He said he that would live till 96, but..

-Duke Jeyaraj

Virender Sehwag said that he wanted to bat through the innings in all his World Cup games. In the Bangladesh game he batted beyond Over Number 45 and scored 175. That was a good attempt. But he got out in the 2nd ball he faced in the Finals. Another man said that he would live till 96. But he breathed his last at 85. On Easter Day, 2011. He died on the very day the World recalled the raising from the death of Jesus. 85 is not that far from 96. Again a good attempt! I told my wife that I would exercise five times a week, regularly. But I have gone wrong that prediction of mine about myself, horribly :). You could add a story like that from your own life too, here - I bet you would! Let's not crucify, defame, these folks I have just talked about! As MERE MEN, As ORDINARY HUMANS, NOTHING BETTER COULD BE EXPECTED FROM US DESPITE OUR BEST INTENTIONS AND EFFORTS OF GREAT SWEAT. But God is different. Far, far, different. He is not a man that he would lie, the Bible declares."Does He (God) promise and not fulfill what He promised?" the Bible dares (Numbers 23:19). If the God we are talking about is the TRUE LIVING GOD, HE WILL FULFILL ALL HIS PROMISES. Yes, only Jesus, has fulfilled every Word of prophecy about Him, over 110 major ones, with 100% bull's eye accuracy. "Jesus would enter Jerusalem to be crucifed, 483 years from this day!" That was Prophet Daniel's prophecy made simple (Dan 9:24-25). Jesus fulfilled that astounding prophecy! Yes, He entered Jerusalem to be crucified exactly on the day Daniel predicted - a prediction made 483 years before! That is just one example. Fulfilling prophecy was pretty easy for Him to do, because as the ONLY GOD IN FLESH, He could control events in time and eternity with effortless ease. He alone is worthy of worship and life devotion! He alone is the way of salvation, as He himself said (John 14:6). If we believed that there are other God-avatars, apart from Jesus, it would amount to calling Jesus a liar. But He is NOT a liar. The one who never got it wrong when it came to prophecy fulfilment is NOT A LIAR. HE IS THE ONLY LORD! So, I live the one life I have, surrendered wholely to Him. I makes sense that I do that. What would you do?

THE TWO WHO DID NOT STAY BACK IN THE COMFORT OF THE HUT & SEND SOMEONE ELSE INTO THE MIDDLE

A Duke Jeyaraj poem on the World Cup Final 2011 at Mumbai between India- Sri Lanka on 2 April 2011

As Dilshan brilliantly caught & bowled the well-set Kohli, Dhoni could have stayed back in the safety of the Indian hut,
And sent into the middle, the in-form Yuvraj Singh, to bear the pressure's brunt,
But Dhoni walked into the middle, voluntarily, with a steely determination to keep India in the275-run hunt,
His trademark strokes were thankfully back after a long time - the shovel power drive, the sizzling helicopter cut,
To let go of his golden opportunity to win it for India - he was no senseless nut,
And along with gutsy Gambhir, he gave a fitting reply in response to Sri Lanka's first inning run glut,
His body was tiring, his nose was 'running', his back was breaking, but he kept batting in what was an amazing display of gut,
In the end, when he hit that six, he ensured, in India's camp, the World Cup, for the next four years, would stay put!

As the whole world was caught in the web of sin and was going to eternal hell, Jesus could have chosen stay back in the comfort of Heaven's hut,
Worked out an alternative plan or sent-in Angels to save humanity and bear the horrible consequences of sin's brunt,
But Jesus himself voluntarily walked toward Jerusalem to be crucified for your sake, in a daring display of his loving gut,
He sweated blood, his back was ripped open, a crown of thorns was pressed down his his head, but on the Cross route he stayed put,
All for your sake, all so that you can be forgiven, and if you refuse this amazing love of his, I am afraid you have to only be a senseless nut!

MISBAH AND YOU

A poem on Misbah's baffling batting tactics in the World Cup Semifinal Between India-Pakistan, 30 March, 2011, by Duke Jeyaraj 'We can always accelerate later; Chasing 260 is not a big deal after all we have chased 320 plus in this ground against India in the past!' - that's what thought Misbah, The way he blocked the balls instead of bashing them made the onlookers, in amazement, drop their jaw, Ball after ball, he just defended without rotating the strike, and on the spectator's neck "put saw", It allowed desperate India, the opportunity, to slowly back into the match, claw, Not taking the Batting Powerplay earlier on, was to Pakistan's chances to get back into the game, the proverbial last straw, The big sixes that Misbah hit at the fag end only made, for the furious Pakistani fans, the memories of the T20 2007 World Cup Final, irritatingly raw, "We just love you, Misbah!" - this is what the Indian fans updated on their Facebook accounts, ha, ha! When before Christ's Calvary demonstrated love, we make our hearts, become like ice that stubbornly refuses to thaw, We too, in our spiritual lives, are like this Misbah, 'We can live in sin now and come to Christ to ask for forgiveness later!' - in that thought process there is a major flaw, After our death (and it can come at any second) we will not be offered chances for salvation - this is the Bible law, When Jesus suddenly returns the 2nd time as Judge, it would be too late to accept him, this is the truth from Revelation 6:16, I just saw, So let's run into the wide open loving arms of Jesus, right now, and to sin, say, "tata!"