Freedom...

Trying to fight a small fever, work on my report and listen to Joan Baez singing "Me and Bobby Mc Gee" at the same time, I had to pause at the part where Baez sang "Freedom's just another word for 'nothing left to lose'...".
I had heard that same statement paraphrased by Pandita Ramabhai from Pune, who started an orphanage for children of prostitution. There is nothing romantic about that line at all. I couldn't work after listening to that line for lack of brain-space. So I decided to drop everything and start putting these crazy thoughts in my head onto blogspace.
Freedom, when nothing, or nobody (except Christ) has a hold on your will, is beautiful. As a man who loves is friends and family a lot and respects their opinions, I would find it very difficult to bend my will to God's all the time, especially if my friendship is on the line. Until now, I haven't faced such situations. I find it hard enough to walk according to God's will at times, when my own self comes in the way.
That's when it struck me. Though we Christians (most of us) aren't, we are called to be self-destructive. We sing "Less of me and more of You". But do we do what we say? Don't we try at every turn to please ourselves? To make our lives more comfortable? Ever since our birth, our parents have given us the best they could for us. The best education, food and lifestyle they could afford. After we are able to stand on our own two feet, don't we try to get the best paying job so that we can do the same for ourselves? We aim for a higher economic class, a tastier meal, a more sophisticated lifestyle. We add all these to our personality. Christ on the other hand taught us to hate ourselves. To put all that effort of self-love for the construction of His Kingdom. When you are able to deny yourself EVERYTHING, will you experience true freedom. Most of the time, we work so hard in pursuit of happyness, when if we give that area to God, true joy will come our way.
These are just random thoughts, Couldn't put them in order. Hope you could make sense of it.

To all authors

Hi there!
In this fast-moving world where people are constantly in touch with eachother, why should we keep in touch only during Sunday worship and prayer cells? I hope to start this blog as a forum for discussion of whatever topics we might be struggling with... and also for other less heavy discussions.
All of you have been invited to be co-authors of the blog. When you want to start a discussion in a new topic, you write a new post. When you want to reply to any post, just post a comment! The reason why we are using a blog instead of a group is because all of us have e-mail ids in different domains. It is easier for all of us to access.
I expect to see your opinions in the comment section!!!

Series of talk on "Discipleship"

Hi Everyone,

Last wednesday Sam had mentioned about the paradox between tolerating sin and unconditional forgiveness. He brought out a controversial example - The Narendra Modi Fiasco. What are your views. Please comment in this blog.