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11/10/2014

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A leader of a weekly Bible class was known for his charitable work. One day during a Bible study, suddenly, an angel appeared. The Angel said, “All your work has been noticed in heaven. We are going to let you choose a wish. You can have power, money or wisdom.” Without a moments hesitation he chose wisdom.

The angel touched his head and disappeared. With great anticipation everyone in the Bible study waited for him to say something. After a moment someone said, “With your gift, say something wise.”

The man thought for a moment and said, “With the gift of great wisdom I now realize I should have taken the money!”

Wisdom.

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It is something that you get as a result of something significant happening in your life, either to you or through you. I want to share something I have learned as a result of something happening to me. Of course, I’m talking about my challenge with ALS.

The last three years of my life have given me some points to think about. I thought I would share them with you in order to give you something to ponder.

Let me start off with what I miss: 
 I miss feeding myself
 I miss showering . . .  alone
 I miss dressing myself
 I miss crawling into my bed and burying my face into my pillow
 I miss putting my arms around my children and giving them a nice hug
 I miss taking a walk outside with my wife 
 I miss going to work (more on this later)
 I miss dancing
 I miss basically everything!

In a nutshell, I miss experiences.

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“Alright, Akhil, I get it. You miss a bunch of things that you used to be able to do. So what?”  Here is the “So what.”

I have learned that all the joys in life are a collection of experiences that lift your mood and remind you of the good times. For example, let me share with you an experience at work.

It was my first week at my new job. I was busy trying to figure out which end was up. I had been studying our operation and protocol manuals. It was an intense time.

I remember it was Friday at 4:00 pm when my boss, the president of the company, walked into my office and said, “It’s time!” I said, “What?”  To my surprise,  he pulled out two beers and said it's time to quit working and spend some time with your team. He told me we have a tradition here every Friday at 4:00pm, we enjoy a beer with each other. It builds the team up and lets you unwind!

I remember this tradition fondly, it was quite an experience. In retrospect, I’m glad they didn’t have Cocaine Friday. It might have been great for productivity but the jail time would have been horrible!

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How can you use this information for your benefit? You can do something amazing with it, especially with the Christmas season upon us. Let me ask you a question. What did you get for Christmas last year? How about the year before? No idea?  Yeah, me too.

What does that mean? Does that mean other people don’t remember what I got them either? What about all the time and money I spent on them? Doesn’t that matter? How can they not remember that perfect gift I got for them? I shopped and shopped, I fretted over the most ridiculous details, and you say they don’t remember it?!

I’m sorry to say they don’t. So what do I do, Akhil? That is why I am writing this post. This year make sure you give your loved ones an experience. An experience that is unforgettable. For example, if I could, I would give my wife a note saying “Get ready for a memorable evening.” (Not what you’re thinking!)

I would make up the dinner table with all the finest dinnerware we have, get dressed up in my tuxedo and serve the most memorable meal ever. How can I make it memorable? Simple, I do everything. My wife doesn’t do anything but enjoy the evening!

If I could, I would get dressed up like one of the Sesame Street characters and have a party for my daughters. I know they are much older now, but they would remember it because I am making the effort to make them laugh. This is something they would remember forever.

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Make memorable experiences for your family this Christmas. In the future your family can say, “I miss Dad, I miss how fun he made everything!”

I hope you leave me some comments on what ideas you came up with.


Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” 
Acts 3:6

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Phil Camden link
11/11/2014 07:29:10 am

Hi Akhil. Ya killen me man; "you can cook"? Hope my wife doesn't read this. Im good for beans on toast or mash potatoes. What a timely reminder. Thanks time for me tho think up some creative memories. Maybe pie peas and mash but this time all warm at the same time. Love to you and the family my friend.

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Sally Seng
11/16/2014 02:42:03 am













Hello Akhil,

How are you doing? I am enjoying your blogs.'

Hello Akhil,

How are you doing? I am enjoying your blogs. I stand in agreement prayer with you that you are healed by the stripes of Jesus just as the Bible says in 1 Peter. I have been listening to Pastor John Wimber founder of the Vineyard Church on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHdaxc3VIJI titled The 5 Step healing Model. You will enjoy his teachings and the examples of healing will build your Faith. He says you can ask if an evil spirit is present God will tell you what it is and you can command it to go from you in Jesus' Name. Also he says that the diagnosis of a doctor can become a curse to the patient if the patient comes under the authority of the diagnosis by believing it. So the patient can break this curse off of them in Jesus' name. Please let me know what day and time Jennifer and I can come to pray for you. 3-4 months or so ago Jennifer and I along with other prayer warriors prayed for a friend of Jennifer's that had epileptic seizures since she was 4 years old. We broke this curse off of her.
She actually had a seizure while Jennifer was doing the Bible teaching prior to us praying for her. She said that the Holy Spirit told her that she no longer believed the lie that she had epilepsy and this is why she was healed. She has not had a seizure since we prayed for her. God Bless you. Remember no matter what the symptoms are do not confess that you have MS or ALS because The Word of God says you are healed. Sally Seng

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Daniela C
11/17/2014 01:33:48 am

Hi Akhil!

Another beautiful post...I took a bit of time out of my day to really digest your words, which are so very true. For some reason, they reminded me of the words of Saint Teresa of Avila that we had to read as children...“Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes away except God.”

Everything does pass, but unlike material things, memories linger and can truly last a lifetime, as your beer on friday experience shows!

I will definitely spend less time shopping for my loved ones and spend more time with them...maybe organise a bake off!

Thanks again for your words Akhil, I'm sure that you reach out to people in ways you cannot imagine.

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