Faith, Love, Commandments And Works/ Elias Bejjani
John 15/10: " If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father�s commands and remain in his love". Do not ever be ashamed or feel guilty for having a good, loving, caring and forgiving heart. There is nothing wrong when we adopt an on going extended hand attitude with a positive approach in face of setbacks, betrayals, hardships, disappointments, enmities and all sorts of difficulties. It is extremely righteous for each one of us to genuinely turn off any page that has been dark, painful and non functional to go on with life journey looking for what is like ourselves and not like any body else.
Righteous virtues are not the out come of weakness but of strength, not of naivety, but of nobility, not of cowardice, but of great courage. Only people with strong faith can cherish and hold to such life qualities and practice what they preach. We all ought to continuously remember that flowers are not ashamed from the intensity of their fragrant and beauty, nor the sun is shy of its light. The sun shines on all people, bad and good, poor and rich, sick and healthy. We have be so generous with every body else and non judgmental like the water spring that provides water to who ever comes to drink without asking questions. It abundantly gives to who ever is thirsty
Our Life is always what we want it to be. When we pursue misery, miserable it will become. When we look for happiness, happiness shall prevail. Faith in God is a cornerstone in our lives provided we complete it with works. With faith we get hope and respect for life itself. We know who we are, who created us and why on His image. We come to fully recognize where we are, what is right and what is wrong and to understand that all people, no matter what the color of their skin is are our bothers and sisters and that Almighty God is our Loving Father. Faith opens both minds and hearts on the Judgment Day when either we go back to our God's mansions or be thrown in Hell.
Faith equips us with a clear criteria for what is right and wrong, righteous and evil, acceptable and unacceptable.
Faith helps us to enjoy self respect, dignity and actual internal peace.
Faith makes us believe in equality and in practicing it to its full in our lives.
Faith teaches us to accept ourselves and others for who we are.
Faith makes us recognize that each person is a unique entity.
Faith makes understand without any doubts that by the end, no matter what, the devil and the evil people will never be victorious. Why? because God, Our Father does not allow that to happen.
Faithful people know for sure that evil may prevail for some time, but the last word is for Almighty God and for every thing that is Godly.
Faithful people know for sure that injustice may prevail for some time, but the last word is always for God's Justice.
Faithful people know for sure that hatred may win for some time, but the last word is for love
Why by the end evil never wins and is always defeated and downtrodden?
Simply because the Lord is stronger than all evil, all injustice, all grudges and all sorts of hatred, and most importantly because He is the God of peace, forgiveness, Justice and love.
God Himself is love, Yes, God is love and the Bible tells us clearly that the act of loving is the cornerstone of all commandments.
Matthew 22/37-40: "Jesus said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
Saint Peter's description of love is so powerful: "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. (1 Corinthians 13/4-8)
Can any one love and hate at the same time? No not the righteous ones who know that hatred and love can not live together. Only hypocrites can do that. And yes they might succeed in fooling and tricking others for a while, but never they can fool or trick Almighty God.
In conclusion: Love Does Not Seek its own and does not rejoice in unrighteousness. Love rejoices with the truth. "Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ" (Romans 10/17)., But at the same time "Faith Without Works Is Dead" as Saint James ( 2/14-20) explains: What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, �Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,� but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, �You have faith, and I have works.� Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe and tremble! But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead".
Let us pray for the God of Love to fill our hearts and minds with the gift of love, modesty, forgiveness and not to subject us to the final test.
Deport Hezbollah's militants and leadership to Iran/ Elias Bejjani
What should the Lebanese people, the Arab countries, Israel and the free world do with Hezbollah, the Iranian terrorist militia and its armed ministate, when the Syrian Assad regime falls? Some ignorant and short-sighted leaders in Lebanon are proposing that the government should buy Hezbollah�s weaponry and recruit most of its mujahedin fighters into the Lebanese army. In fact this is the most stupid, sickening, evil and fatal formula for Lebanon.In case such a proposal is executed, Hezbollah will simply take over Lebanon, enslave its people and remain a serious threat not only to neighboring Israel and to peace and stability in the Middle East, but a cancerous ongoing threat to each and every Arab country and to the global war against terrorism and terrorists.
The thousands and thousands of Hezbollah's fighters, the mujahedin were physically, psychologically, mentally, militarily, ethically, socially, religiously and dogmatically trained by Iran and turned into Iranian mujahedin that have nothing, completely nothing in common with Lebanon, the Arab countries and the free world.
What all the Lebanese and worldwide strategists and politicians must be aware of is that Hezbollah's leadership and fighters including its General Secretary, Hassan Nasrallah, have no respect for human dignity, human rights, democracy, freedom, judiciary or even the human mind. Nothing in their thinking and minds is Lebanese or Arabic or human at all because of their extensive Iranian kind of training and breeding. They are all entrapped psychologically in a very sickening mentality that sees no one, respects no one and recognizes no one but the Iranian mullahs' leadership.
Hezbollah's leadership and its mujahedin are totally entrapped in their own world of Iranian denominational fantasies and dogmas. Accordingly, the criteria and standards of what is right and wrong to which they abide, honor and follow are totally set up and shaped by the Iranian mullahs. These anti-democratic and oppressive criteria and standards are continuously manipulated, changed, adjusted and shuffled by the Iranian mullahs to suit their dream of reviving the Persian Empire.
Due to this twisted psychological and radical Islamic religious training and breeding, Hezbollah's leadership is unpredictable and cannot be trusted by any means. They are blood merchants and sadly their merchandise is the people of Lebanon, including their own community members. They do not care who starves or even who dies. They have no actual or permanent allies or friends, only hired and temporary followers and mercenaries, who have been bought with the Iranian petrodollar "Clean Money".
In reality and actuality and based on the scientific and strategic vision and studies of numerous well respected worldwide think tanks, Hezbollah is the most dangerous terrorist militia in the world, much more lethal than even Al Qaeda.
Based on all of the above, the 14th of March Lebanese coalition must not compromise on any basic issue with Hezbollah on the account of Lebanon's constitution, human rights, multiculturalism or the country's ties and relations with the UN, Arab countries, and free world.
Hopefully the leadership of this pro- Lebanon independence, freedom and sovereignty coalition by now has learned from its previous naive, short-sighted and fatal mistakes and miscalculations that ultimately put Hezbollah and its puppet allies in power with full control over the Lebanese government, parliament, presidency and armed forces.
Logic, reason, past experience and facts must teach this coalition not again to come to Hezbollah's rescue when the Syrian regime falls as was the stupid situation in 2006 in the aftermath of the Hezbollah-Israeli war. This coalition obstructed in 2006 the UN General Assembly from Implementing UN Resolution 1701 under chapter seven, leaving Hezbollah to rearm and control the whole country.
When the Syrian Assad regimes falls, Hezbollah's fighters and leadership on all levels must be deported with all their weaponry caches to Iran and never ever integrated into the Lebanese armed forces.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese army itself needs to be shuffled and reconstructed due to the fact that Hezbollah, Syria and Iran have turned it into a mere useless and helpless militia that they use and abuse.
The model for dealing with Hezbollah when the Syrian Assad regime falls has been created in 1982 and in 2000.
In 1982 the free world, UN and Israel forced Arafat and his PLO fighters and terrorists to leave Lebanon to Tunisia, Yemen and other Arab countries.
In 2000 Israel took with her the South Lebanese Army Soldiers when it implemented UN Resolution 525 and withdrew unilaterally from South Lebanon.
In conclusion, these two already accomplished examples must be taken into real and serious consideration when the time comes to end Hezbollah as a state inside the state and disarm its militia.
Teresa Baini 60th Birthday
this is the speech I wrote for my mum!
Melanie Baini
60 years ago a child was born to George and Carmen Yammouni they named her Teresa. Siblings to Tony, Annette and Janette. Who would give her 10 beautiful nieces and nephews!
In July 1976 you married my amazing father in Cyprus, then your family began, first myself, Priscilla and the baby Tyra! The 5 of us built a home with love, faith, caring, giving and laughter!
I am not going to go on for ages, just enough to tell you all what my mum is all about.
do not wash her dishesalways rinse your dirty dishes after using them
do not wash your hands at the sink unless you are cooking
always wash your hands after the use of a bathroom
never ever dunk your biscuits in coffee or tea
never upset her because she gives you the ‘look’ that will make you run
and last but not least never ever say bad words about magic 693
oh and I forgot the love for her sugar soap to shine her kitchen sink.
Mum, you’re loving, caring, giving, understanding, supportive and a super women!
You’re a woman who has taught us 3 girls many things in life, to love one another, to respect each other, give and most importantly faith! You have been a wonderful mum, wife, sister, cousin, aunt and friend. The respect you and dad have in the Lebanese community is exactly what your parents had and that’s something that tate and giddy would be so proud of!
You’re like your parents in every possible way…PERFECT!
Us 3 girls walk with our head held high, we are daughters of Michael & Teresa Baini.
Dad, Priscilla, Tyra and myself would like to thankyou for every little thing and every big thing you have done for us! Thankyou for welcoming Jim & Luke with open arms and making them feel like your own!
You give to everyone before looking after yourself!
Happy 60th Birthday Mum! God Bless You!
Raise your glasses and toast to an amazing wife and mother!
Lebanon's Confiscated Independence/ Elias Bejjani
This morning, Lebanon sadly celebrated its 68th Independence Day. The celebration was for some thing that actually does exist at all, because Lebanon is not independent by any standard or criteria. The country unfortunately is fully and totally occupied by the Axis Of Evil powers, Syria, Iran and their militant terrorist organization, Hezbollah. Meanwhile all the current Lebanese officials, on all levels, and in all positions, especially the high-ranking ones; The President, The Prime Minister, the House Speaker, and the army and internal Security Chiefs are all either Syrian-Iranian puppets, or cowards who have no guts to execute their duties and national obligations.
The present Lebanese government headed by Mr. Najeb Mikati has nothing at all to do with Lebanon or its people. In reality it is Hezbollah's government no more, no less, and came to power through a series coupe of intimidation, terror, criminal acts, assassinations and savage military invasions.
In this context those Lebanese subservient officials who celebrated the independence event today and accepted congratulations in the country's presidential Palace, are in fact mere mercenaries who have sold Lebanon, its people, and its independence to Syria, Iran and their proxy Hezbollah. With no shame or dignity, they openly take their orders directly from Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah and from his both masters, Iran and Syria.
These low class Lebanese officials were not the right ones to be congratulated as the sad and disgusting situation today, but the ones that must be arrested and put on trial for being actual obstacles for reclaiming the confiscated independence and sovereignty.
The congratulations must have gone to Lebanon's martyrs and their families who offered themselves on the country's alter so the Lebanese people can still live with dignity, freedom and not enslaved.
Yes, celebrating the Independence Day is a must and surely a national obligation, but only, and only, when occupied Lebanon is again free, independent and Sovereign. Until this day comes, the day of liberation, and definitely its coming, all celebration like the ones that took place today in Lebanon's capital Beirut are evil charades for puppets, traitors and mercenaries.
In this realm of treason, sin and camouflage, it is worth mentioning that the current Lebanese governing bodies with no exception are all under the full control of Syria, Iran and Hezbollah. Accordingly all countries who really want to help Lebanon and the Lebanese people to reclaim their confiscated independence need to exert all available and possible pressures on Syria and Iran to leave Lebanon and put an end for their evil hegemony and atrocities that they are inflicting on the free Lebanese people.
Because of Lebanon's Martyrs very generous sacrifices, we the Lebanese people remained and Lebanon remained and by God's will we shall remain till the last hour as long as our patriotic and faithful women and men are always ready to defend Lebanon and its freedom. God bless the Souls of all Lebanon's martyrs and safeguard Lebanon and its people.
Migrant leader cops an official blast
by: Peter Rolfe From: Sunday Herald Sun
A LEADER of Melbourne's Lebanese community has been accused of threatening to "cause problems" for Australians visiting the Middle Eastern country unless he is shown more respect.
An official complaint has been made to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade against the Consulate-General of Lebanon in Melbourne, Henri Castoun, for alleged interference in local government issues.
But Mr Castoun has denied the claims and said the dispute was a matter of Australian-Lebanese politics.
Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd has been called on to settle the dispute, which broke out in the Lebanese community over who should unveil a statue in honour of Australia's Lebanese migrants.
Darebin Mayor Diana Asmar has asked Mr Rudd, Attorney-General Robert McClelland and Lebanese ambassador Jean Daniel to intervene amid claims Mr Castoun threatened to report members of Melbourne's Lebanese community to the Lebanese Government unless he was given a greater role in unveiling the statue.
In a letter to Ms Asmar, World Lebanese Cultural Union president Yousseff Saba claimed Mr Castoun had threatened to "write to the Lebanese Foreign Minister and lodge a formal complaint", which could "indirectly cause problems for Australian Lebanese citizens visiting Lebanon".
A senior member of Melbourne's Lebanese community said reporting someone to Lebanese authorities was a serious matter.
"When you say to someone from Lebanon you are going to report them, it means they are going to put their life in danger," he said. "It means they are going to have someone waiting for you at the airport."
Robert Richter, QC, said Mr Castoun's alleged actions appeared in breach of human rights.
But Mr Castoun told the Sunday Herald Sun he had wanted to be part of the ceremony and had been misunderstood.
"The allegations are completely untrue. I didn't intervene - I just made my position clear," he said.
A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokeswoman, Sandra O'Malley, said the department was aware of issues raised about Lebanon's consul-general in Melbourne.
"DFAT is considering the Mayor's concerns," she said.
The statue was unveiled by Ms Asmar and federal Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten in Preston yesterday.
A LEADER of Melbourne's Lebanese community has been accused of threatening to "cause problems" for Australians visiting the Middle Eastern country unless he is shown more respect.
An official complaint has been made to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade against the Consulate-General of Lebanon in Melbourne, Henri Castoun, for alleged interference in local government issues.
But Mr Castoun has denied the claims and said the dispute was a matter of Australian-Lebanese politics.
Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd has been called on to settle the dispute, which broke out in the Lebanese community over who should unveil a statue in honour of Australia's Lebanese migrants.
Darebin Mayor Diana Asmar has asked Mr Rudd, Attorney-General Robert McClelland and Lebanese ambassador Jean Daniel to intervene amid claims Mr Castoun threatened to report members of Melbourne's Lebanese community to the Lebanese Government unless he was given a greater role in unveiling the statue.
In a letter to Ms Asmar, World Lebanese Cultural Union president Yousseff Saba claimed Mr Castoun had threatened to "write to the Lebanese Foreign Minister and lodge a formal complaint", which could "indirectly cause problems for Australian Lebanese citizens visiting Lebanon".
A senior member of Melbourne's Lebanese community said reporting someone to Lebanese authorities was a serious matter.
"When you say to someone from Lebanon you are going to report them, it means they are going to put their life in danger," he said. "It means they are going to have someone waiting for you at the airport."
Robert Richter, QC, said Mr Castoun's alleged actions appeared in breach of human rights.
But Mr Castoun told the Sunday Herald Sun he had wanted to be part of the ceremony and had been misunderstood.
"The allegations are completely untrue. I didn't intervene - I just made my position clear," he said.
A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokeswoman, Sandra O'Malley, said the department was aware of issues raised about Lebanon's consul-general in Melbourne.
"DFAT is considering the Mayor's concerns," she said.
The statue was unveiled by Ms Asmar and federal Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten in Preston yesterday.
Veronica Baini 60th birthday
Everlasting Peace in the Middle East requires tolerance and acceptance of others/ Elias Bejjani
Unless the Arab countries and Arab people give up on their deeply rooted education of hostility, hatred, terrorism, and rejection of others who belong to different religions, denominations, cultures, ethnicities, and minorities, they will remain living in the stone age era and isolated from the rest of the civilized and free democratic world. The Arab countries and people are required to immediately start amending their educational curriculums and media regulations to begin peacefully and seriously raising their new generations on a set of principles that respect those different others without persecuting and apartheid mentality as the on going shameful status quo is in Egypt where Coptic Christians are not treated as second class citizens and savagely persecuted.
All actual realities and facts indicates clearly that there will be no revolutions or uprisings that can help the Arab countries to be free, democratic and take their respectable place among other free nations if they do not pursue real change.
If they do not do so they will keep on getting out of one devastating trap and falling into another, toppling one dictator and endorsing another.
Education tolerance, peace and acceptance of others are the kind of revolutions and uprisings that the Arab world and people need urgently.
In order for the Arab world and people to actually and practically move on successfully to the twenty-first centaury and live in peace and harmony among themselves and with their neighbors, especially with Israel, they must first free themselves from the deadly education of hostilities and unequivocally, completely and without any conservations honor, abide by and practice The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
A DAMN FINE EXPLANATION
The wife came home early and found her husband in their bedroom making love to a very attractive young woman.
Sure, she was extreemly upset. 'You are a disrespectful pig!' she cried. 'How dare you do this to me??-- a faithful wife, the mother of your children! I'm leaving you. I want a divorce right away!'
And the husband replied, 'Hang on just a minute love, so at least I can tell you what happened.'
'Go ahead,' she sobbed,' but they'll be the last words you'll say to me!'
And the husband began -- 'Well, I was getting into the car to drive home, and this young lady here asked me for a lift. She looked so down and out and defenseless that I took pity on her and let her into the car.
I noticed that she was very thin, not well dressed and very dirty. She told me that she hadn't eaten for three days.
So, in my compassion, I brought her home and warmed up the enchiladas I made for you last night, the ones you wouldn't eat because you're afraid you'll put on weight. The poor thing devoured them in moments.
Since she needed a good clean-up, I suggested a shower, and while she was doing that, I noticed her clothes were dirty and full of holes, so I threw them away.
Then, as she needed clothes, I gave her the designer jeans that you have had for a few years, but don't wear because you say they are too tight.
I also gave her the underwear that was your anniversary present, which you don't wear because I don't have good taste.
I found the sexy blouse my sister gave you for Christmas that you don't wear just to annoy her, and I also donated those boots you bought at the expensive boutique and don't wear because someone at work has a pair the same.'
The husband took a quick breath and continued - 'She was so grateful for my understanding and help that as I walked her to the door, she turned to me with tears in her eyes and said,
'Please ... Do you have (anything) else that your wife doesn't use?...then so!!
Anthony and Alesia Michael Wedding
Anthony Michael and Alesia De Penha Pre-wedding
Australian Parliament about Egypt
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