Saturday 30 November 2013

[ ::: ♥Keep_Mailing♥ ::: ]™ ALL ABOUT THE ADVENT, THE BEGINNING OF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON

ALL ABOUT THE ADVENT, THE BEGINNING OF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON

Today is 1st December, a Sunday of the Advent Month. It is the period of time preceding Christmas, beginning on whatever Sunday is nearest to Nov. 30 till 24th December.The Advent calendar is a device of early 19th-century German Lutherans who used the calendar to count down to Christmas Day and is now observed by all Christians. Here are some lovely quotes by great people on the Advent. In simple terms it means "Waiting on the coming of the Lord".

5 Facts About Advent

Here are 5 facts about Advent

  • Advent is derived from the Latin word "adventus "meaning "coming"
  • It is the beginning of the liturgical year and commences on Advent Sunday
  • Advent starts on the fourth Sunday before December 25, the Sunday from November 27 to December 23 inclusive.
  • Advent calendars are a special calendars popular with children which are used to count the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas
  • Advent is a time of waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas.

WHAT IS THE CHURCH'S FOCUS DURING ADVENT?

Advent is the first part of a larger liturgical season that includes Christmas and Epiphany and continues until the beginning of LentEven though Advent occurs in the month of December and is usually considered to be a prelude to Christmas, it is not simply about waiting for the birth of Christ.  Advent is as much about preparing for Christ's return on Judgment Day.  Indeed, the Advent season focuses on Christ's threefold coming -- past, present, and future.  First, we remember the Lord's humble first coming in Bethlehem two thousand years ago.  Second, we give thanks for His present and continual coming to us through Word and Sacrament.  Finally, we look forward with hope and longing to His second coming in glory to judge the living and the dead on the Last Day.

WHY IS ADVENT SUCH AN IMPORTANT SEASON IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH?

While the rest of secular society is already caught up in the frantic rush of shopping, decorations, parties, and other distractions, the church takes pause during Advent to contemplate the wonder of God's underserved mercy and love in Jesus Christ.  Christians approach the Advent season much as expectant parents approach the months before a child is born.  There are feelings of exhilaration, uneasiness, longing, and awe as the day of arrival approaches.  Just as parents do everything they can to get ready and put things into good order, God's people prepare themselves at home and at church for the coming of the Lord by exercising the disciplines of Advent:  confession and repentance, fervent prayer, immersion in Scripture, fasting, and the singing of the Great O Antiphons and other seasonal hymns and anthems.  St. Paul's, like many congregations, conducts special mid-week Advent worship services and hands out special devotional booklets to give our members further opportunities to prepare their hearts for the coming of our Lord and Savior.  The following familiar hymn verse beautifully captures our spirit of joyful anticipation and disciplined preparation during this season:

  Hark the glad sound!  The Savior comes,
The Savior promised long;
Let ev'ry heart prepare a throne
And ev'ry voice a song!

http://youtu.be/8tTZ6TcLGyI -Hark the glad sound (a typical church choir singing the advent song)


First Sunday of Advent Quotes Beginning of Christmas Season

Sunday, 24 November 2013         

"May you have the gladness of Christmas which is hope; the spirit of Christmas which is peace, the heart of Christmas which is love...!!!"
Poet: Ada V-Hendricks...!!!
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"GOD is coming! GOD is coming! All the element we swim in, this existence, Echoes ahead the advent. GOD is coming! Can't you feel it...???"
Poet: Walter Wangerin...!!!
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"The Kingdom of GOD is the already but not yet...!!!"
Poet: R-Alan Woods...!!!
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"With the advent of DNA, we know that people have been convicted & sentenced to death who later proved not to be guilty of the crime...!!!"
Poet: Kamala Harris...!!!
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"We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give...!!!"
Poet: Winston Churchill...!!!
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"With the advent of spring & beginning of the new harvest season the creators of Abundance, our peasants, come out to the fields to sow with good aspirations & hopes...!!!"

Poet: Islom Karimov...!!!
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"How can GOD stoop lower than to come & dwell with a poor humble soul? Which is more than if he had said, such a one should dwell with him, for a beggar to live at court is not so much as the king to dwell with him in his cottage...!!!"
Poet: William Gurnall...!!!
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"The thing I Love most about Advent is the Heartbreak. The utter & complete Heartbreak...!!!"
Poet: Jerusalem Jackson Greer...!!!
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"We have witnessed the terrible increases in the incidence of alcoholism, the Advent of drug dependency, the protests, marches, strikes & human alienation...!!!"
Poet: Alex Campbell...!!!
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"I will honor Christmas in my heart, & try to keep it all the year...!!!"
Poet: Charles Dickens...!!!
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"The message of Christmas is that the visible material world is bound to the invisible spiritual world...!!!"
Poet: Haim...!!!
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"Advent: the time to listen for footsteps, you can't hear footsteps when you're running yourself...!!!"
Poet: Bill McKibben...!!!
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"It is now, at Advent, that I am given the chance to suspend all Expectation... & instead to revel in the mystery...!!!"
Poet: Jerusalem Jackson Greer...!!!
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"I think the advent of the Internet gave us all a big boost, because by the time the Internet became mainstream & you could get it in your home, a lot of us were used to dealing in fan culture, writing to Magazines or anything at the back of comic books...!!!"
Poet: Kevin Smith...!!!
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"Christmas is not just a time for festivity & merry making. It is more than that. It is a time for the contemplation of eternal things. The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving & forgiving...!!!"
Poet: J. C-Penney...!!!
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"This Advent we look to the Wise Men to teach us where to focus our attention. We set our sights on things above, where GOD is. We draw closer to Jesus.... When our Advent journey ends, & we reach the place where Jesus resides in Bethlehem, may we, like the Wise Men, fall on our knees & adore him as our true & only King...!!!"
Poet: Mark Zimmermann...!!!
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"With the advent of genetic engineering the time required for the evolution of new species may literally collapse...!!!"
Poet: Dee Hock...!!!
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"Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child...!!!"
Poet: William Saroyan...!!!
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"Christmas has lost its meaning for us because we have lost the spirit of expectancy. We cannot prepare for an observance. We must prepare for an experience...!!!"
Poet: Handel Brown...!!!
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"The salvation of the elect was as certain before His advent, though Accomplished by it, as Afterwards...!!!"
Poet: John Nelson Darby...!!!
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شكرا لك يا صديقي لكونك جزءا من حياتي ، سواء كنت لسبب ، لموسم  أو لمدى الحياة
Thank you my friend for being a part of my life, 
whether you are a reason, a season or a lifetime.
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شكرا لك يا صديقي لكونك جزءا من حياتي ، سواء كنت لسبب ، لموسم  أو لمدى الحياة
Thank you my friend for being a part of my life, 
whether you are a reason, a season or a lifetime.
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[ ::: ♥Keep_Mailing♥ ::: ]™ Gossips and Rumors

Rumor, by definition, is a currently circulating story about a doubtful situation, future event or a past incident. If the rumor is based on true fact then usually it gets clarified very soon since the stake holders clear the doubts of public as soon as possible to get their necks cleaned; though sometimes they tend to hide as their respect is on stake due to the negative post effects of the story whether true or false.  


Generally speaking, rumors are either completely based on false grounds or become fragile because a lot of impurities get mixed when such stories are propagated in the society. In fact the story becomes more impure when more and more people discuss because it is human nature to add some 'spice' in the original story to make it more interesting and worth listening. 

As long as a specific rumor is not directly impacting a person's private life, he/she tends to enjoy it but sometimes some rumors have considerable mental or social consequences. For example, in our company we recently had a rumor that the senior management is going to undergo a major hierarchy changes due to which a high percentage of employees will lose their job due to cost cutting strategy of the new management. A lot of employees started gossiping in office, with their spouse and other family members due to which a ripple effect of stress was generated company-wise and at personnel and familial level. This ripple phenomenon kept on going for a couple of weeks till this morning one of the senior managers commented that most of the rumors are not true except one resignation.

So what should we do if we hear a doubtful news; below are some recommendations:

1-    
Check if the source of the information is authentic. Usually people who talk about other people are inhabit of commenting without being fair. Remember the quote: "Small minds discuss people, Average minds discuss events, higher minds discuss ideas and great minds act in silence" 

2-   Judge the situation fairly. Find the original source of information and ask directly if possible and applicable. 

3-   Discuss the matter with two to three person. If all of them have a different story then most likely the original story is lost or it is completely false. Consider the parts which are common in all stories. This will help extract the original components of the news. 

4-   Don't get too much engaged in rumors however a serious advice is not to ignore the rumors completely. The news might be genuine, hence you must consider the corrective and preventive necessary measures else you may face serious consequences. You must be logical and analytical in your evaluation of the rumor. 

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What you are experiencing right now is a temporary condition. Things will soon be different, so act accordingly.

If life is going well, make the very most of your good fortune. Work to transform it into even more good things.


If life is not going so well, you can take steps right now to change that. Change will most certainly come, so work to make those changes positive, meaningful and enriching.

The way your life is now is not the way your life will always be. Fully enjoy all the good things about this moment while also working to create a positive future.

As good as things are right now, you can make them better. As difficult as things are right now, you can make them better.

This day, this moment, this experience will eventually pass. Give it your best while it is here, and then move forward to something even better.


Ralph Marston - The Daily Motivator

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Someday you may forget about me,

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Practical questions n appropriate answer.


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Re: [ ::: ♥Keep_Mailing♥ ::: ]™ The 30 most powerful photos ever taken.

Heart touching snaps.


On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Ankit jalundhwala <anks4onlyu@gmail.com> wrote:

Awesome pics..... All are good

On 30-Nov-2013 12:36 PM, "Hitesh Shah" <confusdesi@gmail.com> wrote:
Here Are The 30 Most Powerful Photos Ever Taken. The Kind That You Never Ever Forget.
 

These 30 powerful photos are famous and poignant, they will forever be cemented in history. The images that were captured are so intense, they are impossible to be forgotten. They said a picture is worth a thousand words… but it's impossible to say just how many words these are worth. Prepare to be left speechless.

 

1. Some parents, likely now in their 70′s, still looking for their missing child.
1. Some parents, likely now in their 70′s, still looking for their missing child.

2. An Afghan man offers tea to soldiers
2. An Afghan man offers tea to soldiers

3. During massive floods in Cuttack City, India, in 2011, a heroic villager saved numerous stray cats by carrying them with a basket balanced on his head
3. During massive floods in Cuttack City, India, in 2011, a heroic villager saved numerous stray cats by carrying them with a basket balanced on his head

4. Russian soldiers preparing for the Battle of Kursk, July 1943
4. Russian soldiers preparing for the Battle of Kursk, July 1943

5. Demonstration of condom usage at a public market in Jayapura, capital of Papua, 2009
5. Demonstration of condom usage at a public market in Jayapura, capital of Papua, 2009

6. Greg Cook hugs his dog Coco after finding her inside his destroyed home in Alabama following the Tornado in March, 2012
6. Greg Cook hugs his dog Coco after finding her inside his destroyed home in Alabama following the Tornado in March, 2012

7. The Graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, Holland, 1888
7. The Graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, Holland, 1888

8. A woman sits amidst the wreckage caused by a massive earthquake and ensuing tsunam, in Natori, northern Japan, in March 2011
8. A woman sits amidst the wreckage caused by a massive earthquake and ensuing tsunam, in Natori, northern Japan, in March 2011

9. Protestors place flowers into the rifle barrels of armed officers
9. Protestors place flowers into the rifle barrels of armed officers

10. An old WW2 Russian tank veteran finally found the old tank in which he passed through the entire war – standing in a small Russian town as a monument
10. An old WW2 Russian tank veteran finally found the old tank in which he passed through the entire war – standing in a small Russian town as a monument

11. "Wait For Me Daddy," by Claude P. Dettloff in New Westminster, Canada, October 1, 1940
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12. A dog named "Leao" sits for a second consecutive day at the grave of her owner, who died in the disastrous landslides near Rio de Janiero in 2011.
12. A dog named

13. Hhaing The Yu, 29, holds his face in his hand as rain falls on the decimated remains of his home near Myanmar's capital of Yangon (Rangoon). In May 2008, cyclone Nargis struck southern Myanmar, leaving millions homeless and claiming more than 100,000 lives
13. Hhaing The Yu, 29, holds his face in his hand as rain falls on the decimated remains of his home near Myanmar's capital of Yangon (Rangoon). In May 2008, cyclone Nargis struck southern Myanmar, leaving millions homeless and claiming more than 100,000 lives

14. Five-year-old gypsy boy on New Year's Eve 2006 in the gypsy community of St. Jacques, Perpignan, Southern France. It is quite common in St. Jacques for little boys to smoke
14. Five-year-old gypsy boy on New Year's Eve 2006 in the gypsy community of St. Jacques, Perpignan, Southern France. It is quite common in St. Jacques for little boys to smoke

15. Sunset on Mars
15. Sunset on Mars

16. Embracing couple in the rubble of a collapsed factory
16. Embracing couple in the rubble of a collapsed factory

17. Alcoholic father with his son
17. Alcoholic father with his son

18. Man Falling from the World Trade Center on 9/11. "The Falling Man."
18. Man Falling from the World Trade Center on 9/11.

19. Zanjeer the dog saved thousands of lives during Mumbai serial blasts in March 1993 by detecting more than 3,329 kgs of the explosive RDX, 600 detonators, 249 hand grenades and 6406 rounds of live ammunition. He was buried with full honors in 2000
19. Zanjeer the dog saved thousands of lives during Mumbai serial blasts in March 1993 by detecting more than 3,329 kgs of the explosive RDX, 600 detonators, 249 hand grenades and 6406 rounds of live ammunition. He was buried with full honors in 2000

20. Indian homeless men wait to receive free food distributed outside a mosque ahead of Eid al-Fitr in New Delhi, India
20. Indian homeless men wait to receive free food distributed outside a mosque ahead of Eid al-Fitr in New Delhi, India

21. Terri Gurrola is reunited with her daughter after serving in Iraq for 7 months
21. Terri Gurrola is reunited with her daughter after serving in Iraq for 7 months

22. A firefighter gives water to a koala during the devastating Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, Australia, in 2009
22. A firefighter gives water to a koala during the devastating Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, Australia, in 2009

23. Christians protect Muslims during prayer in the midst of the 2011 uprisings in Cairo, Egypt
23. Christians protect Muslims during prayer in the midst of the 2011 uprisings in Cairo, Egypt

24. Young man just found out his brother was killed
24. Young man just found out his brother was killed

25. A Russian soldier playing an abandoned piano in Chechnya in 1994
25. A Russian soldier playing an abandoned piano in Chechnya in 1994

26. Diego Frazão Torquato, 12 year old Brazilian playing the violin at his teacher's funeral.
26. Diego Frazão Torquato, 12 year old Brazilian playing the violin at his teacher's funeral.

27. Father and son (1949 vs 2009)
27. Father and son (1949 vs 2009)

28. Heart surgeon after 23-hour-long (successful) heart transplant. His assistant is sleeping in the corner.
28. Heart surgeon after 23-hour-long (successful) heart transplant. His assistant is sleeping in the corner.

29. Inside an Auschwitz gas chamber
29. Inside an Auschwitz gas chamber

30. A starving child and missionary
30. A starving child and missionary

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[ ::: ♥Keep_Mailing♥ ::: ]™ WHOLE VILLAGE OF CLAY

Clay Riverside Park: A Whole Village of Clay!

 
Located in the township of Tangshan Fengrun, the Clay Riverside Park is a famous depicting of a famous picture. Built from 2007-2011, spending $1.2 and covering over 500 acres, the park opened in 2011. Visitors were treated to exquisite works of clay art in all shapes and sizes, reproducing lifelike characters over 500 screen, more than 50 horses, mules, donkeys and more than 20 vessels of various sizes, shaped tower, bridge, country, docks, and other magnificent street town life scenes. 
 
Visitors can enjoy walking among history as modern visitors to an ancient world, with all the clay buildings and people modelled after old paintings depicting regular village life in Ancient China.
 
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