Miscellaneous

Happy Holi to All!

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Reading Robert H. Schuller.

[Picture: Aztec Ruins in Palenque, Mexico]

The author tells the story of Ramona Banuelos, a poor woman of 22 who emigrated from Mexico to US with two children to take care of all alone. She got a job of making tacos (a Mexican dish) from midnight till 6 AM. She earned little but saved most of it and in 3 years she owned a small taco shop. She worked hard and in 15 years she owned the largest business of Mexican products in America. She went on to become the treasurer of the United States!

At one point she recalled how once her little daughter came from school and asked her, “Mama, am I Spanish or Mexican?” When she got to know “Mexican”, she said, “I wish I were Spanish because the Spanish people are very smart and Mexicans are not.”

Ramona said, “That is not true!” and took her children to Mexico where she showed them the ruins of the Aztec Temples; the wide roads and the great architecture. She said, “These were built by Mexicans not Spaniards. These were built by the Aztecs. Be proud you are a Mexican – you have good blood in you!”

The author adds to it, “No matter what your race, no matter what your color,…, you are the child of a survivor!”

That is so perfect – we are children of survivors! I can add only this much to it – while all are children of survivors; some are survivors in more ways than others! Do you know that the Spanish destroyed Aztec Temples and built Catholic Churches in their places? I doubt if the Mexicans have built any new Aztec temples today; but in India we are still worshiping gods from the Vedas and we are proud of our ancestors, history and heritage!

Men Are Creators of Women?

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We often ask men to respect women saying men were born out of women (mothers). So women are the "creators", right? But how many of us "know" that the Bible tells that God created the first woman (Eve) out of the first man (Adam)'s rib! So man is the creator of woman!

Genesis 2:22: Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

Let us read more:

Timothy 2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.

Ephesians 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body.

Do you find anything surprising here? 

Reasons :)