Tuesday, April 25, 2017


HEAVEN AND EARTH
paintings

matti sirvio

Bait Al Baranda
Matrah, Muscat

April 15 - May 25

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Wednesday, March 1, 2017


Man is so smart


that he has managed to create a society where the Creator of
all things, including man himself, is not even mentioned.
In his smartness he is actually cutting off the branch where he 
is sitting.He claims everything to originate from a big bang,
but he goes on proving it in the name of orderly, logical thinking.
He should stick to his original method and anticipate even greater
bangs and higher civilizations as a result of them.
Man has been blinded and imprisoned by his abilities.
Reason without God takes man deeper into his misery and 
ultimately will lead him to hell, where no big bang will be able
to deliver him.
Our maximum amount of freedom can be experienced only 
through our dependency on our Creator.
Augustine said, "The person who evaluates things according
to reason, has far more freedom of choice than the one who is 
driven by want or drawn by passion."
Faith is the highest expression of reason and therefore
the only way for man to enjoy his freedom.





Friday, February 17, 2017

Blind Expectations



lead sometimes to devastating surprises.
A communication specialist said in an interview lately,
"Artificial Intelligence will help us to understand 
one another." Sure.
Everything would work so well, if man didn't have
his own fallen nature . Communism, Socialism, Humanism,
Democracy, Religions, all these inventions of the smart but
blinded man, would help us to save ourselves.
They all fail.
At the end of all his endeavors man will look into the
mirror and be still still asking the taunting question,
"Who is it?"


Tuesday, January 31, 2017

"That's not who we are", hmm


There are so many interpretations of what true,
real Christianity is.
The same is true about all religions, nationalities,
ideologies and philosophies. 
People are not what they think they are.
They are not what they should be and they continually 
fail to be what they would like to be.
To govern this kind of mankind is an impossible
task for an honest politician,
but it's a great market for the accuser,
 the slanderer and
the Father of all lies.
It's grace that we haven't totally
 eaten up one another, yet.




Monday, January 30, 2017

Need to Talk


Talk to someone, to a real person, and you will 
be relieved.
Listen to someone, to a real person,
and you will see further.
Non-talking cultures are like volcanoes,
sooner or later they will erupt dramatically.
Then it will be too late to talk.




Sunday, January 29, 2017


Too often


relationships become a game of looking for a good deal.
When friendships are turned into a business and 
a strategy they loose their glory.
Romans 12:10 encourages us to compete in honoring 
one another. This is a Christian choice, not looking for 
a good deal, but initiating honor.
Honoring someone means to show value in them.
This was special with Jesus.
 He honored women and children.
He recognized  the poor, the sick and the uneducated,
people who were unable to promote others.
Honor is an expression of divine dignity.



Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Happiness is not a sin.


But if someone has condemnation in his heart,
he becomes very judgmental and will make sure
that everybody else around them will become
as miserable as they are.
Jesus said, "The poor you will always have with you",
and cared more for the poor than anyone else.
Thank God for the good moments of laughter 
and luxury. They are in God's plan,
designed to refresh us in the midst of all the
demonic warfare that's going on in the world.
He doesn't want us to worry about tomorrow.
He wants to teach us
 to laugh at the days to come.
Matthew 6:34
Proverbs 31:25