(Reflections and notes on Daniel 9. The series has covered the previous chapters in Daniel, you can click here to read those. Previously, Daniel was troubled further by a vision about a ram, a goat and a horn.) Are you aware of the time you live in? Not just in terms of seeing the circumstances and […]
Read More The Daniel Files: 10 – Confession and RevelationTake the hit. Stevie Wonder produced a song he co-wrote over 45 years ago that depicts the breakdown of a relationship. The song is an account from the perspective of the person who wrecked the relationship. The song goes on to express how a number of things could be blamed for the breakdown, but at […]
Read More Take The HitWe make demands. We don’t want to feel this way anymore. We don’t want to feel the burden. We don’t want to feel the strain. We find it an overwhelming weight at times. Sometimes it even shows in those moments when we let slip the personal agony in a wince or yelp. We don’t want […]
Read More Release and RenewalIt’s about time you owned that. Stop deflecting. Stop blaming others for the situation. Stop putting it down to apparent factors beyond control as though you have successfully deluded yourself into thinking there was nothing you could do. Stop that. Look at where it’s got you and consider carefully how it has not brought you […]
Read More Repentance and ResponsibilityWe were exuberant. There was nothing that could dampen our enthusiasm. We were going to do it and do with all guns blazing! After we did it, someone we respected quietly had a word with us to ask if we would have liked that to have been done to us. When we stopped kidding around […]
Read More About Conviction and CorrectionAt the beginning he complains and at the end he praises. It’s like darkness to light. In that expression of his plight, his plea and his praise David goes through a fascinating process of expression. His situation is overwhelming, he needs God to step in or he feels on the brink of death itself. Just […]
Read More Psalm 13 – Confession: Where I Am, Who You AreChildren are brilliant. A set of siblings have a unique understanding of how they operate and are able to get away with certain things because of what they can communicate between each other and then to the outside world. It’s so fascinating getting insight into their thinking and their dynamic. I was watching a set […]
Read More Contrition, Confession, Repentance and Thanks For NovemberThere are different types of Columbo episodes. One I particularly admire goes along the following lines. As you know, because like me, you love Columbo, the show is not about guessing who did it. It’s about seeing how Columbo can outwit them so they may be duly caught. There are murders that take place, however, […]
Read More It is a ReliefThe book of Samuel concludes with an episode in which David sins before God. It’s fascinating that David pressed on with the census despite good advice telling him not to do so. It’s just as fascinating that David’s conscience hits when he recognises what he’s done. There is much to learn from this episode. It’s […]
Read More Sam’s 2nd Epic 24 – Learning from a Senseless CensusOK dear reader, I need you to follow me on a little journey in this entry. I really enjoy watching episodes of Columbo. There’s little doubt that he is still my favourite television detective, just beating Sherlock Holmes and Detective Robert Goren of Law and Order: Criminal Intent. I don’t claim to be a walking […]
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