Jan 05
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APPOLOGIZE
Don’t you just love disappearing ink. No sooner do you pen a few nasty words than the ink wears away. Unfortunately, you can’t scream a disappearing voice in anger, nor send disappearing emails. So thinking before you react is a wise move.
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Jan 05
16
PUSH
For many years he toiled from sun up to sun down, his shoulders set squarely against the cold, massive surface of the unmoving rock, pushing with all of his might. Each night the man returned to his cabin sore and worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain.
Since the man was showing discouragement, the adversary (Satan) decided to enter the picture by placing thoughts into the weary mind: “You have been pushing against that rock for a long time, and it hasn’t moved.” Thus, he gave the man the impression that the task was impossible and that he was a failure. These thoughts discouraged and disheartened the man.
Satan said, “Why kill yourself over this? Just put in your time, giving just the minimum effort; and that will be good enough.” That’s what the weary man planned to do, but decided to make it a Matter of Prayer and to take his troubled thoughts to the Lord.
“Lord,” he said, “I have labored long and hard in your service, putting all my strength to do that which you have asked. Yet, after all this time, I have not even budged that rock by half a millimeter. What is wrong?
Why am I failing? The Lord responded compassionately, “My friend, when I asked you to serve Me and you accepted, I told you that your task was to push against the rock with all of your strengt h, which you have done. Never once did I mention to you that I expected you to move it. Your task was to push. And now you come to Me with your strength spent, thinking that you have failed. But, is that really so?
“Look at yourself. Your arms are strong and muscled, your back sinewy and brown; your hands are callused from constant pressure, your legs have become massive and hard. Through opposition you have grown much, and your abilities now surpass that which you used to have.
“True, you haven’t moved the rock. But your calling was to be obedient and to push and to exercise your faith and trust in My wisdom. That you have done. Now I, my friend, will move the rock.”
*At times, when we hear a word from God, we tend to use our own intellect to decipher what He wants, when actually what God wants is just a simple obedience and faith in Him.
By all means, exercise the faith that moves mountains, but know that it is still God who moves the mountains.**
When everything seems to go wrong …. just P.U.S.H.!
When the job gets you down … just P.U.S.H.!
When people don’t react the way you think they should …. just P.U.S.H.
When your money is “gone” and the bills are due ….. just P.U.S.H.!
When people just don’t understand you …. just..
P.U.S.H.!
P= Pray
U= Until
S= Something
H= Happens
Jan 05
15
HAPPINESS
The lettering on the door to happiness reads “push”.
Jan 05
15
Greetings for Eid al-Adha
The 3 Days that follow the Eid are also marked with the same ritual, commonly known as the days of eating and drinking (Ayyam al-Akle wal- Shurb) . By drink I do not mean wine :-).
The Tsunami recently did give everyone a shock to what Allah had inflicted upon mankind, let me say it is man who brings such disaster upon himself by disobeying Allah. Islam’s most gracious festive the Eid is near and hundreds of millions are being donated by everyone in the Tsunami relief effort. What comes to mind is that Islam as an entity not an religion has granted such a festive every year when millions of Animals are slaughtered around the globe by Muslims and the meat then commonly distributed to the needy.
In Mina itself a huge number of animal slaughter takes place and the needy get their share. Looking at this it also reminds me that Islam has levied Zakat for the needy, the homeless and so on that Allah’s Wali, Imam, Dai collects and distributes to them as per the need of the day. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (tus) donated a huge sum to the Tsunami relief to various countries and Mumineen around the world followed his highest example.
Ah, I guess I am wavering from one topic to another.
I was reminded by the words of Shakespeare “We feed ourselves for the Maggots”. But we do feed cattle and livestock for ourselves and the needy. For without food people would not live.
The human population is at high rise and so is Allah’s mercy for creating livestock for us. The Eid day reminds us of those not so fortunate enough to have a single meal and give them a share of our love. Islam is a single being, I say alive, to care for all of mankind and the human race regardless of their race, culture or religious and ethnic backgroud. A non-selfish person.
Remember you are not allowed to preserve the meat of the adhiyat on Eid for not later than the 13th of Zil Haj.
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