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Freedom from Suicide

After hearing about this perron who had committed suicide, I felt sad for his loved ones. Many years ago, when I was constantly feeling depressed and suicidal, I decided to give myself a reason to keep on living. I made a pact with myself that if I can love at least one person a day, I can delay suicide for 8 billion days, which gave me temporary relief. At the end of a relationship with my boyfriend who I was hoping to marry, I was back at that dark place and I started thinking about suicide, but I couldn't go through with it as I didn't want to hurt my mum, the person I loved most in the world. After my mum passed away and I was feeling depressed, I no longer wanted to stay.  I asked a Christian friend to pray for me and it gave me temporary relief, but the suicidal urge kept coming back. When I finally gave my life to Christ by receiving Jesus as my Lord and Saviour, suicide no longer had any power over me as Christ, who is alive forevermore (Revelation 1: 18), was now my li...
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Customer Service

When you work in front of house and visitor experience, you are constantly dealing with thousands of people. You are trained how to make every visitor feel welcomed; how to engage with them; and how to make their experience memorable.  However, it is humanly impossible to keep giving your best to every single visitor, as humans only have a limited supply of energy. The good news is I am no longer only human, I  am a born again Christian. As a Christian. I have the Holy Spirit living inside of me and He is constantly working in me, through me, for me and with me.  The Holy Spirit not only gives me energy to keep going in my job, He inspires me to take the right action. For instance at this museum, I was at this point where I was welcoming visitors and giving them highlights of what we had available in the museum. At one point, this man came in with his two kids. I pointed out this new exhibition about this football team.  The girl started giggling and told me his dad ...
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Sorry!

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One word British people use a lot is "sorry."  We are constantly saying sorry to each other. You get so used to saying "sorry" it becomes part of your DNA. At the museum I was working at today, I found myself saying sorry it was so hot in the museum as if it was my fault we're having this prolonged heatwave and the lack of airconditioning.  On the bus home, this man and woman got on. Just as they were about to sit down, the bus lurched forward, and he fell back crushing my knee with his huge rucksack. I pushed him forward and told him to mind his rucksack. Immediately, the woman he was with said, "sorry" and they continued chatting as if nothing had happened. Although I was still feeling resentful about my knee, I could feel the pain in my knee and my grievance melting away.  By the time I got off the bus, 15 minutes later, my knee was perfectly fine and I was back to my joyful self. When I got home, my flatmate's cat, Zeus, was in a bad mood. His ...
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Coriander or Colander

I was sharing an article  with my flatmate about alternative ways  of watching the solar eclipse, if you don't have the right glasses. "We could use a coriander to watch it," I said. "Coriander?" she said. "Very interesting." When she looked at the article, she said, "It's colander, not coriander!" I reckon I was being inspired by autocorrect. 😀 BBC News - Three ways to watch the solar eclipse safely without glasses https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gdxyjnz3do
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Jesus is the Proof of My Identity

So I applied to work as a volunteer at this organisation. As part of the application process, the organisation has to do stringent background checks and get character references. They also need me to prove my identity with the required official documents such as passport, birth certificate etc. This process reminds me of what Jesus taught His followers about the two births. The first birth is of the flesh. That birth occurs when you come out of your earthly mother's womb.  You are then given documents that prove where and when you were born. Your flesh identity is based on your nationality, gender, cultural and genetic heritage, etc.  The second birth is of the Spirit. That birth occurs when you receive Jesus as your Lord and Saviour.  Your spiritual identity is Christian, son/daughter of God and citizen of the Kingdom of God. Back to the application process. Just like an actor playing a character is not his character, I know that my flesh identity is not my identity....
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Your Real Friends and Family

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I saw this post and photo below on a Facebook page called "Now I've Seen Everything.  I think it's so true. Jesus, the Greatest Friend I have, shows compassion/mercy first and then teaches truth.  Otherwise, He wouldn't have performed the many miracles that He did.   The Holy Spirit is my other Great Friend and He is just like Jesus. ❤️ ----- Relevant Bible verses: "And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”"  John 8: 11 "If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you." John 14: 15-18 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things ...
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Do It Now!

Before my flatmate went away on holidays with her daughter, she told me they would be returning the following Friday. I decided to do the household chores on the Thursday, which was my day off.   On Tuesday, which was also my day off, I had a thought to do the chores, but I thought, nah I'll do it on my next day off on Thursday  The thought encouraged me to do it now.  I then received a text from my flatmate to let me know she and her daughter were flying back to the UK on Wednesday and she might be back at home either on Wednesday evening or Thursday. Aha, so that's why I was thinking of doing the cleaning now.  I believe those persistent thoughts were coming from the all knowing Mind of Christ in me. I ended up emptying the bins and hoovering the entire flat. I was back at work on Wednesday.  My flatmate returned from her holidays on Wednesday evening to a clean flat and empty bins. Thank you, God. ❤️ ---- Relevant Bible verses: "For “who has known the mi...
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