My Birthday Message – 2008

Posted by: randallbutisingh on: November 30, 2008

In: Education| Guyana| Messages| Philosophy
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My dear Brothers and Sisters wherever you are, Greetings!

December 1, 2008 is the 96th Birth Anniversary of my sojourn on planet earth in my transitory fleshly garb, awaiting the inevitable when I shall have to discard it and be ready for Higher Service. On this occasion, this is my message to you

Live today as if it will be your last,, but at the same time work and learn as if you will live forever, and remember always that it is never too late to learn. You may not live as long as I have, but it is possible that you may live longer. Know this, that longevity has no meaning if it is not lived purposefully. We live in deeds, not years, and a short life lived with real purpose is far better than a long one lived aimlessly As the poet puts it:”Better to die in the flower of youth in trying to win a noble name, than to live to a good old age and die like a sheep in the pasture.” Some of our great men who have added lustre to the human race were cut down in their prime but their contributions to humanity will live on to the end of time to guide us.

Remember, also, that no matter how long you live, it is only a blink of the eye in the context of eternity, and that God who is a God of the Now, the Present see you as you are in the present and not as in the past, Sinful, fallible man tries to unearth your past so that he can drag you down to his own insipid level.

I have made many errors and bad judgments in the past which must have hurt some one or the other, and perhaps will make more in the future, but not willfully, because I am only human; but thank God, I have, with the help of the wise, been able to see a tiny spark of His light and am making every endeavour to follow it. May you also see that spark of the Light which always follows you.

Here is how the Hymn Writer puts it:

‘”O Light that followest all my way, I yield my flickering torch to Thee; My heart restores its borrowed ray, That in Thy sunshine’s blaze its day May brighter, fairer be”. G. Matheson.

Finally I would like to remind you that we are all here to Serve one another. Service with love is the only way to find fulfillment in your life. Give and it will be given unto you. Cast your bread upon the waters and one day it will return to you, for in doing these things your reward will not only be transient material comforts, but ineffable joy and the Peace that passeth all understanding.

May God bless you and keep you. May His Light shine upon you and give you Peace.

Your brother in Spirit.

- Randall Butisingh – randallbutisingh@hotmail.com

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