Thank you

Thank you Lord for letting me know that I am important to others more than I thought and they concerned about me that I never thought of. I know you always walk with me as I always stand up for you! Its amazing how you show your concern to your loved ones... :)

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I believe that the decisions I take are correct and will be for the good of the future. I pray to Lord for that I take the right decision and I know for fact that money is not everything. That is it. Money can not buy everything and money will not buy me. I will buy money if I want.

Today.

Today is the feast of the Assumption of Virgin Mary and I was able to go to mass today at the CCM. For some reason I was looking forward to go to mass today. I actually do not know why. It may be because I need more guidance from Jesus. In fact today from mother Mary. So that I may be an example to others and most importantly to keep faith in GOD so that I have him by my side.

and by the way this picture is the first one taken from my new DSLR camera. :)

keeping self clear and clean

Just thought of writing something which stayed in my mind for some time. It is about the well know fact that being good and doing good is far more difficult than being a rubbish. I remember there is a parable in Holy Bible about this "building a house with a strong foundation and it will never be shaken when strong winds blow and if you build it on sand even a slow moving wind may flatten it". Therefore if I think further it all starts with everyone's childhood and family life. If a child is used to hear good habits, associate good friends and listen to calming thoughts, it will build a strong foundation for the rest of the life. It applies to the faith as well.

So what has happened to western countries??? we see this in western countries because word travels fast in developed countries and these are visible in developing countries as well. When parents become too busy with their hectic life style, they forget to nurture their children with good habits. Then who else is there for them to teach the correct way? So most of them will go astray. That is one observation I have made.

Here I get to the point that what happens if I do that and that etc. We only have one life and what is wrong about experiencing the different thing. Who cares, I'll do this just for now and for fun. These are some of the wordings I have heard and sometimes I have made. But the foundation I am built upon always keep saying that you should only do the right thing not for fun. Those fun things that we do will only bring repentance and shame in some later period of our lives. So it is so hard to the right thing instead of fun things. Is there anything in the holy Bible or Jesus taught that it is alright to do "these fun" things if you have a good heart and only for once? No right? He always said just don' do it. Sometimes you may feel discomforted by friends, left behind but the persons who do the right thing have a strong heart and courage. They are the real men. Real women. Understanding this truth is the hardest thing for you in your young ages.

With my own experience of some of my friends, I see this truth. I have good friends who didn't do these fun things and now enjoy a good life with God's grace. That may be the reward you get for your sacrifices. Some friends (some are not catholics) did things and fun things which are not acceptable. But they were good persons in the society since they were not always like that. You know its just for fun they did those things. And suddenly you get married, and all of a sudden you pretend to be a matured person. you preach to others with great wisdom you have just because you now have to be responsible person. Why you couldn't be so respectful earlier? A simple question. You always have to get married to throw away bad habits and become a good person? I emphasis the word "pretend" here. They are hypocrites (person who pretend to have good virtues, preaches, etc.). So then how can you teach your children good virtues after you doing all the things on this earth? Will they listen to you if they find out? It is simple semantics, they wont.

So it is important from the start that you do the right things. For every bad you do, it will come back with repentance at some point. My parents were never like those people so I always have to continue that to the next generation.So bear the hardship of doing the right thing which will yield fruitful results every time which may not bring the instant satisfaction. "don't let a single cow dung drop into a bucket of milk"

an Old Story.

Today I came home a bit late after a dinner and just turned on TV to see something for half an hour. Accidentally I came to watch the story of Moses which is one of the greatest stories of the old testament of the holy Bible. I remember I first read this story when preparing for a bible contest when I was in grade 6. It was very nice true story and a very good movie to watch. In fact it nourishes your faith in God in somewhat. For those of you who do not know the story, I will briefly tell you the story.

Moses is a Hebrew but grew in the Paroa's family in Egypt. after a fight with some soldiers he flew to the desert and there GOD had spoken to him and chosen him to get people out of empire's slavery. There Moses did many astonishing work to get his people out without even having a single soldier. God had done miserable things to Paroa's people and eventually he had to let them go. But finally he chose the fleeing people but Moses with the power of GOD took people making a path on the red sea. When they crosses the red sea, soldiers chasing them were in the middle of the red sea following them. Then Moses lowered his stick and then the waters came down and all of them died. Then God had lead them to the promised land after 40 years of hard life in the desert to teach them how to build a new nation without having slavery orders. - the story in very brief.

When I was watching the movie, it reminded me the power of God and how lucky I am to follow him. Time to time I get to forget how powerful he is and he is the Lord for the whole universe. The question I always get arises here as well. Do I realy believe in God and does my belief has a real value. I am afraid that it has nothing at all compared all these great people. I have to have trust in him. I have to trust him for everything I do. For the studies I do. I have to trust him that he will give me courage, strength and lead me in a successful path in my academic life. That is the difference I should seek compared to others. I should be able to praise him for whatever success I get. I can't question his will because I owe him. I have to remember that the slave is no greater than the master as Jesus once said. In fact I have to keep that in my mind.

If I think carefully, all these earthly bindings and classes doesn't matter to him. The Lord treats Mr. Obama and a normal citizen in the same way. Obama does not get high priority because he is the president and I am not. Its strange. isn't it? yes it is. Everybody has to kneel before him. Whether you are a follower of Christ or not, you will do it eventually. Because every good leads to him and him only.

It is important that we watch these inspiring movies, go to every sunday mass and hear to God's message, love one another and build brotherhood among us and remind ourselves that God had done marvelous things in the past and he is doing them now and will do tomorrow.

It has been a year.

It has been a year since I landed in USA. I can't believe that time passes so quickly and it is like yesterday. Coming here made major changes in my life in many ways. I'm getting used to live alone, searching for new beginning of life, new way of thinking and whole different higher education, many new friends, sometimes loving American culture and fun times etc. So there are many changes that I can mention.

In other words, I have seen the full four weather season transformation for the first time in my life. In first few months after coming here, I was feeling lonely. Didn't know people at all. I started going to play cricket with some Sri Lankans and made many good friends. If I had been staying home and did nothing, none of these friends would have been met at all. Therefore, the initial step really made a huge impact.

Then I was able to make some American friends too. They are really good whom I met at campus church. So often I get to have weekend fun too.

As far as I consider all these facts, life seems to be going well and getting better. I wish it will continue to be good too.... :)

It's a special day for them..

Yes, it is a special day for them. For my mom and dad. it has been 30 years for their married life together. So first of all I wish them a very happy and blessed anniversary.

When I see the past, it has been a mixed experience for them and for me. Happy and sorrow at sometimes. But most of the time, GOD had blessed all of us and that is why we seem to be successful in the way we think. May be not as GOD thinks. I see one prominent characteristic in their life together with me and my sister as children as well. The leading and motivating factor is my dad. That is he never ran money or reputation. Hence we were never rich but somehow managed our lives. In fact when I mature in my life, I also see the truth he has seen so far and that is money is nothing compared to internal happiness. The eternal happiness that comes from GOD. If you run after money, most probably you might never get that.

And also because of their guidance and good will, we grown up having good heart and became or trying to become closer to GOD. So I pray to GOD to bless them abundantly and keep them safe in his safe hands and give courage to work for him even more and experience more. Which will be the nicest gift that they can get.... :)