes met, the man's tears turned to sobbing, and Jesus began to speak.


'Have you ever told a lie?' He asked?


The man answered - 'Yes, Lord.'


'Have you ever been given too much change and kept it?'


The man answered - 'Yes. Lord.' And the man sobbed more and more.


'Have you ever taken something from work that wasn't yours?' Jesus asked?


And the man answered, 'Yes, Lord.'


'Have you ever sworn, using my Father's name in vain?'


The man, crying now, answered - 'Yes, Lord.'


As Jesus asked many more times, 'Have you ever'? The man's crying became uncontrollable, for he could only answer - 'Yes, Lord'.


Then Jesus turned His head from one side to the other, and the man felt something fall on his other shoulder He looked and saw that it was the blood of Jesus. When he looked back up, his eyes met those of Jesus, and there was a look of love the man had never seen or known before.


Jesus said, 'I didn't deserve this either, but I forgive you.'


It may be hard to see how you're going to get through something, but when you look back in life, you realize how true this statement is.


Read the following first line slowly and let it sink in.


If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.


When Jesus died on the cross, he was thinking of you!