The sad news of the passing of Amy Winehouse yesterday was greeted with the usual comments when this happens to gifted celebrities - what a waste.
Sometimes I think that it is easy for people to think if you are not big and famous then you must have no gifts at all and if you did the things Winehouse did you would not be wasting anything.
I disagree, I believe God made us all with a specific personality and a specific purpose in mind that only WE can achieve. This makes us all unique. Any life that ends like Winehouses' did is a waste.
YOU ARE SPECIAL. YOU HAVE A PURPOSE. YOU ARE LOVED & CHERISHED BY GOD.
Romans 12:1-8
1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God— this is your spiritual act of worship.
2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is— his good, pleasing and perfect will.
3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.
4 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,
5 so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith.
7 If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;
8 if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
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Sunday, 24 July 2011
Saturday, 16 July 2011
Why Harry Potter is so special
Late Thursday night thousands upon thousands if fans queued up to be the first people to see the final movie in the Harry Potter series: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two.
As of 2011, the Harry Potter film franchise is the highest grossing film franchise of all time, with the seven films released grossing $6.3 billion worldwide. The new film, being the last and probably the best one (I don't know for sure as I am not seeing it until Tuesday but it is the best book in my opinion) will be expected to add significantly to that figure.
I just wanted to write about a possible reason why so many (including me!) have fallen in love with the Harry Potter series. I'll just come out with it...Harry Potter is special and we all want to be like him. Harry was the one who stopped Voldemort as a baby. He is the 'chosen one', the only one to finish him off for good. This is who he is throughout the entire set of books.
The whole human race wants to be special, we all want to be held above others and revered for great accomplishments. Some achieve these aims through their chosen fields...Andres Iniesta will always be remembered in Spain for scoring the goal that won them their first World Cup. Martin Luther King will always be remembered for his outstanding civil rights work. Einstein will be remembered for his genius. Whoever finds the cure for AID's will sure to be remembered forever.
Those who never achieve such heights begin to think that they were never meant to be special, that they are nothing that Benjamin Franklin was right when he said "In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes."
But really, we're special already. Why? Because we are special the One who created life, who created everything, who our lives are about knowing LOVES us and MADE us exactly who we are. We are so special to God that He was prepared to die a agonising, lonely & excruciating death that we could join Him in Heaven FOREVER.
Those who achieve great things often feel empty at the end of it. Now that they achieved their goal there is nothing else left in their lives. They weren't special for long, time moves on and newspapers find new headlines and people find new heroes.
We will always be special to God, He will never forsake us (Hebrews 13:5) and we can have a special relationship with Him forever :-) Just ask Him and He will give freely to all who ask....
As of 2011, the Harry Potter film franchise is the highest grossing film franchise of all time, with the seven films released grossing $6.3 billion worldwide. The new film, being the last and probably the best one (I don't know for sure as I am not seeing it until Tuesday but it is the best book in my opinion) will be expected to add significantly to that figure.
I just wanted to write about a possible reason why so many (including me!) have fallen in love with the Harry Potter series. I'll just come out with it...Harry Potter is special and we all want to be like him. Harry was the one who stopped Voldemort as a baby. He is the 'chosen one', the only one to finish him off for good. This is who he is throughout the entire set of books.
The whole human race wants to be special, we all want to be held above others and revered for great accomplishments. Some achieve these aims through their chosen fields...Andres Iniesta will always be remembered in Spain for scoring the goal that won them their first World Cup. Martin Luther King will always be remembered for his outstanding civil rights work. Einstein will be remembered for his genius. Whoever finds the cure for AID's will sure to be remembered forever.
Those who never achieve such heights begin to think that they were never meant to be special, that they are nothing that Benjamin Franklin was right when he said "In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes."
But really, we're special already. Why? Because we are special the One who created life, who created everything, who our lives are about knowing LOVES us and MADE us exactly who we are. We are so special to God that He was prepared to die a agonising, lonely & excruciating death that we could join Him in Heaven FOREVER.
Those who achieve great things often feel empty at the end of it. Now that they achieved their goal there is nothing else left in their lives. They weren't special for long, time moves on and newspapers find new headlines and people find new heroes.
We will always be special to God, He will never forsake us (Hebrews 13:5) and we can have a special relationship with Him forever :-) Just ask Him and He will give freely to all who ask....
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