Brown's Daily Word 9-12-08

Good Morning,
The late great English novelist, Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875), once said, "Did it ever strike you that goodness is not merely a beautiful thing, but by far the most beautiful thing in the whole world? So that nothing is to be compared for value with goodness; that riches, honor, power, pleasure, learning, the whole world and all in it, are not worth having in comparison with being good; and the utterly best thing for a man [or, a woman] is to be good, even though he [or, she] were never to be rewarded for it." We know the goodness of Almighty God through His Word! The psalmist, David, in Psalm 34:8 NLT), tells us: "Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who trust in Him!" In Psalm 107:1 (NLT), David goes on to say: "Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! His faithful love endures forever." We know that Almighty God, our Heavenly Father is good because of the pains to which He went to bring about the redemption of mankind - It was the goodness of Almighty God that sent His only-begotten Son , for our redemption, for our release, for our salvation.The late great French scholastic, philosopher, theologian, and logician Pierre Abelard (1079 - 1142), once said, "Since His goodness is so great, His will so perfect, that He does what ought to be done, not unwilling, but spontaneously, He is so much the more completely to be loved because of His very nature, and the more to be glorified because this goodness of His belongs to Him not by accident, but substantially and immutably."Almighty God - is our Heavenly Father, is our stronghold in times of trouble! As Augustine confessed" O Lord you have made us for yourself, our hearts are restless until they find rest in you". Jesus Christ our Lord comes with the wonderful invitation "Come to Me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens and I will give you rest."Our Lord and our Saviour does not remove the difficulties and sorrows from our pathway; but, He does provide us with the strength to face them! The psalmist tells us, in Psalm 46:1 (NLT): "God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble." The psalmist goes on to tell us, in Psalm 121:2 (NLT), "My help comes from the Lord, Who made the heavens and the earth!" We are more than conquerors through Him who loved and still loves us.
In His great Love,
Brown

Home / blogs / Dr. Sajan's blog / Orissa -one more death and Authorities bluff to International team
A- 10 years old boy called Srikanta Mallick died Yesterday at the Habaq High School relief camp at G. Udayagiri. He suffered developed fever and Diorrieha first and succumbed to Maleria. He was a student and inmate of a Missionary Hostel at Kalinga. Dr. Pratap Singh has confirmed his death.
B-The Orissa state government authorities during their interaction with the American Consul General Madam Beth. A. Pen and her team, has misguided them about the burning issues of Kandhamal and other 13 districts of Orissa. In reply to her question of "why repeatedly communal violence and riot is taking place in Orissa and mainly in Kandhamal", the Orissa team have stated that the riot is not of any communal nature but out of two groups and castes of the society fighting between each other based on their social and economical status among Kandhs and Panas..The death and destruction of Christians and their properties are taken lightly and VHP and other terror outfits are given a clean chit by the state of Orissa

Home / blogs / Dr. Sajan's blog / Kandhamal -VHP's renewed attacks covered under 'peace parades'
Situation Volatile in Kandhamal Sept 13th :VHP continues attacks on Christians
Shift in strategies and technique ,radical outfits unleash on terror on Christians
1. Female extremist squads of nearly 7,000 and blocking the roads, gheraoing the PS and the block offices, forcibly barging into the relief camps of the Christian refugees
Defying curfew, demanding relief to be given to them, and demanding release of arrested the rioters and dismissal all the cases registered against Hindus.
2. Hindu devotional songs loudly chanted by peacemaker through "Sankirtan Yatra" Clanging of symbols while singing Bhajans and Hymns on Hindu Gods.
3. Attacking Christians houses that escaped fundamentalist destruction and attacking Christian who has returned either from the forest or from the relief camp etc.
4. Sankirtan Yatra activists terrorizing Christians to reconvert to Hinduism, tonsuring Chrsitians forcing them by the sword to stomp upon the Holy Bible, drink Cow dung water, wear ‘hindu tilak’ on the forehead, sign on the VHP's declaration note of reconversion to Hinduism.
5.. In Sisopanga village of Raikia block 3 Christian houses were burnt by the radicals on 10.09.08 night.4. In Piserama village of Raikia block, a Church was torched on 10.09.08 night.5. In Battaguda village of Baliguda Sub divn. few houses were ransacked by the Hindu radicals Yesterday in the afternoon.6. Houses of Benjamin Nayak, a School Head master and Gamara Nayak at Telingiapada of G. Udayagiri and One Church there were burnt Yesterday night.7. It has been reported that duirng the Sang Parivar's female rally on 10.09.08 at G. Udayagiri, two Christians from Adaskupa village were killed. This news needs to be confirmed yet with detailed information.
Ashok Singhal, International President VHP on Sept 11th, in Bhubaneshwar, had meeting with Puri Sankaracharya after which stated• Ban on cow slaughter• No Christian conversion in Orissa• Protect and defend Hindu religion and culture• Beginning 23rd Sept, perform Swamiji's Kalas Yatra carrying the soil of Chakapada Ashram where he was buried in and around Kandhamal and throughout Orissa.
The State Govt. is thinking of deferring the Muncipality Election in Kandhamal Dist. for the situation there has not come to Normalcy yet. However, the Governement in an affidavit to the Supreme Court stated that situation under control in Kandhamala and CBI inquiry not required.
The State Govt. is not declaring the compensation package citing the Election period up to 29.09.08 .whereas Global council of Indian Christians(GCIC) it clearly learned that in chapter iv- sub section III of the mode of Municipality Election conduct that in case of natural calamity and emergent nature of works relief, restoration and rehab work can be undertaken.GCIC calls upon the democratic forces to expose the merchants of death in Orissa